title: Expanding the public health emergency preparedness competency set to meet specialized local and evolving national needs: a needs assessment and training approach.
abstract: This article presents an approach to competency development created at the South Central Center for Public Health Preparedness to expand and refine existing competency sets for public health emergency responders. The technique uses course content generated by subject matter experts to validate and expand existing national competency sets. New competencies based on local needs were identified that provide coverage of subject matter appropriate to local public health emergency responders beyond the focus of existing national competency sets.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Health Sciences, Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA. lhites@tulane.edu
authors.forename: Lisle S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Hites
authors.forename: Amy V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Lafreniere
authors.forename: Martha S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Wingate
authors.forename: Ann C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.forename: Peter M
authors.initials: PM
authors.lastname: Ginter
authors.forename: Laurita
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Santacaterina
authors.forename: Lisa C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: McCormick
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004189:Disaster Planning / Q000458:organization & administration*; D004521:Educational Measurement; D004634:Emergency Medical Technicians / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration; D035082:Federal Government; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D009111:Local Government; D020380:Needs Assessment; D011361:Professional Competence; D016730:Program Development; D015980:Public Health Practice