CAMP Conference Call
May 30, 2006
MINUTES
Attendance: Gary Gilmore, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse; Blakely Pomietto, SOPHE; Brenda Seals, Temple University; Millicent Fleming-Moran, Indiana University, Bloomington
1. Welcome and introductions
2. Review of minutes from April 19th CAMP membership call (attachment)
a. Action: minutes reviewed and approved
3. CAMP calls in Summer and Fall, 2006 (attachment)
a. Action: CAMP membership calls for Summer and Fall were approved as distributed. Comments included a positive reaction to having the Fall calls set for 4pm Eastern.
4. CAMP meeting at SOPHE/APHA Annual Meeting
a. Action: There was agreement to have a CAMP in-person meeting during the SOPHE/APHA Annual Meetings in Boston. A time and location will be scheduled for the afternoon of Saturday, November 4th.
5. CAMP survey
a. Action: There was agreement that sending it out during this Summer would be a positive next step in assessing the member programs.
6. Update on ASPH discussion with Harrison Spencer
a. Gary updated the members on his meeting with Harrison Spencer, Executive Director, Association of Schools of Public Health. Gary updated Harrison on the mission and work of CAMP. Harrison requested that one organization speak for the accredited MPH programs (while ASPH would represent the Schools of Public Health). Brief reference was made to the Council of Graduate Programs in Preventive Medicine and Public Health, ATPM. Additional items of discussion included a review of the work of the National Board of Public Health Examiners; the recent proposal for the Voluntary Accreditation of State and Local Public Health Departments; and the work of the National Health Educator Competencies Update Project and the work of the National Task Force on Accreditation in Health Education. Gary provided Harrison with a copy of A Competency-Based Framework of Health Educators-2006. It was decided that continuing discussions would occur at the Boston meeting.
7. Exploring membership expansion
8. Developing CAMP strategic directions
9. Exploring Accreditation for state and local public health departments (see: www.exploringaccreditation.org)
10. Other business
a. Discussion regarding a CAMP logo contest.
NEXT CONFERENCE CALL:
July 12thth, 4:00 PM Eastern Time
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