Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Gaining New Perspectives of Flood Response in a Texas Community
  • Environmental Health
  • 1.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:The goal of this course is to provide a learning opportunity for participants to demonstrate leadership, persuasive communication, crisis management, and action plan development skills while dealing with coastal flooding scenarios that impact their local Texas communities.
Radiological Events in a Community: Low-Dose
  • Behavioral Health
  • 3.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:According to recent threat analyses, the potential use of a Radiation Dispersal Device (RDD) remains the most likely exposure to weapons of mass destruction which American citizens are likely to experience.
Radiological Events in a Community: High-Dose
  • Behavioral Health
  • 4.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:The requirements for a vastly expanded supply of energy worldwide combined with nuclear proliferation and a more aggressive international posture for the development, deployment and potential use of nuclear weapons either for strategic or tactical purposes has created an environment for public health professionals in the 21st century thoroughly different than that which has ever existed in the course of human scientific and political evolution.
Clinical Challenges in the Community Management of Patients with Special Needs in Disaster
  • Behavioral Health
  • 8.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:The evolution of modern medical competencies and expanded populations of increased vulnerability pose a significant challenge to today’s public health professional in providing shelter and support during times of disaster in both the urban and rural environment.
Community Management of High-Dose Radiological Events
  • Behavioral Health
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:According to recent threat analyses, the potential use of a Radiation Dispersal Device (RDD) remains the most likely exposure to weapons of mass destruction which American citizens are likely to experience.
Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Dissecting the Post-Spill Impact
  • Behavioral Health
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:The Deepwater Horizon oil spill and residual oil continues to require follow-up by public health professionals. Conflicting reports from various scientific groups and governmental agencies contribute to a lingering concern about the effects of the oil. For instance, the Food and Drug Administration and state health agencies have conducted extensive monitoring, however, many consumers are still uncertain about the safety of Gulf seafood.
Environmental Epidemiology
  • Environmental Health
  • 6.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course is designed to provide an overview of environmental epidemiology and the principles and methods used in the investigation of human health effects associated with environmental exposures.  Three common scenarios for the exposure-disease relationship are described as are study design approaches.  Particular focus is given to the problems associated with disease cluster events, both in the investigation and interpretation of findings.
Community Needs Assessment
  • General Public Health
  • 4.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:Assessing community needs is part of the ongoing process of program planning in many types of health, education and social service agencies. For several decades, public health professionals have conducted needs assessments to facilitate the design, implementation and evaluation of a variety of disease prevention and health promotion programs. This course provides students with the opportunity to focus their thinking on why and how to conduct needs assessments. Basic concepts and practice methods are reviewed.
Nuclear Power Plant Safety and the Public Health Response
  • Behavioral Health
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:Japan’s Dai-ichi nuclear power plant crisis in 2011 impacted countries thousands of miles away.  The crisis shed light on several issues including protective action measures and population monitoring. Globalization and the large number of nuclear reactors around the world underscore the need to educate all members of society, particularly healthcare providers, about nuclear power plant emergencies.  Program faculty will discuss methods to solidify preparedness for such rare, yet devastating events.
Successful Strategies for Integration of Immunization and Emergency Preparedness Programs in Planning and Practice
  • Behavioral Health
  • 2.00 Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This broadcast will convene a panel of subject matter experts from both immunization and emergency preparedness programs to address national policy recommendations developed by the Association of Immunization Managers (AIM). Program faculty will uncover and highlight the best approaches to achieve AIM’s recommended goals by pulling from experiences with the 2009 H1N1 pandemic.

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