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CDC Learning Connection’s April Courses: Opioids, STDs, Fume Hoods, & MMR Vaccination

Posted in: Workforce Development

April 2, 2019

Check out April’s featured courses with FREE CE on the CDC Learning Connection! A recent study showed that the amount of opioids prescribed in the United States in 2017 was nearly triple the amount prescribed in 1999. Explore the Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids training series to...

Answering Your Questions about Recommending Flu Vaccine

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

March 27, 2019

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation In December 2018, the Public Health Foundation (PHF), in collaboration with the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), hosted #How...

CNE Opportunity: Recorded Webinar Introducing the Quad Council Coalition’s 2018 Community/Public Health Nursing Competencies

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

March 25, 2019

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation A recorded webinar introducing the updated Community/Public Health Nursing (C/PHN) Competencies from the Quad Council Coalition of Public Health Nursing Organizations (QCC) has been released. This...

Competencies for Population Health Professionals Released

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Kathleen Amos

March 22, 2019

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Assistant Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health Foundation Are you passionate about population health? Are you involved in developing and implementing population health programs and services? Is community benefit work a core part of what you do? The newly released...

March’s Courses on the CDC Learning Connection: Opioids, TB, Systems Thinking, & Blood Clots

Posted in: TRAIN

March 4, 2019

Spring into training with March’s featured courses on the CDC Learning Connection! Check out the Applying CDC’s Guideline for Prescribing Opioids training series to learn strategies for implementing CDC’s recommendations in clinical settings. Topics include opioid dosing, patient communication, and...

Ask the AHD Expert: Increasing Engagement within an AHD Partnership

Posted in: Council on Linkages, Infrastructure, and Workforce Development

February 21, 2019

Bill Keck, MD, MPH, Chair, Academic Health Department Learning Community; Chair, Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice; Professor Emeritus, Department of Family and Community Medicine, Northeast Ohio Medical University Engagement is key to the success of partnerships, and...

CDC Learning Connection’s February Courses: Opioids, HPV Vaccination, & Business Planning

Posted in: TRAIN

February 6, 2019

Check out February’s featured courses on the CDC Learning Connection! Approximately 36% of the 47,600 opioid overdose deaths in the United States in 2017 involved a prescription opioid. Learn about pain management, safe prescribing practices, and more with the latest opioid courses on TRAIN. CDC est...

CDC Learning Connection’s January Courses: Opioids, Concussion, Foodborne Outbreak, & Lab Informatics

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 9, 2019

Kick off 2019 with a CDC Learning Connection featured training! More than 70,000 Americans died from a drug overdose in 2017. Access the latest opioid courses on TRAIN via our Hot Training Topic to learn about substance use disorders and more. Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), or concussion, is ...

CDC Learning Connection’s December Courses: Opioids, Health Disparities, & Chagas Disease

Posted in: TRAIN

December 4, 2018

Finish 2018 strong with a featured course on the CDC Learning Connection! More than 40% of the 42,249 opioid overdose deaths in the U.S. in 2016 involved a prescription opioid. Take CDC’s Dosing and Titration of Opioids training to learn how to safely prescribe, titrate, taper, and discontinue opioid...

CDC Learning Connection’s November Courses: Opioids, Pandemic Flu, Diabetes, & Outbreak Investigation

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

November 1, 2018

Visit the CDC Learning Connection this November to take advantage of our timely featured trainings! A recent study shows improvements in opioid prescribing after the release of the CDC Guideline for Prescribing Opioids for Chronic Pain. Access opioid courses on TRAIN via the Hot Training Topic to ...