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Kick off the new year with these featured trainings on CDC Learning Connection.In December 2021, CDC updated its recommendations for COVID-19 vaccines with a preference for people to receive an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine (Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna) over Johnson & Johnson. Learn about the data supporting...

COVID-19 and Antibiotic Prescribing, Lupus, Toxicological Outbreaks, & Disability Inclusion

Posted in: TRAINby Samantha Draper

December 21, 2021

Wrap up 2021 with CDC Learning Connection’s featured trainings and earn free CE.Learn how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted antibiotic prescribing and ways to optimize antibiotic use with What Clinicians, Pharmacists, and Public Health Partners Need to Know. Early diagnosis, treatment, and...

Share Your Thoughts: Resources and Tools to Support the Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals

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

December 9, 2021

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationWith the release of the 2021 Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals (Core Competencies), the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) is turning its attention to...

COVID-19 Vaccines, Data for Health Equity, Antibiotic Stewardship, & PPM Testing

Posted in: Workforce Development

November 19, 2021

Check out CDC Learning Connection’s featured trainings in November.Certain people are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster vaccine. Learn CDC’s latest guidance for COVID-19 booster vaccines in What Clinicians Need to Know. CDC recommends children 5 to 11 years old be vaccinated...

Explore the Latest in Public Health Workforce Development: The 2021 Public Health Learning Forum

Posted in: Conferences and Events, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

November 17, 2021

Anastasia Brennan, MSN, MPH, TRAIN Program ManagerThe 2021 Public Health Learning Forum was held in October 2021, and brought together professionals working in the fields of workforce development, emergency preparedness, public health, and healthcare for two weeks of stimulating and inspiring...

Newly Revised Core Competencies for Public Health Professionals Now Available

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

November 17, 2021

Kathleen Amos, MLIS, Director, Academic/Practice Linkages, Public Health FoundationAfter engaging in a yearlong review and revision process, the Council on Linkages Between Academia and Public Health Practice (Council on Linkages) is pleased to announce the adoption and release of the 2021 Core Competencies...

COVID-19, Flu Vaccination, ACEs, and Cross-Sector Communication

Posted in: Workforce Development

October 14, 2021

Don’t miss CDC Learning Connection’s featured trainings this October.Fatigue is one of the most common symptoms in patients with post-COVID conditions. Learn clinical guidance for post-COVID fatigue with Evaluating and Supporting Patients Presenting with Fatigue Following COVID-19. Free CE.CDC recommends...

Mental Health, Wildfires, Lyme Disease, and Birth Certificate Data

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

September 15, 2021

Start your fall with CDC Learning Connection’s featured trainings.In a recent survey, 53% of public health workers reported symptoms of at least one mental health condition in the past two weeks. Watch the Mental Health is Public Health webinar to learn about tools for developing healthy coping strategies.Large...

Working with Schools, Opioid Use Disorder, Financial Management, & Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

August 9, 2021

Gain new clinical and public health skills with CDC Learning Connection’s featured trainings.It’s back-to-school time in many parts of the United States. Learn how to apply public health practice to a school setting in Working with Schools 101. For the latest on COVID-19 prevention in K-12 schools,...

Helping Restaurants Reduce Spread of COVID-19

Posted in: Workforce Developmentby Vanessa Lamers

August 5, 2021

Vanessa Lamers, Assistant Director, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, Public Health Foundation, and Ron Bialek, President, Public Health Foundation, Public Health FoundationRestaurants have been particularly hard hit by the pandemic, experiencing economic loses, orders...