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- Title
Using Grand Rounds to Train and Prepare a Local Public Health Workforce To Manage COVID-19 Outbreaks During the 2020–2021 Pandemic Winter Upsurge.
- Authors
Fischbach, Lori; Smith, Lisa V.; King, Jan; Inkelas, Moira; Kuo, Tony
- Abstract
In response to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) expanded its workforce by >250 staff during Fall 2020 to manage the expected volume of outbreaks, which ultimately peaked. The workforce included reorganized groups of physicians, nurses, outbreak investigators from several DPH programs, and a 100+ member data science team tasked with designing and operating a data system and information flow process that became the backbone infrastructure of support for field investigation and outbreak management in real-time. The accelerated workforce expansion was completed in 3 months. To prepare new and reassigned permanent staff for fieldwork, DPH and several faculty from the Emory University Rollins School of Public Health adopted a flexible, skills-based series of medical Grand Rounds. These 16 sessions were grounded in practice- and problem-based learning principles using case studies, interactive scenarios, and didactic presentations based on scientific and public health practice information to teach knowledge and skills that were needed to manage COVID-19 outbreaks in different sectors. The evaluation suggests positive experience with the training series as well as impact on job performance.
- Subjects
GEORGIA; PREVENTION of epidemics; CURRICULUM; HUMAN services programs; EVALUATION of human services programs; FIELDWORK (Educational method); DESCRIPTIVE statistics; HOSPITAL rounds; RACE; CURRICULUM planning; PUBLIC health; COVID-19 pandemic; LABOR supply; JOB performance; EDUCATIONAL attainment
- Publication
Health Promotion Practice, 2024, Vol 25, Issue 4, p545
- ISSN
1524-8399
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/15248399231171952