Dear Michel I would love to be at your meeting to hear the issues about competencies discussed. But that is unlikely due to the distance from Australia. We are just completing a review of health promotion competencies in Australia. The list being reviewed is based on that published in our article in the IUHPE Journal that you edited, earlier this year. We are using a Delphi questionnaire process as part of our methodology. The final round questionnaire includes about 80 competencies for health promotion. Will there be any proceedings of your meeting that I could purchase? I have attached a copy of the summary relating to our current review project, for your information. regards Peter Howat Date sent: Sun, 1 Oct 2000 20:16:43 -0400 Send reply to: Health Promotion on the Internet <[log in to unmask]> From: "Michel O'Neill" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: symposium on teaching health promotion To: [log in to unmask] *** Sorry for crosspostings; the english version of a message sent earlier in French to various lists. Pour celles et ceux qui l'ont reçu en français, SVP noter que l'hôtel est bien le Crowne Plaza, et non le Delta, tel que mentionné dans le message francophone. *** Teaching Knowledge, Skills, and Attitudes for Health Promotion in the New Millennium A Bilingual Symposium for Teachers of Health Promotion & Community Health to be held in conjunction with The Canadian Public Health Association National Meeting & Conference. Cosponsored by the Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research, the Canadian Association of Teachers of Community Health, the Canadian Public Health Association and the Canadian Coalition on Enhancing Preventative Practices for Health Professionals. This symposium will be co-facilitated by Marcia Hills, University of Victoria and Michel O'Neill, Laval University. Sunday, October 22, 2000, 9:00 - 4:00 At the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Ottawa, Ontario Price: $40 for CATCH members $50 for non-members (lunch included) The goal of this annual symposium is to provide an opportunity for networking, to discuss and debate issues and to develop strategies to address our priority issues in teaching health promotion. Through interactive plenaries, workshops and round table discussions the following issues, among others, will be explored; … Are there core competencies in health promotion? If so, what are they? … What are the pros and cons of using a competency-based approach in health promotion courses and programs? … Are the knowledge, skills and attitudes the same for undergraduate and graduate students? … Are the knowledge, skills, and attitudes required by practitioners and researchers the same? … What are the currently used pedagogical practices of people teaching health promotion? … How consistent are our current pedagogical practices with the philosophy and principles of health promotion? … Should our pedagogical practices be altered to reflect the health promotion practices of the future? This symposium will be of interest to all those who are teaching health promotion or are interested in incorporating health promotion into their existing course content. Registration Form Name: Affiliation(s): Address: Phone/fax/email: Please make cheque or money order out to Canadian Association of Teachers of Community Health and return completed form by October 10, 2000 to CPHA, 400-1565 Carling Ave., Ottawa, Ontario, K1Z 8B1 Fax: 613-725-9826. Une tres bonne journee ! Michel O'Neill, Ph.D. ************************************************************************** Professeur titulaire et Codirecteur, Groupe de recherche et d'intervention en promotion de la sante (GRIPSUL), Faculte des Sciences infirmieres; Codirecteur, Centre quebecois collaborateur de l'OMS pour le developpement de villes et villages en sante / Quebec WHO Collaborating Center for the development of healthy cities and towns; 4108-J Pavillon Comtois, Universite Laval, Quebec, Qc, Canada, G1K 7P4. tel: +1-(418)-656-2131 #7431; telecopieur: +1-(418)-656-7747 Courrier electronique: [log in to unmask] ************************************************************************** Peter Howat Assoc Professor and Head Dept Health Promotion School of Public Health Curtin University