Learning Outcomes for Public Health

Below is a full list of the learning outcomes across all the nine key areas of the public health specialist training curriculum.

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This list is a part of the learning outcomes framework of the public health specialist training curriculum.

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Key Area 6
Health Protection

	Learning outcome	Target Phases	Special Interest Outcome
6.1	Subsection: Risk assessment Identify known or potential health effects associated with a particular hazard relevant to health protection which is common in a population	1	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:2 *Related curriculum areas:* 1, Surveillance and assessment of the population's health and well-being		close remove
6.2	Subsection: Risk assessment Characterise the hazard identified, both quantitatively and qualitatively	2	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 1, Surveillance and assessment of the population's health and well-being 8, Public Health Intelligence		close remove
6.3	Subsection: Risk assessment Assess the degree of risk associated with exposure to a hazard commonly found in a population	2	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 1, Surveillance and assessment of the population's health and well-being 2, Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of health and healthcare interventions, programmes and services		close remove
6.4	Subsection: Risk assessment Integrate hazard identification, characterisation and assessment into an estimate of the adverse events likely to occur in a population, based on a hazard commonly found in that population	2	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 1, Surveillance and assessment of the population's health and well-being 2, Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of health and healthcare interventions, programmes and services		close remove
6.5	Subsection: Risk assessment Be able to complete a risk assessment for a hazard not commonly found in a population, drawing on external expertise as appropriate	3	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 1, Surveillance and assessment of the population's health and well-being 2, Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of health and healthcare interventions, programmes and services		close remove
6.6	Subsection: Risk communication Describe complex issues clearly to individuals, groups and communities	2	No
	*Related KSF competency:* C1:4 *Related curriculum areas:* 4, Strategic leadership and collaborative working for health		close remove
6.7	Subsection: Risk management (a) Interventions - managing risks to health Meet the educational requirements for commencing supervised on call. Particular standards to be reached before commencing on call are identified in a separate document	2	No
	*Related KSF competency:* C2:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 4, Strategic leadership and collaborative working for health x Good Practice in Public Health		close remove
6.8	Subsection: Risk management (a) Interventions - managing risks to health Meet the educational requirements for undertaking on-call as a generic consultant in public health (operating within limits of own professional competence and with the advice of a medical consultant who specialises in health protection available at all times)	3	No
	*Related KSF competency:* C2:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 4, Strategic leadership and collaborative working for health		close remove
6.9	Subsection: Risk management (a) Interventions - managing risks to health Ask appropriate questions to recognise a problem when presented with a health protection challenge	2	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 4, Strategic leadership and collaborative working for health		close remove
6.10	Subsection: Risk management (a) Interventions - managing risks to health Interpret the answer received and recognise the need to ask for relevant advice where appropriate	2	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 1, Surveillance and assessment of the population's health and well-being 2, Assessing the evidence of effectiveness of health and healthcare interventions, programmes and services		close remove
6.11	Subsection: Risk management (a) Interventions - managing risks to health Identify and confirm the risks and possible exposures	2	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 1, Surveillance and assessment of the population's health and well-being		close remove
6.12	Subsection: Risk management (a) Interventions - managing risks to health Describe the organisation of infection control and apply effective and appropriate procedures and policies to reduce risk	2	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 4, Strategic leadership and collaborative working for health		close remove
6.13	Subsection: Risk management (a) Interventions - managing risks to health Advise on and co-ordinate public health action required in the light of existing local & national policies and guidelines	2 or 3	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 4, Strategic leadership and collaborative working for health 5, Health Improvement 8, Public Health Intelligence		close remove
6.14	Subsection: Risk management (b) Interventions - incident management Describe the general principles of emergency planning and managing a major incident	2	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:2 *Related curriculum areas:* 4, Strategic leadership and collaborative working for health		close remove
6.15	Subsection: Risk management (b) Interventions - incident management Participate in and make a significant contribution to the investigation of an incident/outbreak including preparation of final report	2 or 3	No
	*Related KSF competency:* HWB3:3 *Related curriculum areas:* 4, Strategic leadership and collaborative working for health		close remove
6.16	Integrate different types of data, using complex data sets, or collection of ad hoc data to draw appropriate conclusions for disease control, environmental and chemical hazards control and health improvement	3	Yes
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6.17	Lead or take a major role in the investigation and management of a significant incident, to include an outbreak, non infectious disease incident and a look back	3	Yes
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6.18	Evaluate the management of an outbreak or incident	3	Yes
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6.19	Evaluate a health protection service improvement	3	Yes
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6.2	Apply heath protection principles to services relevant to health protection in particular settings and in high risk groups (eg. prisons, with asylum seekers, in dental health, port health)	3	Yes
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6.21	Undertake a complex health protection health needs assessment	3	Yes
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6.22	Understand and apply the theoretical models of behaviour change, in the context of health protection for the general population and high risk/ hard to reach groups	3	Yes
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6.23	Develop and test/audit a multi agency incident control plan	3	Yes
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6.24	Establish or evaluate and quality assure a specific health protection surveillance system, including reporting and early warning, to meet a specified need for a defined population.	3	Yes
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6.25	Lead or make a substantial contribution to the implementation of a health protection policy or campaign	3	Yes
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6.26	Show appropriate judgement on the basis of potentially incomplete/conflicting clinical information	3	Yes
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6.27	Identify and intervene when a clinical risk to the health of the public is identified	3	Yes
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6.28	Generate hypotheses for health protection problems and test them in appropriate epidemiological studies	3	Yes
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