New to Public Health Residency Program (First Beta Test Version)

Overview

The New to Public Health Residency Program is an innovative development program designed to build confidence and competency for professionals who are new to public health.

The program is built upon the Foundational Public Health Services Model and develops enhanced knowledge and skills within the foundational areas and capabilities that are essential to public health practice.

The residency program includes an evidence-based practice project, peer networking, mentoring, facilitated reflection and journaling, simulation, and case studies to support the new resident as they transition to practice; while inspiring collaborative, interdisciplinary relationships to promote and protect health at a population level.

Statement of Need and Purpose

The residency program is designed to provide new public health professionals the foundational capabilities that are essential to public health practice. Overarching residency curriculum focuses on leadership, professional development, role-specific formation and competency. A residency program bridges the workforce by integrating the knowledge of experienced public health professionals and the fresh ideas of new staff to positively affect population health.

Integration of public health professionals from across jurisdictions allows the new public health professional to understand how diversity in the workforce strengthens essential services across city and county lines, and allows for enhanced networking and future collaboration.

Residency programs supplement state and local orientation programs and build upon department-specific policy, procedures, and tasks, to allow the resident to see a fuller picture of the field of public health.

This contemporary program utilizes a comprehensive practice model that supplements existing knowledge of staff and supports the synthesis of new ideas. The program promotes standardized tools for the participant to customize based on their individual practice.

Intended Audience

This residency program is designed to meet the needs of nurses, social workers, sanitarians, health educators, and other public health professionals that are new to their roles.

Elements of Competence

This continuing education (CE) activity is designed to improve learner competence, and focuses on the American Board of Medical Specialties’ areas of interpersonal communication skills, professionalism and systems-based practice, the Institute of Medicine area of employing evidence-based practice, applying quality improvement, and utilizing information, and the Interprofessional and Nursing areas of values/ethics, roles/responsibilities and interprofessional communication.

Learning Objectives

By the end of the residency program, the new public health professional will:

Apply learned concepts from the Foundational Public Health Services’ model to their public health professional practice.
Increase knowledge, skills, and confidence for competent public health practice.
Access tools and resources applicable to public health practice.
Apply health equity and social justice concepts to public health practice.
Demonstrate enhanced cultural competency knowledge and skills in their individual practice.
Research, plan, and present a quality improvement or evidence-based practice project within their local health department or community.

Successful Completion

Residents will view lectures, panel discussions, participate in cased-based and small-group discussions, participation in simulation and skill-based training, and participate in simulation, skill-based training, and gaming activities over a 12 month period of time.

The residency program also includes an evidence-based practice project, peer networking, mentoring, facilitated reflection, journaling to support the new resident as they transition to practice while inspiring collaborative, interdisciplinary relationships to promote and protect health at a population level.

Course summary

Registration opens:

10/29/2020

Course expires:

12/31/2021

Cost:

$0.00

Rating:

Agenda

Session 1: Public Health Overview

Session 2: Communicable Disease

Session 3: Health Equity

Session 4: Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention

Session 5: Environmental Health

Session 6: Accountability and Performance Management

Session 7: Maternal, Child, and Family Health

Session 8: Access to and Linkage with Clinical Care

Session 9: Preparedness

Session 10: Leadership and Performance Management

Sessions 11 and 12: Evidence-Based Practice Projects, Public Health 3.0

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PLANNING COMMITTEE MEMBERS

Hannah Hayes, MPH, RN University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing	Julianna Manske, MSN, RN, OCN Public Health Nurse Franklin, WI	Susan Zahner, DrPH, RN, FAAN University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing
Deborah Heim, PhD, MS, MN, BSN Public Health Nurse Consultant (PHNC) Wisconsin Division of Public Health Office of Policy and Practice Alignment (OPPA) for the SE region	Ajay Sethi, PhD, MHS UW-Madison School of Medicine and Public Health	Paula Bizot
Ann Price

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Financial Disclosures

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Accreditation Statement

In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.