Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach
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Public Health Emergency Training
Disease Surveillance (Public Health Emergency Training Series)
Online
0.05 CEU
This online training module is eligible for 1 CPH recertification credit.
This online module defines traditional and syndromic surveillance methods and explains how disease outbreaks are detected and investigated.
Learning Objectives - Upon successful completion of this training, participants will be able to:
- Define surveillance
- List surveillance activities
- Explain the advantages and disadvantages of different surveillance methods
- Define outbreak
- Describe how disease outbreaks are detected
- Identify the steps of an outbreak investigation
This course contributes to the following Public Health Preparedness Competencies and PHEP Capabilities:
Competencies:
2.0 Communicate and Manage Information
2.4 Collect data according to protocol.
Capabilities:
13. Public Health Surveillance and Epidemiological Investigation
This product was developed by the University of Minnesota Center for Public Health Preparedness (UMNCPHP), supported in part through a grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Current support is provided by the University of Minnesota: Simulations, Exercises and Effective Education Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center (U-SEEE PERL), which is funded in part through Grant/Cooperative Agreement Number 1U90TP000418 from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Principal Investigator: Debra Olson.
Learn more about the Public Health Emergency Training (PHET) Series.
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