American College of Preventive Medicine: Local Public Health Institute- Workforce Development

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1 American College of Preventive Medicine: Local Public - Workforce Development February 24, 2016 Mike Royster, MD, MPH, FACPM Vice President Institute for Public Health Innovation 1

2 Objectives Provide an overview of IPHI and our unique role as a public health institute Describe the roles of IPHI and other public health institutes (PHIs) in promoting workforce development Describe the roles of IPHI and other public health training centers (PHTCs) in promoting workforce development Questions and Discussion 2

3 Who We Are An independent non-profit resource that builds partnerships across sectors and cultivates innovative solutions to improve health and well-being for all people and communities throughout VA, DC and MD. Convene and Facilitate Cross-Sector Partnerships Support Effective Public Policy Design, Implement and Evaluate Innovative Public Health Strategies Provide Technical Assistance and Capacity Building Provide Training and Workforce Development 3

4 Public s and Workforce Development 4

5 IPHI Training and Workforce Development Community Health Workers 80 hour core curriculum Continuing education Train-the-trainer Team-based technical assistance 5

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8 IPHI Training and Workforce Development Health in All Policies 8

9 Healthy and Equitable Communities Workshops- Module 1- Overview Collective vision of health Overview of key concepts Review local data Exercise: Root cause analysis 9

10 Public Health Training Center Program Purpose: Improve the Nation s public health system by strengthening the technical, scientific, managerial, and leadership competence of the current and future public health workforce. Emphasis is placed on developing the existing public health workforce as a foundation for improving the infrastructure of the public health system 10

11 Legislative Requirements 1. Establish or strengthen field placements for students. 2. Facilitate faculty and student collaborative projects. 3. Designate a geographic area to be served. 4. Assess health personnel needs of the area to be served and develop trainings to meet such needs.

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13 Want to connect with the Public Health Training Center in your area? Contact Dorothy Sekowski at or visit 13

14 Public Health Content Areas RPHTC Region Public Health Content Area Boston University I Public Health Preparedness Columbia University II Health Disparities, Health Equity, Social Determinants of Health University of Pittsburgh III Health Informatics and Health Information Technology Emory University IV Infectious Diseases University of Illinois V Environmental Public Health

15 Public Health Content Areas RPHTC Region Content Area Tulane University VI Behavioral Health University of Iowa VII Chronic condition: Diabetes University of Colorado VIII Chronic condition: Cancer University of Arizona IX Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Obesity University of Washington X Violence and Injury Prevention

16 Region III: Mid-Atlantic Regional Public Health Training Center 16

17 Overview of MAR-PHTC Purpose - Strengthening the quality and performance of public health practice Region - Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia Audience - Primary, secondary, and future public health workforce Funding - U.S. Health Resources & Services Administration (through 8/31/18) 17

18 Health Informatics & HIT MAR-PHTC IS THE NATIONAL LEAD FOR CURRICULUM Health Informatics & Health Information Technology Basic, applied informatics Field-tested apps for data analysis Open-access tools for infectious disease, primary care, and emergency response applications User guides, tutorials, and online instructions available for most applications Health-IT systems training 18

19 Virginia Public Health Training Center September 2015 thru August 2018 Major upcoming steps as VPHTC: Hire a PT Program Manager Advisory committee of reps from VDH, all 6 MPH programs in Virginia, VAPHA, and others Update training needs assessment Identify and publicize existing training resources and develop new training to meet needs 19

20 Objective: Assure that training is accessible and convenient for workforce Assess Training Needs Objective: Survey the governmental public health workforce to identify training priorities Plan, Advertise & Offer Training in Varied Modalities Objective: When training needs exist, but content does not, work with academic and other partners to create content Adapted from Minnesota Alliance Presentation Virginia Public Health Training Center- IPHI and Advisory Committee Collaboratively Develop New Content Catalog Existing Trainings Objective: Identify currently available trainings that meet public health competencies 20

21 Virginia Public Health Training Center Virginia and Regional Training Priorities Population Health Health Equity Health informatics and Health Information Technology Accreditation, community health needs assessment, health improvement plan 21

22 Key Contacts National Network of Public s National Coordinating Center for Public Health Training Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center 22

23 Contact Information Mike Royster, MD, MPH, FACPM Vice President Institute for Public Health Innovation (804) Liz Konikoff, M.A., PMP, CPLP Program Manager VPHTC Institute for Public Health Innovation (703) THANK YOU! 23