Transcript Public Health SIG Meeting presentation: The Practice

Health Sciences and Practice Subject Centre
Public Health Special interest Group Meeting
The Practice Teacher: Innovations and Best Practice
28th January 2011
King’s College London
Facilitator: Dr Palo Almond, Chair, Public Health Special Interest
Group. Lead Public Health and Primary Care, University of
Southampton, [email protected] 02380 597845
[email protected] 0845 1965312
www.health.heacademy.ac.uk
Introduction
Aims: for the day
• Getting to know each other/networking
• Overview of the SIG PH
• Stimulate thinking: practice related teaching and
learning and the contribution of clinical/practice
teachers
• New public health policy
• Future of SIG PH and HEA
Aims of the Public Health Special
Interest Group
• To be open to anyone involved in teaching in public
health-related disciplines
• Make links with related networks and Special Interest
Groups, e.g. Regional Public Health Teaching
Networks, Health Promotion Academics
• Promote dialogue with professional bodies: e.g.
Faculty of Public Health, NMC, Chartered Institute of
Environmental Health, HPC
Aims of the Public Health Special
Interest Group Continued
• Organise events
• Promote collaboration in a variety of public healthrelated learning and teaching activities
• Nurture student involvement in learning and teaching
• Develop and share teaching and learning methods,
evidence based practice and innovation.
Programme
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09.30-10.00 Refreshments and Registration
10.00-10.15 Introduction and overview of topic: Dr Palo Almond, University of
Southampton
10.15- 10.45 Student Perspectives: David Smith, Dharam Dickinson, Oksana
Conway (3rd and 4th year pg medical students, St. Georges, London).
10.45-11.15 Clinical Pharmacy Decision Making Skills: A Novel approach to
Final Year Undergraduate MPharm Teaching: Julie Hughes, Natalie Lewis.
Aston University and Sandwell and West Birmingham NHS Trust.
11.15 -12.30 Debate and discussion of papers and related issues
13.00-14.00 Lunch and networking
14.00-14.30 Support for Practice Teachers: the role of the Clinical Development
Advisor. Teresa Smith Clinical Development Advisor NHS Blackburn
14.30-14.45.Mentorship in Research: Professor Woody Caan, Anglia Ruskin
University
14.45-15.45 Discussion of new white paper, Healthy Lives, Healthy People; and
plans for the next SIG PH meeting over afternoon tea and biscuits: Members
15:45-16.00 Future of SIG PH, HEA, and Subject Centres – Dr Kwansuree
Jiamton, Technology and Learning Manager
16:00 Close
Public Health Practice Education
• Skills development
• Theoretical underpinning
• Attitudinal and professional development
• Assessment of clinical skills
BUT
• How do we do this in the realm of public health?
What are public health skills? Who teaches them? What
are the most effective methods to teach and learn
public health skills?
Nine areas of public health work
Core areas
1. Surveillance and assessment of the
population’s health and wellbeing
2. Assessing the evidence of
effectiveness of interventions,
programmes and services to
improve population health and
wellbeing
3. Policy and strategy development and
implementation for population health
and wellbeing
4. Leadership and collaborative
working for population health and
wellbeing
Non-core (defined) areas
5. Health improvement
6. Health protection
7. Public health intelligence
8. Academic public health
9. Health and social care quality
The framework consists of the collection of
competence and knowledge statements
Public health workforce development
https://tools.skillsforhealth.org.uk
National Occupational standards for the practice of
public health guide (Skills for Health).
http://www.sph.nhs.uk/sph-files/PHSkills-CareerFrame
work_Launchdoc_April08.pdf
Solutions for Public Health (formerly the Public Health
Resource Unit)
PHORCAST - Public health online resources for
careers, skills and training
Contact Us
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http://www.health.heacademy.ac.uk
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