Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR 72205, USA.
J Public Health Manag Pract. 2010 Sep-Oct;16(5):465-9. doi: 10.1097/PHH.0b013e3181ce4f0b.
Despite calls from multiple sources, including the Institute of Medicine, a large proportion of public health professionals have limited formal training in public health science. The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice developed the core competencies to provide a framework for assessing professionals' readiness to manage the complex challenges in public health. We incorporated the core competencies into a workforce development program to improve workforce competence of professionals at the Arkansas Department of Health. The program's curriculum was mapped to the core competencies in each of the Linkages domains. Participants self-assessed their competence before and after the year-long program, and results from the 2007 and 2008 participants are provided. The 2007 results indicate that participants significantly increased their perceived competence in all of the Linkages domains, whereas in the 2008 program, participants reported increases in all but cultural competency. The greatest reported increase in perceived competency was in policy development. On the basis of these findings, the Council on Linkages core competencies appear to be an effective tool in guiding workforce development programs and serve as an important framework for assessing comprehensive interdisciplinary training programs. Such programs can substantially increase public health professionals' self-assessed competence in the Linkages domains.
尽管来自多个方面，包括医学研究所的呼吁，很大一部分公共卫生专业人员只接受过有限的公共卫生科学方面的正规培训。学术与公共卫生实践联系理事会制定了核心能力，以提供一个框架，评估专业人员应对公共卫生领域复杂挑战的准备情况。我们将核心能力纳入一项劳动力发展计划，以提高阿肯色州卫生部专业人员的劳动力能力。该计划的课程与每个联系领域的核心能力相对应。参与者在一年计划前后进行自我评估，提供了 2007 年和 2008 年参与者的结果。2007 年的结果表明，参与者在所有联系领域的感知能力都显著提高，而在 2008 年的计划中，除了文化能力外，所有参与者都报告有所提高。报告增加最多的是政策制定方面的能力。基于这些发现，联系理事会的核心能力似乎是指导劳动力发展计划的有效工具，并为评估综合跨学科培训计划提供了一个重要框架。这样的计划可以大大提高公共卫生专业人员在联系领域的自我评估能力。
