Clinical Informatics Board Specialty Certification for Physicians: A Global View.

Clinical informatics workforce development is a high priority for medicine. Professional board certification for physicians is an important tool to demonstrating excellence. The recent recognition of clinical informatics as a subspecialty board in the U.

Three Hundred Sixty Degree Feedback: program implementation in a local health department.

Three Hundred Sixty Degree Feedback systems, while popular in business, have been less commonly implemented in local public health agencies. At the same time, they are effective methods of improving employee morale, work performance, organizational culture, and attainment of desired organizational outcomes. These systems can be purchased "off-the-shelf," or custom applications can be developed for a better fit with unique organizational needs.

Graduate programs: what is their contribution to the training of the public health workforce?

Objectives: To determine characteristics of community health/preventive medicine and community health education graduate programs.

Methods: Forty-eight graduate programs were identified as potential respondents and sent a written survey to complete.

Results: Forty programs responded; 82% of programs accredited or applying for accreditation responded.