Nectar Presentation

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East of England Teaching Public Health Network
(EETPHN) Developing teaching and learning in
Public Health and Health Improvement Dr Veena
Rodrigues (Lead) Clinical Senior Lecturer,
School of Medicine, Health Policy Practice,
UEA, Honorary Consultant, NHS Norfolk Norwich
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Purpose

• To
• facilitate improved Public Health teaching,
• promote communication, partnership and co-working
  between stakeholder organisations, and
• increase Public Health capacity (and capability)
  in the East of England.

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Geographical boundaries
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Objectives

• To contribute to and support the
  multidisciplinary PH curriculum,
• To bring closer together PH teaching and PH
  practice,
• To deliver PH skills and knowledge to a wide
  range of multi-sector audiences, and
• To foster collaboration and cooperation between
  academic institutes at higher and further
  education levels

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Governance and Accountability

• Steering Group
• Network Hub, UEA, Norwich (Lead, Coordinator,
  Admin asst)
• Stakeholders HEIs, FE Colleges, NHS, Non-NHS
  (LA, Voluntary sector, etc)

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Steering Group

• University of Cambridge (Stephen Gillam)
• University of Hertfordshire (Stephen Curtis)
• University of Luton (Gurch Randhawa)
• University of Essex (Camillo Chinamasa)
• Anglia Ruskin University (Woody Caan)
• University of East Anglia (Veena Rodrigues)
• NHS colleagues (P Badrinath, Suffolk PCT A
  Bagade, Cambridgeshire PCT)
• Skills For Health (Jennifer Fenelon)
• NHS East of England Workforce Development (Annie
  Cooper)
• EoE Deanery (Celia Duff, Kathy Branson)
• Luton Borough Council (Chimeme Egbutah )
• Royal College Nursing (Kellie Norris)

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Work areas

• Climate Change and Health
• Develop teaching modules on the links
  between sustainability and health
• Public Health in Medical Education
• Develop PH within the undergraduate
  curriculum (nationally) and for FY2 doctors
  (regionally)
• Healthy Settings
• Promote the Healthy Settings approach
  (Healthy Colleges and Health Promoting
  Universities)
• Workforce Development
• Advise on public health workforce training
• Regional Good Practice
• Encourage learning, dialogue and networking
  in public health via our electronic discussion
  group and website

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EETPHN Website http//www.eetphn.org
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EETPHN Website - courses
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Mapping PH courses

• To establish a baseline
• To create and manage a searchable database
• To engage target groups

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What is out there already?

• Existing sources of information
• R D Learning Programme at http//www.rdlearning.
  org.uk (only RD courses)
• www.findamasters.com (only masters level)
• Search public health courses on
  http//www.healthscotland.com (only Scotland)
• UCAS website http//www.ucas.ac.uk

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Higher Education Institutes

• information being collected on Public Health
  courses and allied courses
• Assessment of content and mapping to FPH
  competencies/KSF for PH courses (in discussion
  with Deanery)

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New developments

• Interactive health skills escalator (East
  Midlands Healthcare Workforce Deanery)
  http//www.eastmidlandsdeanery.nhs.uk/skills_escal
  ator/priorities.php
• Public Health Online resource for Career and
  Skills Training (PHORCaST)
• One stop shop for information on careers in
  public health, roles, routes, qualifications and
  training supported by the four UK countries
  Departments of Health expected to be launched in
  September 2009.
• See website for details http//www.phru.nhs.uk/P
  ages/PHD/phorcast.html

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Challenges and obstacles

• Mapping information - completeness?
• - response rates?
• Potentially more work than can be completed
  within time scale and capacity !
• Keeping information up to date eg. course
  database and CPD package
• Sustainability of network