Workforce Development Plan related to CDC Target

Rationale/Purpose:

To meet or exceed PHAB Domain 8 criteria for the development of a competency based Workforce Competency Development Plan.

Competency Sets Used: CDC Target Capabilities

Capabilities Based Trainings

Capabilities based trainings are free web-based trainings, webinars, or activities that are linked to the Western Wisconsin Public Health Readiness Consortium Capabilities Training Plan.  The trainings or activities found on this page address emergency readiness capabilities as well as other public health competency sets related to emergency preparedness. 

Capability 1:  Community Preparedness

Capability 2:  Community Recovery

Capability 3:  Emergency Operations Coordination

Capability 4:  Emergency Public Information and Warning

Capability 5:  Fatality Management

Capability 6:  Information Sharing

Capability 7:  Mass Care

Capability 8:  Medical Countermeasure Dispensing

Capability 9:  Medical Material Management and Distribution

Capability 10:  Medical Surge

Capability 11:  Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions

Capability 12:  Public Health Laboratory Testing

Capability 13:  Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation

Capability 14:  Responder Safety and Health

Capability 15:  Volunteer Management

OTHER. . .

For additional training needs not identified on this page, visit the Wisconsin TRAIN.

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	This 'tag' represents a best choice training or activity.  The Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness staff have either created or reviewed this particular resource and feel that it has the best 'bang for its buck' as a potential competency enhancing opportunity.
	This 'tag' represents a game-like activity that will give you or your staff an opportunity to implement what you've learned into a fun, realistic activity.
*Basic Competency	Describes the level at which someone new to a skill or attribute should be performing. Often this professional is at the staff or entry-level in the organization. However, it may also describe a seasoned professional with limited exposure to the area.
*Intermediate Competency	Describes the level at which someone with detailed knowledge in the area should be performing. It is expected that this person is capable of taking operational responsibility for an area. Often this person is at a mid-level within the organization, and has supervisory responsibilities.
*Advanced Competency	Describes the level at which someone with mastery of a skill should be performing. Often this person is the highest ranking individual with skills in a given area in the organization. However, it may also describe a lower-level professionals with specialized knowledge in an area.

* Center for Health Policy - Columbia University of School of Nursing (March 2008).  Competency-To-Curriculum Toolkit.  Retrieved On-Line at http://www.asph.org/userfiles/Competency-to-Curriculum-Toolkit08.pdf

Capability 1:  Community Preparedness The ability of communities to prepare for, withstand, and recover- in both the short and long terms- from public health incidents.  (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Training/Activity Format Provider Hours Rating Basic NEW Community Preparedness Webinar Series: Animal and Pet Preparedness Register through TRAIN  Course ID 1022602 Webcast Citizen Corps/FEMA 60 minutes   Basic NEW Community Preparedness Webinar Series: ARC: Partnership in Preparedness Register through TRAIN  Course ID 1022599 Webcast Citizen Corps/FEMA 60 minutes   Basic NEW Counting Upon the Kindness & Expertise of Others: Serving Vulnerable Individuals & Families in Times of Disaster Register through TRAIN  Course ID 1012864 Webcast Pacific EMPRINTS 60 minutes   Basic NEW Vulnerable Populations in Disasters: Reducing Impact Through Planning, Plan Writing, and Plan Execution Register through TRAIN  Course ID 1012853 Webcast Pacific EMPRINTS 60 minutes   Basic Personal and Family Emergency Preparedness Online University of Minnesota School of Public Health Self-paced   Capability 2:  Community Recovery                          Community Recovery is the ability to collaborate with community partners to plan and advocate for the rebuilding of public health, medical, and mental/behavioral health systems to at least a level of functioning comparable to pre-incident levels, and improved levels where possible. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Intermediate IS-814 Long Term Community Recovery Online FEMA Independent Study Program 30 minutes   Capability 3:  Emergency Operations Coordination EOC is the ability to direct and support an event or incident with public health or medical implications by establishing a standardized, scalable system of oversight, organization, and supervision consistent with jurisdictional standards and practices within the National Incident Management System (NIMS). (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic IS 700.a- An Introduction to the National Incident Management System (NIMS) Online Federal Emergency Management Association 3 hours Satisfies Just-in-Time Training Basic Incident Command System 100: An Introduction to ICS Online Federal Emergency Management Association 3 hours   Basic Incident Command System 200.a: ICS for Single Resources and Initial Action Incidents Online Federal Emergency Management Association 3 hours   Basic NEW FOR 2011 IS 7: A Citizen's Guide to Disaster Assistance Online Federal Emergency Management Association 10 hours 1 CEU Available Basic ICS Jeopardy PowerPoint Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness 1 hour   Intermediate IS 800.b- National Response Framework Online Federal Emergency Management Association 2.5 hours   Intermediate ICS 'Who Wants to be a Millionaire' Game   Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness Self-paced   Intermediate ICS 300-  Intermediate ICS for Expanding Incidents Classroom - By Request Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness 16 hours   Intermediate   MGT 101- Incident Management/Unified Command Online Texas  Engineering Extension Service 8 hours   Advanced ICS 400- Advanced ICS for Command & General Staff; Complex Incidents Classroom - By Request Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness 16 hours   Advanced Enhanced IMUC (Incident Management Unified Command) Classroom Texas  Engineering Extension Service 32 hours   Advanced IS-775, EOC Management and Operations Online Federal Emergency Management Association 4 hours   Capability 4: Emergency Public Information and Warning Emergency public information and warning is the ability to develop, coordinate, and disseminate information, alerts, warnings, and notifications to the public and incident management responders. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours Comments Basic "Hello, How May I Help You?" Creating and Operating a Public Information Call Center Word Document National Association of City and County Health Officials Self-paced   Basic Risk Communication Strategies for Public Health Preparedness Online Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Self-paced   Intermediate Risk Communication:  Public Engagement in Public Health Practice Online University of Minnesota School of Public Health  Self-paced   Intermediate   Disaster in Franklin County Online, Interactive Game University of Minnesota School of Public Health  Self-paced   Intermediate Unified Health Communications 100 Online      HRSA:  US DHS Health Resources and Services Administration 5 hour Self-paced   Intermediate CERC (Crisis and Emergency Risk Communication) Onnline Training Online Center for Disease Control and Prevention Self-paced   Capability 5: Fatality Management Fatality management is the ability to coordinate with other organizations (law enforcement, healthcare, emergency management, and medical examiner/coroner) to ensure the recovery, handling, identification, transportation, tracking, storage, and disposal of human remains and personal effects; certify cause of death; and facilitate access to mental/behavioral health services to the family members, responders, and survivors of an incident. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic Mass Fatalities (Public Health Emergency Training Series) Online University of Minnesota School of Public Health .5   Basic CDC Target Capability Guide for Fatality Management PDF Document CDC Self-paced Background information on Fatality Management and specific PH roles within this capability Capability 6: Information Sharing Information sharing is the ability to conduct multijurisdictional, multidisciplinary exchange of health-related information and situational awareness data among federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal levels of government, and the private sector.  