Influenza Preparedness Just-In-Time Training

Swine influenza A (H1N1) Outbreak in US & Mexico: Potential for a Pandemic is a Supercourse produced at the WHO Collaborating Center University of Pittsburgh.This on-line presentation is updated daily and provides current information in a slide format on the swine flu epidemic. http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/lec34601/index.htm

Note: These courses are temporary and for the pandemic flu crisis only. These courses do not provide credit, continuing education units or certificates. If you wish to receive credit or a certificate, please click the Courses --- Search link in the left column.

INFLUENZA EPIDEMIOLOGY

Basic Epidemiology Overview - Understand common communicable and infectious disease terms.

Presentation with voice, slides and script.
Running time 30:34

Slides only (.pdf 192 KB)
Audio only (.wav 5373 KB)

Avian Influenza - Understand epidemiology and surveillance for influenza.

Stress Management and Resilience Training for Pandemic Influenza Response Workers (SMART) - COMING SOON!

Stress Resistance and Resilience - Understand common reactions and responses to disasters and critical incident stress.
Audio only 60 minutes (.wav 14,789 KB)

Psychological First Aid: FAST Foundations - Provides foundational knowledge necessary to effectively deliver Psychological First Aid (PFA) to children, adolescents, adults, and families in the immediate aftermath of disaster.
Online content page (.pdf files)

Assuring Cultural Competence - Prepares public health professionals for their functional roles in disaster response by offering culturally competent disaster interventions to survivors, witnesses, and responders of bioterrorism and other major public health threats and community disasters. Total course time 1.5 hours.

Learning Objective #1: Define cultural competence and related terminology.

Slides only (.pdf 19 KB)

Streaming video

Learning Objective #2: Describe the role of cultural competence in public health workforce readiness and disaster response and recovery.

Slides only (.pdf 17 KB)

Streaming video

Learning Objective #3: Identify the rational & role of cultural competence in delivering effective disaster interventions.

Slides only (.pdf 46 KB)

Learning Objective #6: Understand and appreciate the dynamic forces contributing to cultural diversity and their importance in delivering culturally competent disaster intervention services.

Compassion Fatigue - Understand the potential adverse psychological effects of performing functional roles and professional responsibilities in bioterrorism preparedness, response and recovery. Total course time 1 hour.

Course manual (.pdf 2269 KB)

Streaming Audio

Note: These courses are temporary and for the pandemic flu crisis only. These courses do not provide credit, continuing education units or certificates. If you wish to receive credit or a certificate, please click the Courses --- Search link in the left column.

• Birth Defects Prevention Month
http://www.nbdpn.org/current/resources/bdpm2009.html

• Thyroid Awareness Month
http://www.powerofprevention.com/

• National Radon Action Month
http://www.epa.gov/radon/nram/index.html

• H1N1 Updates (video)
http://www.prepare.pitt.edu/

• 2010 Public Health Preparedness Summit http://www.phprep.org
February 16 – 19 in Atlanta, GA

• Just-in-Time Novel H1N1 Training Resources
http://www.fcphp.usf.edu/flu_preparedness.htm