Training and Education

Specific Types of Emergencies

• Bioterrorism
  Anthrax, botulism, plague, smallpox, tularemia, viral hemorraghic fevers, more...
• Chemical Emergencies
• Radiation Emergencies
• Mass Casualties

Specific Audiences

Public Health Professionals

• Office of Public Health Preparedness and Response (OPHPR)
  Training from the Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Centers (PERLC) and the Meta-Leadership Summits for Preparedness Initiative.
• CDC Crisis & Emergency Risk Communication (CERC)
• The CDC Learning Connection
• Emergency Responder Health Monitoring and Surveillance (ERHMS) Online Training Course
  Educational offering to provide a recommended health monitoring and surveillance framework for emergency responders.
  Note: Continuing Education Units (CEUs) are offered for the ERHMS Online Training Course.
• Public Health Law 101
  An introduction to fundamental principles of law, ethics, and the legal system as they frame public health practice in the United States.
• Public Health Emergency Exercise Toolkit: Planning, Designing, Conducting, and Evaluating Local Public Health Emergency Exercises (1.51 MB/80 pages)
  From the Columbia University School of Nursing. Includes templates, checklists, & forms to assist with every stage of the exercise process.
• CDC Presentations from First National Congress on Public Health Readiness
  Selected presentations from CDC speakers at this conference, held July 20-22, 2004.

Clinicians and Laboratories

• Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA)
• Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL)