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Introduction to CoPs
Benefits of a CoP
Members, organizations, and the public health community can benefit from working together in a CoP. Benefits to each group include:
Members
Continual learning/ professional development
Access to expertise
Improved communication with peers
Increased productivity and quality of work
Network for keeping current in field
Sense of professional identity
Enhanced professional reputation
Organizations
Reduced time/cost to retrive information
Reduced learning curves
Knowledge sharing and distribution
Coordination, standardization, and synergies across organizational units
Reduced rework and reinvention
Innovation
Benchmarking against industry standards
Alliance building
Public Health
Consistent communication and reporting
Improved analytic capability
Promotion of standards
Support and promotion of key national initiatives
Advancement of domain-specific capabilities
Link geographically dispersed practitioners
Increased government efficiency
Etienne Wenger. Communities of Practice:Learning, Meaning, and Identity. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Contact Us:
- Communities of Practice Program
- Public Health Information Network (PHIN)
- National Center for Public Health Informatics
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Atlanta, Georgia 30345
- 404-498-6455
- PHIN@cdc.gov
