CAPHIA Public Health Graduate Competency Framework now available

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Now available
CAPHIA Public Health Graduate Competency Framework
For Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea

The Council of Academic Public Health Institutions Australasia (CAPHIA) is proud to launch the CAPHIA Public Health Graduate Competency Framework for Aotearoa New Zealand, Australia, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea – a regional framework that articulates the capabilities graduates need to strengthen public health systems and improve population health across our diverse region.

Developed across multiple years through one of the most extensive collaborations undertaken in public health education across the Australasia,

CAPHIA Competencies Renewal Project Update September 2025

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CAPHIA Competencies Renewal Project Update September 2025

The CAPHIA Competencies Renewal Project is progressing through a collaborative, inclusive, and evidence-informed process to ensure Australia’s public health education framework remains contemporary and fit-for-purpose.

Current Status
What have we done so far?

  • Set up: establishing robust governance and obtaining approval from 14 institutions across four countries took the majority of 2024. As this is the first Public Health Australasian competency framework,

2024 CAPHIA Annual Report now available

CAPHIA Governance, Resources

FY23-24 Annual Report now available
Highlight of FY23-24
Professor Rebecca Ivers AM, CAPHIA Chair of the Board of Directors

  1. Professional Development & events
  • Awarded 8 paid internships from over 200 applications across 7 institutions in Australia and Fiji
  • Hosted the 2023 Teaching & Learning Forum in Adelaide with 135+ attendees, featuring international speakers and oral presentations, challenge rooms and solution rooms
  • Organized the 2023 Heads of Schools Summit with 40+ leaders,

TIPH Global Grant Spotlight | New Podcast: Public Health Insiders

Jobs, Resources, Workforce

New Podcast: Public Health Insiders
SPOTLIGHT: Global Network for Academic Public Health – This Is Public Health Global Grant Program 2023-2024

A new podcast from the Monash School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine aims to demystify public health career pathways through interviews with people working in a range of roles across the field. Season 1 has just launched, and features interviews with people working in research, academia, policy, organisational leadership, health promotion, and communications.

Competencies Renewal Project Update | July 2024

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Competencies Renewal Project
Developing the knowledge, skills and attributes to educate the public health workforce

Project Update July 2024

We are pleased to announce that initial ethics approval has been received from the James Cook University Ethics Committee for the Competencies Renewal Project. Several steering committee co-investigators have received approval at their respective institutions while others are in progress. In the meantime, the Steering Committee continues work on developing an engagement strategy which will inform data collection,

WHO releases Global Competency Outcomes Framework for the Essential Public Health Functions

Resources, Teaching, Workforce

WHO released global competency and outcomes framework for the essential public health functions

The final publication of the World Health Organization Global Competency and Outcomes Framework for the Essential Public Health Functions has been officially released. The full text can be downloaded here: https://www.who.int/publications/m/item/phwf_roadmap_education

The was published as part of the National Workforce Capacity for Essential Public Health Functions Collection, which includes an operational handbook and guidance on functions,

Final Position Statement: Educating the Public Health Workforce

Advocacy, Resources, Workforce

Available Now

The Position Statement: Educating the Public Health Workforce was developed to formalise the guiding principles underlying the work of the Advocacy in Action Consultation Group and subgroups. The document was developed through an in-depth collaborative process and integrates ideas and discussion points from public health academics across member institutions, including Heads of School, CAPHIA representatives, governance groups and members. Following a call for review by Heads of School and CAPHIA representatives, the draft Position Statement was revised and presented to the Board for the final stage of review,

Final Written Submission in Response to Role and Functions of an Australian CDC

Advocacy, Resources, Workforce

Available Now

On 9 December, CAPHIA submitted the final written response to the Australian Government discussion paper, Role and Functions of an Australian Centre for Disease Control. The submission focused on our core expertise of academic public health with recommendations centring on the development of a world class workforce, facilitating rapid response to health threats and supporting leadership on preventive health.

The final submission integrates feedback from the Advocacy in Action Consultation Group with discussion points,

Recording Available: ECAPS Professional Development Seminar 4

Early Career Academics, Events, Resources

The final seminar in the four-part Professional Development series was held on 6 December 2022. Five presentations by experienced and early career academics examined key considerations in applying for promotion at the early career stage and beyond and preparing to enter academia as an HDR student. Topics include how to know when to apply for promotion, choosing and presenting the best evidence for your application, lessons from unsuccessful applications, perspectives from the point of view of a promotion panel,