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COVID-19, Human Trafficking, Preventing Falls, & HPV Vaccination

Posted in: TRAIN

January 22, 2021

Start 2021 with CDC Learning Connection's featured trainings and earn free CE!Learn about the two vaccines currently authorized for emergency use to prevent COVID-19 infection with the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine and Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine courses. Learn how to identify and respond to human...

Fight Flu: Resources for Making a Strong Flu Vaccine Recommendation This Season

by Vanessa Lamers

January 14, 2021

Tara Ivic-Pavlicic is a Public Health Foundation (PHF) Intern and an MPH Candidate at the Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine.Vanessa Lamers is the Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement at PHF.This year, it is essential that healthcare personnel make a...

Feedback Needed! Shape the Future Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

Posted in: Council on Linkages, and Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

January 7, 2021

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation The Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) recently began the process of reviewing and revising the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies)...

FAQs on the Pfizer Vaccine: Shipping, Handling, Preparation, and Administration

by Vanessa Lamers

January 6, 2021

Vanessa Lamers is the Assistant Director of Performance Management and Quality Improvement at PHF.To support health departments, hospitals, healthcare organizations, and governments in the roll-out of the vaccine, the Public Health Foundation (PHF) has developed this overview of the Pfizer-BioNTech...

Dynamic, Skilled Supervisors Are Foundational to Successful Contact Tracing Programs

Posted in: Workforce Development

January 6, 2021

Jennifer Breads and Chantelle Allen are Technical Advisors at Jhpiego, a global health nonprofit organization and affiliate of the Johns Hopkins University. SARS-CoV-2 is a highly-infectious virus the world has never seen before, but there is nothing new about one of our most powerful tools to combat...

COVID-19, Legal Issues in Epidemics, Flu Vaccination, & HIV

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

October 5, 2020

Take one of CDC Learning Connection’s timely trainings this October. Check out the latest COVID-19 trainings from CDC and partners via Training for Healthcare Professionals. Topics include clinical care, contact tracing, workplace fatigue, and more. You may face complex legal issues during an epidemic...

COVID-19, ACEs, Radiation Emergency, & Change Management

Posted in: TRAIN

September 2, 2020

Kick off your fall with September’s featured trainings on CDC Learning Connection. Getting a flu vaccine is more important than ever given the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn about flu vaccination guidance for the 2020–2021 season in the recent Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) webinar....

COVID-19, PDMPs, Health Equity, & HIV PrEP

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

August 4, 2020

Improve patient care with August’s featured trainings on CDC Learning Connection. Learn the latest clinical guidance for COVID-19 with CDC’s Clinician Outreach and Communication Activity (COCA) Calls. Recent COCA Calls cover support for people with diabetes and treatment of multisystem inflammatory...

Performance Management Is a Bit Like Making Sourdough (Or Making Sourdough Is a Bit Like Performance Management)

Posted in: Performance Management and Quality Improvementby Sonja Armbruster

July 8, 2020

By Sonja Armbruster, in collaboration with Amanda McCarty and Jack Moran As we’ve all spent more time at home this spring and summer, I’ve found myself in the kitchen often. I’m pretty comfortable there - confident with my cooking and baking skills. But when yeast was absent from the store, I d...

COVID-19, Nonpharmaceutical Interventions, Asthma, & Lab PPE Trainings

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

July 2, 2020

Expand your public health knowledge this summer with these trainings from CDC Learning Connection. Have you checked out CDC’s COVID-19 trainings? Visit Training for Healthcare Professionals to learn the latest on infection control, clinical care, emergency response, and more. Earn free CE for several...