Developing competencies in public health: a scoping review of the literature on developing competency frameworks and student and workforce development.

ABSTRACT: Effective and precise public health practice relies on a skilled and interdisciplinary workforce equipped with integrated knowledge, values, skills, and behaviors as defined by competency frameworks. Competency frameworks inform academic and professional development training, support performance evaluation, and identify professional development needs. The aim of this research was to systematically identify and examine trends in the extent, nature, and range of the literature related to developing competencies in public health. This includes developing public health competency frameworks, and how competencies are developed and maintained in students and practitioners. We used a scoping review methodology to systematically identify and report on trends in the literature. Two independent revi

SUBMITTER: MacKay M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10944919 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature