The Public Health Laboratory Competencies outline the knowledge, skills and abilities to deliver core services efficiently and effectively. They provide a framework for developing education and training programs, identifying worker roles and job responsibilities, and assessing individual performance and organizational capacity.
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The Public Health Laboratory Competencies outline the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for public health laboratory professionals to deliver core services efficiently and effectively.
Competencies improve the workforce by providing a framework for developing education and training programs, identifying worker roles and job responsibilities, and assessing individual performance and organizational capacity. The competencies outline the knowledge, skills and abilities necessary for public health laboratory professionals to efficiently and effectively deliver core public health laboratory services. They are the basis of defining career pathways, developing standardized position descriptions and identifying and supporting training needs.
Part of a two-year project co-sponsored by APHL and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), competencies for 15 domain areas were developed by a diverse group of over 170 experts representing state and local public health laboratories, clinical laboratories, academic institutions, laboratory professional organizations, CDC and APHL.
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