[EQ] Competency based epidemiologic training in public health practice

Competency based epidemiologic training in public health practice

 

Special Public Health Reports Supplement 1 – Volume 123 Issue 7, 2008

 

Available online at: http://www.publichealthreports.org/archives/issuecontents.cfm?Volume=123&Issue=7

 

“…..This special Public Health Reports supplement presents articles and commentaries on the theme of competency based

epidemiologic training in public health practice.

 

Much of the epidemiology literature is focused on scientific, epidemiologic questions and their answers and, especially in applied literature, interventions based on science. Just as we epidemiologists strive to be rigorous in our science, so too should we be systematic and rigorous in our approach to ensuring a competent epidemiologic workforce.

 

The articles in this issue of Public Health Reports underscore the importance of clearly defined competencies for workforce education and training, and the usefulness of competencies for facilitating dialogue between academic and practice communities.

 

The majority of this supplement pivots around a precedent-setting effort to define competencies for applied epidemiologists working in governmental public health agencies: Competencies for Applied Epidemiologists in Governmental Public Health Agencies (AECs). The article by Birkhead et al.1 relates a competency-definition process that was systematic, representative, inclusive, and comprehensive. This process acknowledged the importance for the epidemiologic practitioner of stipulating competencies in multiple areas of public health practice, not just data collection and analysis, which are the heart of epidemiologic practice. This rigorous, thoughtful competency development effort is critical not only for the field of applied epidemiology, but also for the field of public health workforce development. In recognition of this, workforce development professionals participated as equal partners on the competency workgroup, as discussed in the article by Birkhead et al….”

 

Guest Editorial

Denise Koo / Guthrie S. Birkhead / Arthur L. Reingold /

Practicing Epidemiology: How Competent Are We?

Stephen B. Thacker / Ross C. Brownson /

Who Conducts Epidemiology Activities in Local Public Departments?

Carol Moehrle

Applied Epidemiology Competencies: Experience in the Field

Doug Thoroughman

Applied Epidemiolog Competencies: Perspectives of a State Health Officer

James M. Crutcher

Applied Epidemiology Competencies for Governmental Public Health Agencies: Mapping Current Curriculum and the Development of New Curriculum

Louise-Anne McNutt / Sylvia E. Furner / Michael Moser / Elizabeth McGean Weist /

Competencies as a Tool for Employers: Necessary but Not Sufficient

Ruth Gelletlie

Florida Epidemic Intelligence Service Program: The First Five Years, 2001-2006

Patti Ragan / Alan Rowan / Joann Schulte / Steven Wiersma /

Replicating Success: Developing a Standard FETP Curriculum

Denise A. Traicoff / Henry T. Walke / Donna S. Jones / Eric K. Gogstad / Rubina Imtiaz / Mark E. White /

Strengthening Epidemiologic Competencies Among Local Health Professionals in New York: Teaching Evidence-Based Public Health

Christopher Maylahn / Cate Bohn / Mark Hammer / Edward C. Waltz /

Epidemiology Competency Development and Application to Training for Local and Regional Public Health Practitioners

Janet G. Baseman / Nicola Marsden-Haug / Victoria L. Holt / Andy Stergachis / Marcia Goldoft / James L. Gale /

FIRST Things First: A Practice-Academic Collaboration to Develop and Deliver a Competency-Based Series of Applied Epidemiology Trainings

Danielle C. Landis / Jylmarie Kintz / Sandra Ruzycki / Lisa M. Brown / Leila Martini / W. Michael Reid /

Epidemiology Core Competencies for Master of Public Health Students

Michael Moser / Kalpana Ramiah / Michel Ibrahim /

Developing Competencies for Applied Epidemiology: From Process to Product

Guthrie S. Birkhead / Jac Davies / Kathleen Miner / Jennifer Lemmings / Denise Koo /

Assessment of Applied Epidemiology Competencies Among the Virginia Department of Health Workforce

Ami S. Patel / Timothy A. Powell / C. Diane Woodlard /

From Competencies to Capacity: Assessing the National Epidemiology Workforce

Maureen Lichtveld / Jennifer Lemmings / James Gale / Matthew L. Boulton /

Epidemiology Competencies and Preventive Medicine Residencies: Do They Mix and Map?

Matthew L. Boulton / JoLynn P. Montgomery / Angela Beck /

 

 

 

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