NEHA's Building Food Safety Regulatory Capacity Through the Development of the National Curriculum Standard and Through Educational Development, Training and Other Learning Moments

项目概要/摘要 自 2011 年以来，国家环境健康协会 (NEHA) 一直致力于 与 FDA 和其他合作伙伴达成合作协议，为相关人员建立培训和认证 《食品安全现代化法案》(FSMA) 规定的综合食品安全系统 (IFSS)。 这项工作创造了丰富的宝贵的教育和培训资源，包括 国家课程标准（NCS）。 NCS 是一个有助于建立食品安全的教育路线图 从入门级到领导层的监管能力。在这张地图中，航路点是 实现保持食品供应安全的公共卫生目标所需的知识、技能和能力 和有益健康的。发展全民教育培训工作还有很多工作要做 人类食品、动物食品和实验室监管需求方面的 NCS 方面。国家卫生健康局将继续 带来专业知识和合作。 随着这种发展的继续发生，今天的教学也需要坚持下去。 监管人员掌握食品监管所需的科学知识、工具和技术 供应以确保食品安全为目标。这项正在进行的工作将继续进行，利用在线资源 核心知识要素，以及将这些知识融入其中的面对面体验式学习 练习。随着我们完善成人学习原则，例如 沉浸式教学技术、同伴学习和动觉体验。 为了完成学习的生命周期，NEHA 将继续衡量所学知识 通过形成性和总结性评估，并将在培训后与参与者联系，以 确定知识的保留和使用。从中获得的信息和课程评估将 用于磨练课程，作为总体质量改进计划的一部分。 此外，最近的 COVID-19 大流行和随后的居家令也使得 明确必须继续发展和完善替代性教育和培训机制， 不仅仅是传递信息，而是以与互动相同的智力影响力接触成人学习者 面对面的培训。事实上，在 2020 年 4 月的第一周，电子学习的下载量超过 11,500 次 内容发生在 NEHA 学习管理系统 (LMS) 上。 NEHA将继续完善 作为该合作的一部分，我们开发在线资源并在虚拟环境中进行教学的方式 协议。

Project Summary/Abstract Since 2011, the National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) has been working on cooperative agreements with FDA and other partners to build training and certification for the integrated food safety system (IFSS) as mandated by the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA). This work has created a wealth of valuable educational and training resources, including the National Curriculum Standard (NCS). The NCS is an educational roadmap that can help build food safety regulatory capacity from the entry level through leadership. Inside this map, the waypoints are the knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to achieve the public health goal of keeping the food supply safe and wholesome. There is still much work to be done in developing education and training for every aspect of the NCS in human food, animal food, and laboratory regulatory needs. NEHA will continue to bring expertise and cooperation to the table. As this development continues to take place, there is also a need to persist in teaching today’s regulatory workforce on the scientific knowledge, tools, and techniques needed to regulate the food supply with the goal of keeping food safe. This ongoing work will continue, using online resources for the core knowledge elements, and face-to-face experiential learning that puts this knowledge into practice. NEHA will continue to be a leader in this area as we refine adult learning principles such as immersive teaching techniques, peer-to-peer learning, and kinesthetic experiences. To complete the lifecycle of learning, NEHA will continue to measure knowledge learned through formative and summative assessments and will reach out to participants post-training to determine retention and usage of knowledge. Information gained from this and course evaluations will be used to hone the courses as part of a total quality improvement plan. In addition, the recent COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent stay-at-home orders have made it clear that alternative education and training mechanisms must continue to be developed and refined to not just impart information, but to reach adult learners with the same intellectual impact as interactive face-to-face trainings. In fact, during the first week of April 2020, over 11,500 downloads of e-learning content occurred on the NEHA learning management system (LMS). NEHA will continue to improve the way we develop online resources and teach in a virtual environment as part of this cooperative agreement.