Title
Category
Credits
Event date
Cost
Transgender Health 104: Psychological Distress
  • Transgender Health
  • Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:Transgender Health 104: Psychological Distress is fourth in a seven-course learning series.This course reviews behavioral health issues pertaining to transgender, gender non-binary, and intersex individuals. It is designed for health care, behavioral health, and public health practitioners administrators, and leaders who wish to enhance their capacity to serve the transgender community in their practice.
Transgender Health 105: Role of Endocrinology in the Transgender Community
  • Transgender Health
  • Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:Transgender Health 105: Role of Endocrinology in the Transgender Community is fifth in a seven-course learning series.This course reviews endocrinology for transgender, gender non-binary, and intersex individuals with a focus on hormone replacement therapy.
America’s Other Drug Problem: Critical Medication Management Considerations for the Older Patient
  • General Public Health
  • Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:America’s Other Drug Problem: Critical Medication Management Considerations for the Older Patient will cover the morbidity and mortality statistics associated with what has been referred to as “America’s Other Drug Problem.” That is the problems that the older patient may experience as a result of their medications. The course will describe what changes occur as a person ages that predisposes them to problems with their medications.
The Strategic National Stockpile Program & Closed Point of Dispensing
  • Mississippi Department of Health
  • Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This online course introduces specific topics and outlines criteria related to the operations of a closed point of dispensing (POD). This course was originally developed for the Mississippi State Department of Health (MSDH) for individuals who are interested in or may be working in a closed POD facility. The course is separated into two modules: Module 1 provides an overview of the Strategic National Stockpile program and describes the purpose and setup of PODs, including closed PODs.
Introduction to Human Health Risk Assessment
  • Environmental Health in Disasters
  • Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course presents the basic principles of qualitative health risk assessment of environmental chemicals, including an overview of the qualitative skills necessary to evaluate the probability of injury, disease or death in the general population from exposure to environmental contamination. It will also emphasize the qualitative aspects of hazard identification, exposure assessment, dose-response evaluation and risk characterization.  Lastly, the course will address issues in risk management and communication.
Environmental Health Issues in Disasters
  • Environmental Health in Disasters
  • Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course takes a closer look at the fundamentals of environmental health through the lens of a disaster situation. Environmental health issues that arise during disasters are explored, and suggestions for environmental health responses unique to disasters are given. Several historical disaster examples are used, with a focus on Hurricane Katrina, the Indian Ocean tsunami and the World Trade Center collapse as the major case studies.  
Biological Response Preparedness for Emergency Medical Services
  • Bioterrorism Preparedness
  • Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course is offered to better prepare the emergency medical services, public health officials and other first responder agencies, including law enforcement officers, for an incident involving Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD). A special emphasis is placed on biological response preparedness for emergency medical services, including an overview on both trauma and chemical injury triage using the nationally recognized Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment (START) system.
Recognition and Safe Handling of Chemical Terrorist Agents
  • First Responder Preparedness
  • Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course provides an in-depth guide to the initial public health response to a chemical terrorist attack including:the strategies used in the field to recognize that a chemical terrorist attack is in progress and the techniques and requirements for safe handling of the chemicalsthe devices used to detect the type of chemical(s) present and the levels at which they are presentthe models and other tools used to conduct an exposure assessment for the surrounding exposed population
Practice-based Scenarios for Recognition, Detection and Exposure Assessment of Chemical Terrorist Agents
  • First Responder Preparedness
  • Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:This course provides a practice-based guide to the initial public health response to a chemical terrorist attack including:The strategies used in the field to recognize which chemicals may be involved in a terrorist attack and the devices used to detect the chemical(s)The models and other tools used to conduct an exposure assessment for the surrounding exposed populationPractice-based exercises and scenarios of chemical terrorist attacks
Planning, Implementation and Exploitation of a Field Exercise
  • First Responder Preparedness
  • Participation/CE
$0.00
Course Description:Using the examples of field exercises Lifesaver 2004 & 2005, the course will discuss the principles of counter-terrorist preparation and incident command leading to outcome oriented exercises. The planning, execution, evaluation and exploitation of actual field exercises are reviewed. The execution of delta analysis is covered to identify and acquire initial operational capability and to apply available resources in an economic fashion in professionally achieving and expanding selected operational goals.

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