Training, Exercises and Competencies


Trainings, Exercises and Competencies

Web-based Trainings

Epi for Non-Epidemiologists, PowerPoint presentation by Amy Sullivan, MCHD Epidemiologist

Public Health Training Network- US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtn/default.asp

  • FEMA Emergency Management Institute: Independent Study:
    http://training.fema.gov/emiweb/IS/crslist.asp
    http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/EMICourses/index.asp
  • FEMA Training Resources Portal Page:
    http://training.fema.gov/
  • King County, Northwest Center for Public Health Practice and Public Health (covers the history of biological terrorism, the role of the clinician and health care provider in response to biological terrorism, modules on individual Class A agents including smallpox, anthrax, plague, tularemia, botulism, and viral hemorrhagic fevers):
    http://www.metrokc.gov/health/Bioterrorism/education/
  • University of Washington; Bioterrorism Education and Training (course schedule):
    http://healthlinks.washington.edu/nwcphp/bttrain/phw/
  • The ASPH Public Health Preparedness Resource Center is a free online catalog of courses and training activities, tools, education programs (e.g., degree and certificate programs), and other materials (e.g., brochures, pamphlets, etc.) developed by ASPH member schools of public health. This information is intended for both course developers to ensure that best practices are shared, thereby minimizing duplication of efforts and for public health professionals to assure information on trainings developed by schools of public health are accessible to the public health workforce. Areas of focus include bioterrorism, emergency preparedness, and other public health threats and emergencies:
    http://preparedness.asph.org/
  • Terrorism, Preparedness and Public Health: An Introduction Center for Public Health Preparedness, University at Albany School of Public Health
    http://www.ualbanycphp.org/learning/registration/detail_Terrorism.cfm

Public Health Preparedness

Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of Illinois School of Public Health
http://www.uic.edu/sph/prepare/

 

Incident Command System Materials and Forms:

Columbia University, Mailman School of Public Health (need to post document)

National Wildfire Coordinating Group (NWCG)