November 2012

Tools for Staff Assessment and Workforce Planning: Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

This program was also presented as a concurrent session at the 2012 Community Health Conference.

Local public health leaders are ever mindful of the staff development needs of their departments. The Council on Linkages between Academic and Public Health Practice (with support from the Public Health Foundation) has developed a set of Core Competencies for public health professionals. Please join us to learn more about this competency framework, and see two recently developed tools put into practice by the Stearns County Public Health Division of Human Services.

Presenters

  • Renee Frauendienst, Stearns County Public Health
  • Allison Thrash, Minnesota Department of Health

Learning Objectives

  • Increase knowledge of the public health professional core competencies
  • Increase knowledge of a set of quality improvement tools that can be used to develop training plans
  • Learn about a pilot project implemented in Stearns County

Webinar and Resources

Supports

PHAB Standards and Measures

  • 8.2.1 Maintain, implement and assess the health department workforce development plan

Core Competencies

  • 8C5 Advocates for individual, team, and organization learning opportunities within the organization
  • 7C16 Incorporates data and information to improve organization processes and performance
  • 2C12 Implements an organizational wide strategy for continuous quality improvement