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Search over 400 competency-based online trainings and other learning materials to find resources for building knowledge and skills in emergency preparedness and response.
Most courses can be accessed through TRAIN, the nation’s largest resource for public health learners. All materials were developed or revised by the PERLCs between 2010 and 2015.
You may also browse curated training bundles addressing the 15 PHEP capabilities and other select topic areas.
Please note: The trainings listed on this site are from a program that took place between 2010 and 2015. The trainings may no longer be available or maintained by the creators.
| Title | Topic | Format | PHEP Capabilities | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction to Public Health Surveillance | Epidemiology & Surveillance | Online Course | Emergency Operations Coordination, Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation | 1.5 hours |
| Introduction to Risk Communication | Risk & Crisis Communication | Online Course | 1 hour | |
| Introduction to Surveillance | Epidemiology & Surveillance | Online Course | Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation, Community Preparedness | 40 minutes |
| Introduction to the Community Health Opinion Survey (Just-in-Time Training) | Assessment & Evaluation | Online Course | Community Preparedness | 40 minutes |
| Introduction to the Root Cause Analysis | Assessment & Evaluation | Online Course | 15 minutes | |
| Introduction to Weapons of Mass Destruction (Awareness level) | Bioterrorism, Chemical & Radiation Emergencies | Online Course | Responder Safety and Health | 45 minutes |
| Introduction to Weapons of Mass Destruction (Intermediate Level) | Bioterrorism, Chemical & Radiation Emergencies | Online Course | Responder Safety and Health | 1 hour |
| Investigating Outbreaks of Psychogenic Illness | Epidemiology & Surveillance | Online Course | Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation | 45 minutes |
| Iowa's Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) Program | Medical Countermeasures & Points of Dispensing | Online Course | Medical Surge, Medical Countermeasure Dispensing, Medical Materiel Management and Distribution, Community Preparedness | 1 hour |
| Isolation and Quarantine | Infectious Disease & Immunization | Online Course | Non-Pharmaceutical Interventions | 30 minutes |