Abstract
Evolving practices, accreditation, and priorities established in Public Health 3.0 are adding to the long-identified need for management training among public health practitioners. The New England Public Health Training Center is addressing this need with a flexible, open-source, 16-topic training program. The program is designed to build competencies for current and future managers, preparing them for their day-to-day tasks and for the kinds of adaptation suggested by Public Health 3.0 advocates. The training program uses live expert instructors for 10 webinars and 2 in-person trainings. Experts have also created the content for multiple self-paced E-Learnings that trainees undertake in addition to the instructor-led sessions. A webinar platform with breakout rooms and an advanced learning management system allows for online discussion and mentor interaction. The course has now been offered, evaluated, and modified 3 times, and the materials are available for noncommercial use by the public health community. Using the Kirkpatrick training evaluation model, the recent cohort was satisfied (87.5%) with the training, reported identifying actions to apply information learned to their work (85.8%), and experienced statistically significant knowledge gains. Earlier trainees reported work-related behavior change. Management training offers the hope of increasing professionalism; creating better, more effective workplaces and programs; and preparing practitioners for an evolving public health landscape. Early results indicate that NEPHTC's program, Managing Effectively in Today's Public Health Environment, is a useful tool in realizing that hope.
Highlights
Organizational change Labor laws RecruitingBudgets and resourcesProject management Leadership AverageTABLE 4 2017 Trainee Agreement (Agree or Strongly Agree) With Statements About the Training SessionsMy Understanding of Subject Matter Improved as a Result of Having Participated in This Training WorkProject management Quality improvement
The NEPHTC has evaluated the course at levels 1 and 2 of the Kirkpatrick Model of training evaluation[6] using a Likert Scale[7] to assess agreement with a series of statements about the course and by administering a quiz before and after training
All evaluation materials are shared with the public health training community
Summary
Each session of Managing Effectively in Today’s Public Health Environment was evaluated by NEPHTC’s evaluator on the basis of the available data. Across all sessions in the 2017 cohort, an average of 87.5% of participants www.JPHMP.com were satisfied, 90.5% felt that the information was presented clearly, 89.7% felt that their understanding of the subject matter improved, and 85.8% identified ways to apply what they learned to their work (Table 2). Three participants completed and commented on 2 of the trainings involved in the interview project Six of those contacted were not responsive, 4 had inactive e-mails, 1 was on leave from her work, and 2 declined because they were not in a position to use the knowledge and skills learned in the training due to retirement and a change in job responsibilities. Detailed notes were taken during the calls for the purpose of identifying common and divergent themes and to TABLE 2 2017 Trainee Agreement (Agree or Strongly Agree) With Statements About the Training Sessions
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