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• The Program's objective is to enhance the knowledge and skills of health care professionals to meet the public health preparedness and emergency response demands resulting from acts of bioterrorism and other incidents.

Epidemiology

 

 

Avian Influenza                        
Chris Hahn, MD - Idaho Area Health Education Center MSG

This online course is designed to increase knowledge of a possible avian influenza in our heath care community.  This course describes the virological events that could lead to an influenza pandemic, provides information on how to evaluate and manage individuals possibly infected with avian influenza, evaluates isolation precautions in a hospital setting, and provides resources for further information.

1. Slide show presentation with audio- 26 slides
2. Includes a required pre-test
3. Includes an 8 question post test
4. CME available

          To take this course   click here

Basic Concepts in Infectious Disease Epidemiology
John Kobayashi, MD, MPH - NW Center for Public Health Preparedness

This Web-based course provides an introduction to the concepts and principles of infectious disease. This course is designed for public health workers who have little or no prior training in epidemiology. Topics include an overview of infectious disease agents and transmission characteristics, epidemiologic methods, and vaccination and other control measures. No prerequisite knowledge or skills are necessary.

1. Slide show with audio presentation
2. Includes a review quiz and post test
3. CE credit available
4. Certificate of Completion provided through NWCPHP

To take this course click here 

Emerging Infectious Diseases
Kenrad Nelson, MD - Johns Hopkins University

Dr. Nelson describes the ways in which diseases decline and then re-emerge. He then examines some current emerging diseases and discusses potential future threats.
Part 1: Decline and Re-Emergence of Infectious Diseases
Part 2: Food-Borne Diseases
Part 3: Infections Transmitted Across Borders

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Introduction to Outbreak Investigation
Jeff Duchin, MD - NW Center for Public Health Practice

This Web-based, awareness-level course reviews the steps involved in an outbreak investigation, including determining whether an outbreak exists, establishing a case definition, descriptive epidemiology, principles of generating and testing hypotheses, and how to communicate findings.

1. Includes review quiz and post test
2. CE credit available
3. Certificate of completion provided through NWCPHP

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Introduction to Public Health Surveillance
James L. Gale, MD, MS - NW Center for Public Health Practice

This Web-based course provides an introduction to public health surveillance concepts and principles for public health workers who have little or no prior training in epidemiology. The course gives an overview of surveillance systems in local, state, and national public health practice. Topics covered include the history and legal basis for surveillance, definition and types of surveillance, attributes and limitations of surveillance systems, and examples of national and state systems.

1. Includes review quiz and post test
2. CE credit available
3. Certificate of completion provided through NWCPHP

To take this course click here

Pandemic Influenza: Could History Repeat Itself?
University of Michigan

This collection of eight seminars is from the Public Health Symposium at the University of Michigan on January 24, 2005.  These seminar presentations examine the recent emergence of avian influenza, provide an overview of international and domestic monitoring efforts, look at influenza immunization development and delivery, and assess our current state of preparedness to meet the challenge of the next flu pandemic.

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Pathogenic E. coli - A look at the Disease and what makes it so scary
DR Malcolm S. Shields 

                              
This Virtual Grand Round gives a description of the mechanism by which E. coli becomes pathogenic; the role of toxins, adhesions; and the origin and behavior of the genetic elements responsible such as Escheria coli, microbial ecology, genetic and pathogenicity. 
To download the flier for this presentation click here .

To view this VGR click here.

Public Health 101: Basic Concepts
Multiple Presenters - Idaho Area Health Education Center MSG

This online course is designed to introduce the field of public health and further explain its role in the community as a means for promoting health and providing health care.  The four separate modules for this course are:

1. Overview of Public Health (30 minutes)                               Monie Smith
2. Legal Basis of Public Health (15 minutes)                            Jim Lane
3. Measuring Public Health (15 minutes)                                  Travis Best
4. Idaho’s Public Health Infrastructure (20 minutes)                Ross Mason
5. Slide show presentation with audio
6. A quiz is provided at the end of each module
7. A score of 80% or better is required to continue to next module

            To take this course  click here

Public Health 101: For Clinicians
Dr. Suzanne Allen - Idaho Area Health Education Center MSG

This online course is designed to introduce the field of public health to clinicians and discuss how clinical medicine and public health interface and relate to each other.  Topics include: fundamental obligations of public health, essential services of public health, obstacles to public health, and relationship between private entities and public health agencies.

