The Health Protection (Education and Training) SIG has been established to support and promote access to high quality training in health protection for members of the Faculty. We have the following aims:
The Health Protection (Education and Training) SIG reports to the Faculty's Health Protection Committee.
FPH members can join this SIG by logging into their FPH members’ portal account, selecting the ‘Committees/SIGs’ button and choosing the correct SIG. You will then be asked to provide a few details, following which your application will be automatically approved. Further details on FPH membership are available here.
This handbook has been developed by the Health Protection (Education and Training) Special Interest Group (SIG) to help support registrars in identifying the current opportunities for enhanced training in health protection across the different training regions. It is a live document and will be reviewed on an annual basis. If any changes to training opportunities are reported to the SIG in the intervening period, the document will be updated sooner to reflect these.
Vision and Aims: The FPH Health Protection Education and Training Special Interest Group exists to support all FPH members with an interest in Health Protection to access opportunities for education and training in this area and to contribute to strengthening opportunities for others to access. Over the next three years we will continue to further the work of the SIG by providing a forum for FPH members interested in Health Protection to share knowledge, experiences and insights relating to Health Protection training and education, gather information and maintain records of opportunities for health protection training, and work with partners to promote equity of access to Health Protection education and training opportunities. This work will support the FPH's wider aims of supporting public health workforce development and improving population health outcomes.
Activity: Continue to promote diversity in SIG activities and membership, including Four Nations involvement and cooperation.
Outcome: Organise and deliver a Four Nations health protection training day event, including a diverse range of speakers representative of the UK public health workforce.
Target date: April 2024
Named lead: Praveena Symeonoglou
Progress to date: Date, agenda, and speakers arranged; promotional material distributed
Outputs: Training day 18th April 2024
Activity: Promote CPD and knowledge sharing between SIG members.
Outcome: Organise and promote bitesize educational sessions to be incorporated into SIG meetings, including a diverse range of speakers.
Target date: Ongoing.
Named lead: Co-chairs.
Progress to date: Bitesize sessions organised for previous and upcoming meetings.
Outputs: Standing agenda item at each meeting.
Activity: Continue to expand membership of SIG to include and meet the training needs of FPH members from a range of professional backgrounds.
Outcome: Review of training needs for registrar and non-registrar SIG members. Results to inform SIG activities and structure.
Target date: December 2024
Named lead: Co-chairs
Progress to date: SIG now open to FPH members from all professional backgrounds.
Outputs: Report to HP committee and UKHSA training faculty,
Activity: Identify, monitor, and address any issues related to health protection training and education e.g. opportunities, quality, access or disparities
Outcome: Share differences in ways of working and training opportunities in SIG meetings. Identify and address inequalities through directory of training opportunities.
Target date: Ongoing
Named lead: Co-chairs
Progress to date: Annual update of HP training handbook and reports on OOHs working and acting up opportunities.
Outputs: Annual update training Handbook and ad hoc reports
Activity: Support FPH Health Protection committee and UKHSA training faculty in opportunities and projects which benefit SIG members’ development
Outcome: Agreement and completion of ad hoc bespoke projects
Target date: Ongoing
Named lead: Co-chairs
Progress to date: Briefing paper on Health Protection for UK Political Party Conferences
Outputs: Ad hoc projects across Four Nations
Activity: Contribute to consultations or forums which seek improve the standards of health protection education and training across the membership
Outcome: Contribute to reviews or forums aimed at highlighting educational and training needs.
Target date: Ongoing
Named lead: Co-chairs
Progress to date: Comments submitted to Postgraduate Training Faculty on OOHs guiding principles
Outputs: Participate in next FPH Curriculum review and ad hoc consultations
During this Four Nations Health Protection Training Day, hosted by the FPH Health Protection Education and Training SIG, attendees learned about diverse approaches to tackling health protection challenges across the UK, exploring topics such as outbreak investigation, One Health, climate change and inequalities.
This event took place on 18 April 2024 and was organised by:
The climate change breakout room session was not recorded, but the slides are available here.
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