This resource is an excerpt from the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) virtual meeting held on Friday, March 1, 2024 from 2-4pm EDT. This portion of the meeting featured speakers from the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) and the City of Milwaukee Health Department (MHD) highlighting how they used the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies) to assess their workforce; identify gaps in knowledge, skills, and abilities; and address those gaps through training and other workforce development opportunities.
Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services – Workforce Development Plan: Re-envisioning and Strengthening the Public Health Workforce, January 2024
Brenna Davidson, Operational Excellence Leader in the Office of Performance Management at DHSS, shared how DHSS used the Core Competencies as a foundational part of their workforce development activities as a component of their Public Health Infrastructure Grant initiative and to support Public Health Accreditation Board accreditation. Insights into the process of evaluating their workforce’s proficiency around the Core Competencies, creating a gap analysis, and developing a training plan for the DHSS learning and development team were discussed.
City of Milwaukee Health Department – Core Competency Prioritization Process
Kirsten (Kiki) Lezama, Director of Public Health Workforce Infrastructure, and Lindsey Nathan O'Connor, HR Administrator, at MHD, shared their experience engaging in a prioritization process using both the Core Competencies and the Racial Justice Competencies for Public Health Professionals. Ms. Lezama and Ms. O’Connor shared the process used by MHD to meaningfully integrate anti-racist frameworks and core competencies to build organizational structure and staff development.
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