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Welcome to the PHIN Community!
Communities of Practice (CoPs) are working to strengthen the Public Health Information Network (PHIN) as members collaborate, share, and focus on issues prioritized by the PHIN Community. The PHIN Community provides a participatory environment for members to learn, share expertise, and develop solutions to improve public health’s capacity to use and exchange information electronically. The PHIN Communities of Practice Program (CoPP), in their role of supporting the PHIN Community, developed this site to provide PHIN members and interested parties with information about the PHIN Community. Your feedback will help expand and improve the PHIN CoPs. Please provide comments or feedback by completing the form on the Contact Us page, or by sending an email to phin@cdc.gov.CoP Resource Kit Quick Links
- Introduction to Communities of Practice
- Find out what a CoP is, the CoP approach, benefits of joining a CoP, roles and responsibilities within a CoP, and read success stories from current communities.
- Overview of PHIN Communities of Practice
- Get an explanation of the PHIN CoP structure, including the PHIN Community, PHIN CoPs, PHIN CoP Council, and the PHIN CoP Program.
- Aligning with PHIN
- Are you part of a CoP? If so, determine how your CoP can align with the PHIN Community.
- Launch and Sustain a Community of Practice
- From starting a CoP to ensuring the success of an existing community - Find out how to Plan, Launch, Sustain, and Evolve a CoP.
- Evaluate
- Read about the importance of evaluation, the PHIN evaluation approach, and how to successfully conduct an evaluation for your CoP.
- Glossary
- Explanations of terms related to CoPs in general and those specific to the PHIN Community.
- References
- Sources used for this Resource Kit as well as a collection of other books, web sites, information related to CoPs, and Biography of Etienne Wegner.
- Resources
- Provides downloadable and customizable templates, guides, and examples of documents commonly used by new and existing CoPs.
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