Using TRAIN for Research: Your Guide for Using the TRAIN Datasets for Research Webinar
February 6, 2012
Duration: 15 MinutesThis webinar, made available through funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, outlines how the TRAIN learning management system (LMS) can be utilized by researchers to study the public health workforce and expand the Public Health Systems and Services Research (PHSSR) age...
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TRAIN Integration Flow Diagram
February 3, 2012
The TRAIN Integration Flow Diagram provides detailed information on how a partnering learning management system (LMS) can interact with TRAIN and transfer information between itself and the TRAIN LMS when a learner is taking a course. This document is intended to be used by information technology professionals...
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TRAIN Accreditation Webinar Series
January 5, 2012
Even though public health plays a critical role in the United States, there has not been a national accreditation program to confirm that public health departments are providing and constantly advancing the quality of services delivered to their communities, until now.1 Incorporated in 2007, the Public...
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How to Focus Your Training and Professional Development Efforts to Improve the Skills of Your Public Health Organization (2011 APHA Annual Meeting)
November 21, 2011
This presentation addresses the use of a quality improvement tool, the prioritization matrix, to identify workforce development needs. In this example, the relative importance of the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals domains is considered in order to help public health organizations focus resources...
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Competencies to Practice Toolkit: A Repository of Workforce Development Resources for Public Health (2011 APHA Annual Meeting)
November 21, 2011
This presentation offers an update on the development of tools to aid public health professionals and organizations in using the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals. Tools highlighted include job descriptions, “e.g.s” to clarify competencies, examples that demonstrate attainment of co...
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Key Findings from a Council on Linkages Survey of Public Health Workers (2011 APHA Annual Meeting)
November 21, 2011
This presentation highlights findings from a Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice survey of public health workers to determine how and why they enter the public health field and reasons they remain in that workforce. Implications for public health recruitment and retention...
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Academic Health Department Learning Community: A New Opportunity for Academic-Practice Collaboration (2011 APHA Annual Meeting)
November 21, 2011
This presentation introduces the Academic Health Department (AHD) Learning Community and the AHD concept. The AHD concept is illustrated by case studies describing the well-established AHD relationships of the Jefferson County (AL) Department of Health and the newly-formed partnership between the University...
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Improving and Measuring the Impact of Training: Strategies and Methods
November 21, 2011
Under contract with the Health Resources and Services Administration, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) explored strategies, methods, and tools for improving and measuring the impact of training on the public health workforce. The results of work...
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Quality Improvement Transforms Knox County Tennessee
November 17, 2011
Knox County Health Department in Tennessee began using Quality Improvement (QI) tools and techniques to address asthma management in their local community. At the conclusion of an asthma management demonstration project, funded by AstraZeneca, Knox County administrators wanted to integrate QI into...
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Improving the Quality of Adult Asthma Care in East Tennessee
October 4, 2011
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Under leadership from the Summit Medical Group, three teams including the City of Knoxville, Statcare Pulmonary Consultants, and Tennessee Valley Primary Care, participated in a rapid Plan-Do-Check-Act cycle to ...
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