TY - JOUR
T1 - Lifelong learning for public health practice education
T2 - A model curriculum for bioterrorism and emergency readiness
AU - Olson, Debra
AU - Hoeppner, Mary
AU - Larson, Susan
AU - Ehrenberg, Anne
AU - Leitheiser, Agnes T.
PY - 2008
Y1 - 2008
N2 - In 2002, the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (UMNSPH) adopted an approach that supports basic, advanced, and continuing education curricula to train current and future public health workers. This model for lifelong learning for public health practice education allows for the integration of competency domains from the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice's core public health workforce competency levels and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Bioterrorism and Emergency Readiness Competencies. This article describes how UMNSPH has implemented the model through coordination with state planning efforts and needs assessments in the tristate region of Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. In addition, we discuss methods used for credentialing practitioners who have achieved competency at various levels of performance to enhance the capacity of the public health preparedness systems.
AB - In 2002, the University of Minnesota School of Public Health (UMNSPH) adopted an approach that supports basic, advanced, and continuing education curricula to train current and future public health workers. This model for lifelong learning for public health practice education allows for the integration of competency domains from the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice's core public health workforce competency levels and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Bioterrorism and Emergency Readiness Competencies. This article describes how UMNSPH has implemented the model through coordination with state planning efforts and needs assessments in the tristate region of Minnesota, North Dakota, and Wisconsin. In addition, we discuss methods used for credentialing practitioners who have achieved competency at various levels of performance to enhance the capacity of the public health preparedness systems.
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U2 - 10.1177/00333549081230s208
DO - 10.1177/00333549081230s208
M3 - Review article
C2 - 18773523
AN - SCOPUS:51149118048
SN - 0033-3549
VL - 123
SP - 53
EP - 64
JO - Public health reports
JF - Public health reports
IS - SUPPL. 2
ER -