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CDC Announces Upcoming Training and Educational Programs

March

Dates: March 15-19, 2008
Location: Florida Hotel and Conference Center, Orlando, FL

25th Annual Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Conference: BRFSS: Meeting Challenges and Staying Ahead
This year’s conference will feature sessions on the importance and challenges of health surveillance at the local, state, and national levels, mental health surveillance using BRFSS, recent BRFSS research activities on reaching underrepresented groups, scientific publishing of BRFSS data, and effective communication strategies for surveillance data. For more information please visit: http://www.cdc.gov/brfss/conference/index.htm

Dates: March 17-19, 2008
Location: CDC training facilities in Atlanta, Georgia

LRN Training Course: Water Filtration/concentration of Potential Bio-threat Agents from Potable Water
This three-day course will provide an opportunity to refine technical skills for the water filtration and concentration methods only. No PCR or TRF assay training will be performed during this course. This course is designed for laboratories that perform or plan to perform BT agent testing on large volume water samples. Laboratorians who are interested in participating must get approval by their Lab Director. If you have any questions regarding this course, please contact Todd Parker at Tparker@cdc.gov.

Date: March 26, 2008
Time: 2:00-3:00 ET

Creating Vigilant, Prepared and Resilient Communities for Homeland Security
Live Response expert guests welcome viewer questions concerning “Creating Vigilant, Prepared and Resilient Communities for Homeland Security” and invite viewers to submit their questions via e-mail or fax prior to the broadcast at Terrorism@spcollege.edu or 727-341-4141. The moderator will then share the questions with the panelists during the broadcast. For more information please follow this link: http://www.dlnets.com/ntpi_26Mar08.htm


April

Dates: April 3 & 4, 2008
Location: Arlington, VA

Emergency Preparedness for Facilities: Basic Preparedness Training for Corporate HQ, Public, Commercial, Educational, Health Care, Manufacturing, Banking, Hospitality, Airport and Related Business Sectors. For more information please follow this link: http://www.homelanddefensejournal.com/hdl/Emergency-Preparedness_April08.html


On-Demand Trainings

FEMA Emergency Management Institute Independent Study Program
The Emergency Management Institute (EMI) offers self-paced courses designed for people who have emergency management responsibilities and the general public. All are offered free-of-charge to those who qualify for enrollment. To get a complete listing of courses, click on link below. FEMA’s Independent Study Program offers courses that support the nine mission areas identified by the National Preparedness Goal: Incident Management, Operational Planning, Disaster Logistics, Emergency Communications, Service to Disaster Victims, Continuity Programs, Public Disaster Communications, Integrated Preparedness, and Hazard Mitigation. http://training.fema.gov/IS/

Nurses on the Front Line: Preparing for and Responding to Emergencies and Disasters
Hosted by The National Nurse Emergency Preparedness Initiative (NNEPI), developed by The George Washington University Department of Nursing Education and funded by The U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Link: http://learning.nnepi.org/

Alabama Public Health Training Network
Follow the link below to a list of emergency preparedness web-casts from The Alabama Department of Public Health. This catalog of downloadable web-casts covers a wide range of preparedness topics such as: Psychological Difficulties of First Responders; The Pharmacists Role in Disasters; and Bombs, Explosions and Preparedness: A New Role for Public Health and First Responders. http://www.adph.org/ALPHTN/default.asp

National Center for Disaster Preparedness Online Training Center
These courses, offered by Columbia University’s Mailman school of Public Health, cover topics including: Point of Distribution Medical Evaluation Officer Training; Basic Emergency Preparedness for Dental Professionals; and Dealing with Disaster Related Trauma in Young Children. Please follow the link below for a full listing of online courses. http://www.ncdp.mailman.columbia.edu/training.htm

Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness Online Training Modules
Follow the link below to access training modules on the following emergency preparedness and response topics: Agriculture, Food and Water; Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Terror; Infectious Disease and Vaccines; Legal Issues; Mental Health Preparedness; and General Public Health Preparedness. http://www.jhsph.edu/preparedness/training/online/index.html