The Future of Michigan Public Health Professionals: Strategic Directions and Training Needs

1. The Future of Michigan Public Health Professionals: Strategic Directions and Training Needs Michigan Public Health Training Center Saginaw County Department of Public Health Michigan Environmental Health Association Michigan Association for Local Public Health

2. Michigan Public Health Training Center: Approaches for Identifying Training PrioritiesPhoebe Goldberg, MPH, CHES

3. Today’s Roundtable • Objectives: • Share our approaches for evaluating the training needs of public health professionals in a variety of settings • Describe the use of training needs assessments in informing organizational and staff development strategies • Identify recommendations for next steps to meet the training needs of environmental health professionals in MI • What are your questions?

4. Michigan Public Health Training Center • Strengthening the current and future public health workforce for 14+ years • Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration • Continuing education and applied learning • Field placements and collaborative projects • Training needs assessments that inform training • Training offered in online and in-person modalities • Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

5. Michigan PHTC: Training Needs Assessments • Since 2012, conducted 11 training needs assessments • Formats: • Online or paper surveys • Focus groups • Key informant interviews • Scans of existing reports • Audiences: • Individual local health departments • State-wide assessments of specific professions • Public health leadership • Health Officers • Others

6. Saginaw County Department of Public Health:Using Assessment Results for Staff TrainingChristina Harrington, MPH

7. Where we were… What we did… • Internal Professional Planning and Development Committee • Brainstormed mostly free training opportunities • Safety Committee focused on mandated training • Lack of participation by staff • Strategic Plan • Goal: Assess and assure core public health competencies • Movement towards PHAB alignment • Partnership with MPHTC • Develop online assessment • Compile and analyze the data

8. Training Needs Assessment Findings • Participants rated their level of training need in 120 skills areas across 8 domains • 47 of 93 staff responded to the online assessment • Nuances emerged when training needs were examined by tier (Management Support Staff, Tier 1, and Tier 2/3) • Blended learning would be desired/needed to accomplish goals • Top training needs were in areas regarding working with and communicating data and information

9. Our Next Steps • Workforce Workgroup analyzed the report and data to develop a training curriculum which led us to… • Workforce Development Plan to meet PHAB standards/measures • Formalized the training process and curriculum • Examined current workforce structure • Identified future workforce issues • Developed culture of learning • Determine tracking/monitoring processes – using QI

10. Michigan Environmental Health Professionals Training Needs AssessmentTrish KomanChris Klawuhn, RS

11. Goals and Partners Assessment Goal: • To strengthen knowledge and skills of Michigan’s current and future public health workforce • To determine the training needs of Michigan’s environmental health professionals

12. Methods 421 Current Michigan Environmental Health Association (MEHA) members surveyed April 2014 Following MEHA annual meeting 10-minutes Anonymous, voluntary 38 Training topics assessed 138 Responses (33%)

13. 5% 11% 8% Statewide 1% Multi-state or student N= 138 Respondents 65% work for Local Public Health Generally older, more experienced 51% 46 years and up 13% under 30 Licensed or certified 73% held current registration Actively seek training 88% attended recent training Work mainly in Food Protection, General Environmental, Water Quality, Children’s Health or Emergency Response 39% 36% Regions of Work

14. Respondents Profile: Position & Tenure Position within Organization Tenure in Current Position (%)

15. Top Training Needs – By Mean Score

16. Barriers • Structural • Resources • Time Away • Availability of Topics • Individual • Fit of training to personal need • 8 % Reported No Barriers Key Findings Respondents satisfied with state-level training Respondents had little experience with national trainings (less than 10%) Training needs uniform by organization, job or region With a few exceptions

17. Training needs generally uniform by type of organization, position and region • Exceptions for Emergency Response, Tracking and Informatics, Leadership and Coaching among others • Significant ideas for future areas of emphasis for the profession • Respondents are receiving training and are generally satisfied with results • Many of the technical training areas are being met by state-level organizations such as MEHA • More training desired in key communication/leadership areas Implications

18. Responding to Training Needs MEHA Michigan Public Health Training Center MALPH

19. Discussion

20. Thank you!Questions?Phoebe Goldberg, gophoebe@umich.eduwww.mitrainingcenter.org