COMPETENCY BASED TRAINING Michigan Department of Community Health

COMPETENCY BASED TRAINING Michigan Department of Community Health OPHP Technical Advisory Committee Rosemarie Rowney, MPH RN Director of Training February 9, 2004

What is a competency? • An extension of the agencies general vision • A complex combination • Knowledge, skills and abilities (KSA’s) • Demonstrated by organization’s members • Critical to effective and efficient function of an organization Nelson, Essien, Latoff and Wiesner (1997)

How can they be used? • • Update/revise job description New employee orientation Employee training Self assessment…am I able to…?

Where do I find competencies? • Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice, Core Competencies for Public Health Workers, May 2001. http: //www. trainingfinder. org/competencies • CDC and Columbia University School of Nursing Center for Health Policy, Bioterrorism and Emergency Readiness: Competencies for all Public Health Workers, November 2002. www. nursing. hs. columbia. edu • Clinician Competencies for Emergency Preparedness and Bioterrorism http: //www. nursing. hs. columbia. edu/institutecenters/chphsr/clincomp. html

How do you use competencies? Competencies Objectives Content Teaching methods

How do you use the pyramid? Skilled/ Proficient Technical/ Knowledgeable Aware

What is the level of mastery? Advanced Intermediate Basic

Individuals are able to. . . Synthesize, critique, or teach Apply and describe the skill Identify the concept or skill, but limited ability to perform the skill

How do you write objectives? assess, apply, evaluate, integrate, illustrate Skilled/ Proficient Technical/ Knowledgeable Awareness analyze, detect, identify, distinguish, classify define, be familiar with, understand, recognize

Course Design and Development: Steps 1. Utilize previous needs assessment findings 2. Identify target audience 45 local health departments and MDCH Other 3. Identify course faculty Academics Public health practitioners 4. Convene curriculum subcommittee, including faculty, staff and target audience

Course Design and Development: Steps 5. Identify competencies for each training 6. Create objectives from competencies and needs assessment to develop training content 7. Determine teaching methods based on objectives and adult learning principals • Finalize course logistics (location, time, date, registration, marketing, CEUs) • Develop evaluation instrument

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