This capability includes the routine sharing of information as well as issuing of public health alerts to federal, state, local, territorial, and tribal levels of government and the private sector in preparation for, and in response to, events or incidents of public health significance. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic IS-704 NIMS Communications and Information Management Interactive, Web-based Course Federal Emergency Management Association 2 hours   Basic Wisconsin Health Alert Network (HAN) online tutorial Online Tutorial Wisconsin Health Alert Network Self-paced   Basic WI TRAIN Quick Reference Guide PDF Document Wisconsin TRAIN Self-paced   Basic MS Live Meeting User Guide PDF Document Microsoft Self-paced   Basic GETS/WPS Information for LPHA:  Overview, Video on GETS & WPS Website Resources National Communication Service Self-paced   Intermediate NEW IS-702.a- NIMS Public Information Systems Register through TRAIN  Course ID 1022919 Online FEMA Self-paced   Intermediate Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Training Resources Online North Carolina Center for PH Preparedness 6 sessions - 30 minutes per session   Intermediate Epi-X: The Epidemic Information Exchange Online Tutorial Center for Disease Control and Prevention Self-paced   Intermediate WEDSS User Manual PDF Document Wisconsin DHS Self-paced   Capability 7: Mass Care Mass Care is the ability to coordinate with partner agencies to address the public health, medical, and mental/behavioral health needs of those impacted by an incident at a congregate location.  This capability includes the coordination of ongoing surveillance and assessment to ensure that health needs continue to be met as the incident evolves. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic           Basic           Basic           Basic           Basic           Capability 8: Medical Countermeasure Dispensing Medical countermeasure dispensing is the ability to provide medical countermeasures (including vaccines, antiviral drugs, antibiotice, antitoxin, etc. . . ) in support of treatment or prophylaxis (oral or vaccination) to the identified population in accordance with public health guidelines and/or recommendations. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic           Capability 9: Medical Material Management and Distribution Medical material management and distribution is the ability to acquire, maintain, transport, distribute, and track medical material during an incident and to recover and account for unused medical material, as necessary, after an incident. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic PPE: US Department of Labor/OSHA Informational Booklet Downloadable Booklet Occupational Safety and Health Administration 2 hours   Basic   PPE Toolkit Video/PDF National Association of City and County Health Officials Self-paced   Basic NEW Protect Yourself with Full Barrier Protection Register through TRAIN  Course ID 1007979 Online University of Minnesota MERET Series 1 hour   Basic Annual Respiratory Fit Testing Training By Request Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness 1 hour   Intermediate 3M Training Resources Online 3M and OSHA Varies   Intermediate NEW EM 121: N95 Resiprator and PPE Training for Health Care Workers Register through TRAIN  Course ID 1023255 Webcast Yale New Haven Health Center for Excellence 20 minutes   Intermediate Personal Protective Equipment (PHET Series) Online University of Minnesota School of Public Health .5 contact hours   Capability 10: Medical Surge Medical Surge is the ability to provide adequate medical evaluation and care during events that exceed the limits of the normal medical infrastructure of an affected community.  It encompasses the ability of the healthcare system to survive a hazard impact and maintain or rapidly recover operations that were compromised. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic *Understanding Mass Clinic Operations (032509) Archived Webinar Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness 1 hour   Basic Disaster Mental Health PowerPoint Seattle & King County PH Self-paced   Basic NEW Compilation of Disaster Mental Health Trainings Includes: Intervention, Planning, Consequences of Disaster, Psychological 1st Aid, Psychology and Crisis Response, Psychology of Terrorism, Self-Care) Online   Johns Hopkins Public Health Preparedness Programs Self-paced   Basic Emergency Dispensing Site Tools CD-ROM National Association of City and County Health Officials NA   Intermediate Emergency Dispensing Site Staff Training Series PDF Document National Association of City and County Health Officials Self-paced document   Intermediate Emergency Risk Communication for Public Health Professionals Online National Association of City and County Health Officials Self-paced   Advanced   The POD Game Online, Interactive Game University of Illinois-Chicago School of Public Health Self-paced   Capability 11: Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions NPI's are the ability to recommend to the applicable lead agency (if not public health) and implement, if applicable, strategies for disease, injury, and exposure control.  