PUBH X313 - Disease Surveillance: Public Health Emergency Preparedness Training
Description
Infectious diseases pose a significant threat to global health, impacting individuals regardless of gender, age, race, socioeconomic status, lifestyle, or geographic location. This course is designed to introduce public health professionals to the knowledge and skills necessary to effectively detect and respond to disease outbreaks. Participants will learn about traditional and syndromic surveillance methods, emphasizing the importance of swift and accurate disease monitoring to protect public health.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be able to
- Define surveillance
- List surveillance activities
- List professionals responsible for reporting notifiable diseases
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different surveillance methods
- Define outbreak
- Describe how disease outbreaks are detected
- Identify the steps of an outbreak investigation
Competencies
Course Competencies for Public Healthcare Professionals
- 1.3.1 Explains the importance of data collection for designing, implementing, evaluating, and improving policies, programs, and services
- 5.2.1 Identifies existing relationships affecting community health and resilience
- 5.2.2 Identifies relationships that may be needed to improve community
- 7.10 Applies critical thinking in decision making
- 8.1 Creates opportunities to achieve cross-sector alignment
- 8.5 Responds to emerging needs
This course also contributes to the following Public Health Preparedness Competencies and PHEP Capabilities:
Competencies:
- 2.0 Communicate and Manage Information
- 2.4 Collect data according to protocol.
Capabilities:
- 13. Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation
Continuing Education Units
Please note that these trainings may offer different types of continuing education credits. This Learner Portal may not calculate the correct number of continuing education credits. Please refer to the Continuing Education Credits section of your course site after registration for the correct information.
This course is eligible for 0.1 CEU credits (1.0 contact hours) and 1 CPH re-certification credit.
Contact & Questions
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