A self-guided virtual on-demand training and accompanying workbook to increase capacity for epidemiologists’ participation in large scale outbreaks, emergency activations, and/or other emergency preparedness and response activities. The training will focus on 1) defining key surveillance and epidemiologic emergency response duties and roles, 2) understanding available population level data sources and their limitations, 3) completing basic data analyses for the preparation of data reports to inform agency and jurisdictional leadership, and 4) participating in and/or preparing for after action reviews.
The training is led by Dr. Julianne Baron, Ph.D., CPH, RBP a consultant for the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE), and has a background consulting in public health, laboratory safety, and scientific training and communication.
Closed captions are available for all lessons included in this training series.
Lesson 1: Course Overview
By the end of the lesson, participants will be able to:
Lesson 2: Introduction to Emergency Management and Federal Management Systems
By the end of the lesson, participants will be able to:
Lesson 3: The Role of Epidemiologists in Public Health Emergency Preparedness, Exercises and Drills
By the end of the lesson, participants will be able to:
Lesson 4: The Role of Epidemiologists in Public Health Emergency Response
By the end of the lesson, participants will be able to:
Lesson 5: Impacted Populations, Special Considerations, and the Health Impacts of a Public Health Emergency
By the end of the lesson, participants will be able to:
Lesson 6: Data Sources, Rapid Needs Assessment Tools, and Data Analysis in a Public Health Emergency
By the end of the lesson, participants will be able to:
Lesson 7: Post-Event Debriefing and Reporting in a Public Health Emergency
By the end of the lesson, participants will be able to:
Lesson 8: Course Review and Evaluation
By the end of the lesson, participants will be able to:
This training series was funded by CDC Cooperative Agreement No: 1 NU38OT000297-02-00. The contents of this training are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of CDC. The content was developed by Dr. Julianne Baron, Ph.D., CPH, RBP, a consultant for CSTE.
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