Strategies include; I/Q, Movement restrictions/travel warnings, Social distancing, Hygiene, Precautionary protective behaviors (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Capability 12: Public Health Laboratory Testing Public health laboratory testing is the ability to conduct rapid and conventional detection, characterization, confirmatory testing, data reporting, investigative support, and laboratory networking to address actual or potential exposure to all -hazards. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic           Intermediate           Intermediate           Intermediate           Intermediate           Capability 13: Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation The ability to create, maintain, support, and strengthen routine surveillance and detection systems and epidemiological investigation processes, as well as to expand these systems and processes in response to incidents of public health significance. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic Reportable Disease Surveillance Online University of North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness .5 hours   Basic   Disease Surveillance Online University of Minnesota School of Public Health .5 hours   Basic  Introduction to Public Health Surveillance Online  or CD-ROM Washington State/NW Center for Public  Health Preparedness 1 hour   Basic Case and Contact Investigation Training JITT Power Point Seattle & King County PH Self-Paced Satisfies Just-in-Time Training Basic Case and Contact Interview Training JITT Power Point Seattle & King County PH Self-Paced Satisfies Just-in-Time Training Intermediate Contact Investigation Skill Development Guide Downloadable Materials University of Minnesota School of Public Health Self-paced   Intermediate   Outbreak at Water's Edge Online, Interactive Game University of Minnesota School of Public Health Self-paced   Intermediate Contact Investigation Online University of Minnesota School of Public Health .5 hours   Advanced   ICS in Action:  Using the Principles of ICS in Public Health Outbreak Investigations Online   University of North Carolina Center for PH Preparedness 2.5 hours   Advanced Epi Specialties: Disaster and Environmental Epidemiology Online University of North Carolina Center for PH Preparedness 30 minutes   Basic Anatomy of Foodborne Outbreaks Online North Carolina Center for PH Preparedness 1 hour   Basic Introduction to Outbreak Investigation Online University of Washington School of Public Health Self-paced   Capability 14: Responder Safety and Health This capability describes the ability to protect public health agency staff responding to an incident and the ability to support the health and safety needs of hospital and medical facility personnel, if requested. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic           Basic           Intermediate           Capability 15: Volunteer Management This capability refers to the ability to coordinate the identification, recruitment, registration, credential verification, training, and engagement of volunteers to support the jurisdictional public health agency's response to incidents of public health significance. (Back to Focus Area List) Competency Goal Training/Activity Format Provider Hours   Basic IS-244 Developing and Managing Volunteers Online Federal Emergency Management Association Self-paced   Basic Minnesota Responds Medical Reserve Corps:  An Online Orientation for Volunteers Online University of Minnesota School of Public Health Self-paced   Basic NIMS and ICS:  A Primer for Volunteers Online University of Minnesota School of Public Health Self-paced Satisfies Just-in-Time Training Basic   Plan to Be Ready: A Guide for Training Non-Public Health Workers to Respond to Public Health Emergencies CD-ROM National Association of City and County Health Officials Self-paced   Basic Resource Management Archive of Onsite Presentation Webinar Western Region Partnership for Public Health Preparedness 47 minutes   Intermediate Training Opportunities and Resources from MRC (Medical Reserve Corps) Online  Office of the Civilian Volunteer- Medical Reserve Corps Self-paced   Intermediate IS-701 NIMS Multiagency Coordination System (MACS) Course Online Federal Emergency Management Association 5 hours   Intermediate IS-703 NIMS Resource Management Online Federal Emergency Management Association 3 hours               Trainings Related to Public Health Law (NOTE:  Not a Target Capability) Basic Public Health Legal Authority Orientation to Statutes and Rules Power Point Wisconsin Department of Health Services Self-paced   Basic Legal Implications for Public Health Professionals in Emergencies Online University of Minnesota School of Public Health Self-paced   Basic Public Health Law Program; H1N1 Legal Preparedness and other Resources Online Center for Disease Control and Prevention Self-paced   Basic HIPAA:  An Overview of HIPAA and the Privacy Rule Online University of North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness 30 minutes   Basic Intro to Communicable Disease Law Part 1 Online University of North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness 30 minutes   Intermediate Intro to Communicable Disease Law Part II Online University of North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness 60 minutes   Intermediate Public Health Policy and Advocacy Online University of Minnesota Self-paced   Intermediate Legal Authority List of Statutes, Role Play and Scavenger Hunt Folder of Materials Northwoods Public Health Preparedness Consortium Self-paced   Intermediate PH Legal Authority Archived Lecture Wisconsin Department of Health Services 45 minutes   Intermediate Legal Authority Intermediate Overview Power Point Wisconsin Department of Health Services Self-paced