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Program Aim:
To develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities of public health workers and their community partners who may be deployed on Field Epidemiology Strike Teams in order to assist local, regional, state, and national epidemiology staff in disease investigations during surge capacity.
Target Audience:
Epidemiologists and other persons with knowledge of basic epidemiologic concepts and experience in data collection and analysis who are interested in learning specific skills for investigating infectious disease outbreaks.
Pre-requisite:
Participation in Intermediate Field Investigator Response and Surveillance Training (IFIRST) or completion of the 4-hour online program, Basic Epidemiology. Either course must be completed prior to registering for IFIRST2.
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Anthrax (online pre-work) |
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Plague (online pre-work) |
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Anthrax & Plague Tabletop |
Program Length: 2.5 hours online pre-work; 8 hours (1 day) on site tabletop. Note: The training is applied and practical, and includes tabletop exercises that require participants to apply the knowledge, and practice the skills learned.
| Program Agenda: |
| 8:00am |
Course check-in |
| 8:15am |
Course Overview |
| 8:30am |
Anthrax & Plague Tabletop Exercise |
| 9:30am |
Break |
| 9:45am |
Anthrax & Plague Exercise (continued) |
| 12:00pm |
Lunch (on your own) |
| 1:00pm |
Anthrax & Plague (continued) |
| 2:30pm |
Break |
| 2:45pm |
Anthrax & Plague (continued) |
| 4:30pm |
Tabletop Debrief and Discussion |
| 5:00pm |
Adjourn |
Continuing Education: Suwannee River AHEC (SRAHEC) as approved continuing education credit (CEC) contact hours for the following professions: Nurses: 11; certified health education specialists: 9; licensed mental health counselors, social workers, and marriage and family therapists:11.
Participants in the applicable professions above who want credits from SRAHEC need to complete a request form at the on-site training and provide their professional license number. For more info see: www.srahec.org/fcphp_CE
In addition, the Florida Department of Health and Florida Environmental Health Association have approved this course for 10 hours of environmental health credits for individuals certified under Chapter 381.0101, F.S.
To apply for CECs, you must demonstrate successful completion of all course requirements, as evidenced by receiving a Certificate of Course Completion.
There is no fee for the CE credits.
Registration Information: This course is limited to 40 Florida Department of Health participants and those community partners who may assist the FDOH in the event of an epidemiological surge capacity event. Advanced registration is required.
Registration Fee: There is no registration fee.
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