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/institute-centers/chphsr/clincomp.html
How do you use competencies? Objectives Content Teaching methods
How do you use the pyramid? Technical/ Knowledgeable Skilled/ Proficient 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 analyze, detect, identify, distinguish, classify Skilled/ Proficient Technical/ Knowledgeable define, be familiar with, understand, recognize Awareness
Course Design and Development: Steps Utilize previous needs assessment findings Identify target audience 45 local health departments and MDCH Other Identify course faculty Academics Public health practitioners Convene curriculum subcommittee, including faculty, staff and target audience
Course Design and Development: Steps Identify competencies for each training Create objectives from competencies and needs assessment to develop training content 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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