Upcoming Events & Training

Below is a list of upcoming events and educational materials related to communicable disease control and prevention.

What’s New:

Kansas City Antibiotic Resistance Taskforce (KART)

Conferences/Meetings

Nothing scheduled at this time.

Educational Materials

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Training

Report Writing Workshop
June 27, 2012 - St. Louis
This workshop is for communicable disease investigators and epidemiologists who are responsible for submitting final reports on outbreaks that they and their agencies have investigated. The workshop will cover the “scientific method” of writing outbreak reports and will include why and how to write reports, what information to include or not include and who to send the reports to. We will also discuss the supplemental reports that CDC requires for certain outbreaks. If you are interested in attending, please complete the registration form. If you have questions, please call 573-751-6113.

 

Health Agency Training (HAT): Introduction to Basic Epidemiology
July 11 & 12, 2012 - Independence
August 1 & 2, 2012 - St. Louis
This course is intended for those who are interested in learning more about applying the scientific methods of biostatistics and epidemiology to program development, program evaluation and development of policy. The target audience for this course includes: local public health agency administrators, disease investigators, epidemiologists, environmental specialists and hospital infection control practitioners. The two-day course is broken into the following four sections: 1) basic terminology and the epidemiologic method, 2) measures of health and disease, 3) definitions and uses of measures of association, and 4) data issues. The course was developed by professors at the Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. There is no registration fee. Participants will be responsible for hotel accommodations, meals and travel expenses. If you are interested in attending, please complete the registration form. If you have questions, please call 573-751-6113.

This continuing nursing education activity was approved by the Missouri Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

 

Principles of Epidemiology – Jefferson City
September 11 – 13, 2012
The purpose of the Principles of Epidemiology course is to prepare public health professionals to conduct communicable disease surveillance and epidemiologic investigations.  This course is open to employees of the local public health agencies and the Department of Health and Senior Services.  The training is made up of two parts.  The first portion is available online and includes eight modules.  Each module will have a quiz, with a required passing score of 80%.  You can access the online portion of the course at the following link:  http://health.mo.gov/training/epi/Instructions.html.  Following completion of the online training, there will be two and a half days of classroom exercises in Jefferson City.  The first day will be an optional half-day review of the on line modules.  There is no registration fee.  Participants will be responsible for hotel accommodations, meals and travel expenses.  If you would like to attend, please complete the registration form.  If you have questions, please call 573-751-6113.

 

Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice - Third Edition
Centers for Disease Control’s (CDC) SELF-STUDY Course SS1000
Located at:
http://www.cdc.gov/training/products/ss1000/ss1000-ol.pdf

Continuing Education Credit
To receive continuing education credit for completing the self-study course, go to the CDC/ATSDR Training and Continuing Education Online at http://www.cdc.gov/phtnonline and register as a participant. (For individuals interested in obtaining RACE credit please contact the CDC Continuing Education office for details, 1-800-41TRAIN or ce@cdc.gov.) You will need to register for the course (SS1000) and complete the course evaluation and exam online. You will have to answer at least 70% of the exam questions correctly to receive credit and to be awarded CDC’s certificate of successful completion. For more information about continuing education credits, please call 1-800-41TRAIN (1-800-418-7246).

 

Epidemiology Exercises for Regional Response Teams