1. Slide show presentation with audio- 48 slides
2. Includes a required pre-test
3. Includes an 6 question post test
4. CME available

           To take this course  click here

Public Health Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response: Why you Should Care
Steve Trockman

                               
The objectives of this presentation is to identify the basic characteristics of natural, technical, and biological disasters, recall significant public health disasters in history, describe common myths and misconceptions of disasters, understand why WE should be concerned about public health disasters and bioterrorism, discuss the roles and responsibilities of healthcare and public health in all-hazards disaster preparedness and response (6 phases) and identify key agencies and partners involved in emergency preparedness and disaster response. To download the slides for this presentation click here .

            To view this VGR click here .

Smallpox 101
D.A. Henderson, MD, MPH - Johns Hopkins University

This course is an archived seminar presentation originally presented at a conference by Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness on September 25, 2002. The complete listing of seminars in this series is:

1. Smallpox 101
2. Smallpox as a Biological Weapon
3. Smallpox Vaccine: Risks, Benefits and Policy Issues
4. Smallpox Vaccine and Ethical Issues
5. Smallpox Vaccination Policy

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Smallpox as a Biological Weapon
Tara O'Toole, MD, MPH - Johns Hopkins University

This course is an archived seminar presentation originally presented at a conference by Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness on September 25, 2002. The complete listing of seminars in this series is:

1. Smallpox 101
2. Smallpox as a Biological Weapon
3. Smallpox Vaccine: Risks, Benefits and Policy Issues
4. Smallpox Vaccine and Ethical Issues
5. Smallpox Vaccination Policy

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Smallpox Vaccine: Ethical Issues
Ruth Faden, PhD - Johns Hopkins University

This course is an archived seminar presentation originally presented at a conference by Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness on September 25, 2002. The complete listing of seminars in this series is:

1. Smallpox 101
2. Smallpox as a Biological Weapon
3. Smallpox Vaccine: Risks, Benefits and Policy Issues
4. Smallpox Vaccine and Ethical Issues
5. Smallpox Vaccination Policy

To take this course click here

Smallpox Vaccination Policy
Georges Benjamin, MD, FACP - Johns Hopkins University

This course is an archived seminar presentation originally presented at a conference by Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness on September 25, 2002. The complete listing of seminars in this series is:

1. Smallpox 101
2. Smallpox as a Biological Weapon
3. Smallpox Vaccine: Risks, Benefits and Policy Issues
4. Smallpox Vaccine and Ethical Issues
5. Smallpox Vaccination Policy

To take this course click here

 

Smallpox Vaccine: Risks, Benefits, and Policy Issues
Donald Burke, MD - Johns Hopkins University

This course is an archived seminar presentation originally presented at a conference by Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness on September 25, 2002. The complete listing of seminars in this series is:

1. Smallpox 101
2. Smallpox as a Biological Weapon
3. Smallpox Vaccine: Risks, Benefits and Policy Issues
4. Smallpox Vaccine and Ethical Issues
5. Smallpox Vaccination Policy

To take this course click here

Treatment of Infectious Disease: Drugs and Drug Resistance
Gary Ketner, PhD - Johns Hopkins University

In this presentation, Dr. Ketner examines the history of chemotherapy and how it applies to the topic of drug creation and drug resistance.
Part 1: History and Principles of Chemotherapy
Part 2: Mechanisms of Selective Toxicity
Part 3: Drug Resistance in Public Health
Part 4: Sources and Consequences of Drug Resistance

To take this course click here.

West Nile Virus: an Update for Physicians
Nikki Sakata , MPH

This presentation outlines the history and origin of the West Nile Virus, the epidemiology of WNV, Surveillance activities of WNV, and describes the impact of the virus in Idaho. To download the PowerPoint slides click here .

To view this VGR  click here.

West Nile Virus
Ted Epperly, MD - Idaho Area Health Education Center MSG

This online course, targeted towards physicians, is designed to increase knowledge of the West Nile Virus through discussion on the epidemiology of the virus, the clinical course of the West Nile Fever and the West Nile Disease, modes of transmission, risk factors, and methods of prevention.  This course includes a recent update on West Nile Virus in Idaho presented on September 6, 2006 by Dr. Ted Epperly.

1. Slide show presentation with audio- 68 slides
2. Includes a required pre-test
3. Includes an 6 question post test
4. CME available

           To take this course  click here