UK Faculty of Public Health Competences that may be achieved through trainees volunteering with People’s-Uni
These competences are taken from the latest (2007) Faculty of Public Health curriculum. These may be achieved through development and facilitation of modules, though they should not be viewed as ‘easy wins’. The People’s-Uni team would be looking for sustained involvement and commitment. In addition, some of these competences would only be gained through more high-level involvement with the project.
Some of the competences below would be attained during Phase 3 of the new curriculum
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2.17 |
Work with others to generate consensus where there is conflicting evidence or an evidence gap |
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3.1 |
Display awareness of current national public health policies |
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3.3 |
Identify the key issues which must be addressed when developing policy options |
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3.9 |
Overcome problems that arise when implementing a plan or strategy |
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3.10 |
Analyse the process and outcomes of policy implementation |
Competence Area 4
Involvement in People’s-uni may more easily support achievement of Competence Area 4.
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Potential vehicles for the demonstration of this competence area
Working effectively as part of team
Chairing a multi-disciplinary meeting
Leading a public health project
Successfully completing a change management project
Identifying and engaging stakeholders in projects to improve the public’s health
Working with the media
Potential settings for the demonstration of this competence area: By the end of training trainees will be expected to have developed leadership skills in each of the three domains of public health and to have worked collaboratively with more than two of the following agencies/organisations: local authorities, regional departments of government and/or national government, consumer groups and clinicians. The leadership contribution in each setting must be clearly demonstrated by tangible outcomes of delivery and /or demonstrable skill development. Competence is this area may also be demonstrated through work in international public health. |
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4.1 |
Demonstrate insight into own leadership style and personality type and preferences in different circumstances |
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4.2 |
Display critical self-appraisal and reflective practice |
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4.5 |
Demonstrate appropriate presentation communication skills, including descriptions of complex issues, in typical public health settings |
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4.6 |
Communicate the concept of risk in terms of health/ financial/ reputational and political risk |
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4.8 |
Manage a project to successful completion within available resources and timescales |
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4.9 |
Demonstrates effective team working in a variety of settings |
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4.11 |
Guide and support staff, monitor work, receive, give constructive feedback and develop staff |
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4.12 |
Balance the needs of the individual, the team and the task |
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4.13 |
Analyse appropriately a situation or project and identify the steps required to achieve change |
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4.14 |
Display leadership within a team and a multi-agency setting |
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5.3 |
Debate the strengths and weaknesses of a variety of health improvement interventions directed at large populations including social marketing |
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5.12 |
Apply understanding of a range of organisations and their different cultures and perspectives to bring about effective health improvement activity |
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8.1 |
Formulate and articulate problems so they can be addressed by using public health intelligence |
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8.5 |
Present and communicate population health intelligence in effective ways in order to monitor system performance and to improve decisions of colleagues, practitioners and senior decision makers |
Competence Area 9 - Academic
Involvement in People’s-uni will more easily support achievement of Competence Area 9.
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9.2 |
Formulate a specific public health research question |
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9.4 |
Define appropriate outcome measures and data requirements for specific research proposals, both quantitative and qualitative |
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9.7 |
Identify the potential for misleading findings from different research methods and identify ways to avoid them |
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9.8 |
Draw appropriate conclusions and make recommendations from others’ research |
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9.12 |
Contribute to the education and training of other staff, medical students and colleagues. |
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9.13 |
Develop skills and attitudes for teaching including appropriate supervision and assessment |
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9.17 |
Advise on the relative strengths and limitations of different research methods to address a specific public health research question |
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9.25 |
Participate in developing and teaching courses and related material |
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9.26 |
Organise the design and delivery of an academic course or lecture series |
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9.27 |
Supervise others(eg MPH or other aspiring academics) and demonstrate ability to assess and to respond reflectively to being assessed |
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9.28 |
Engage in leadership roles in curriculum development |
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9.29 |
Play a role in a teaching committee |
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9.32 |
Be a reflective educator, evaluating practice across research, teaching and administration |
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9.33 |
Communicate complex research issues that can affect health to a variety of audiences |