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Authored by Sepsis AllianceSepsis, the body’s toxic and overwhelming response to infection, affects 1.7 million people in the U.S. and takes the lives of an estimated 350,000 U.S. adults each year. Yet, only 66% of U.S. adults know the term “sepsis” and less than 19% can identify the top four symptoms...

Enhancing TRAIN to Serve You Better

Posted in: TRAINby Jennifer Harmon

March 17, 2023

The Public Health Foundation (PHF) has implemented several enhancements to the TRAIN Learning Network (TRAIN) to better serve learners and course providers. As your trusted source for accessing training and other learning opportunities, PHF iscommitted to continuing to add enhancements to meet...

COVID-19 Testing & Treatment, SUDs, Anti-Racism, & Care for People with Disabilities

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

February 17, 2023

Don’t miss these timely trainings featured on CDC Learning Connection this month! On January 26, 2023, the Food and Drug Administration updated the Emergency Use Authorization for tixagevimab plus cilgavimab (EVUSHELDTM) to limit its use. Learn the latest guidance with Updates to COVID-19 Testing...

Public Health Training Academy of Connecticut: Building a Sustainable and Accessible Professional Development Resource in Public Health

Posted in: Infrastructure, Performance Management and Quality Improvement, TRAIN, and Workforce Development

February 13, 2023

Kathi Traugh, MPH, Project Director, Office of Public Health PracticeYale School of Public HealthSusan Nappi, MPH, Executive Director, Office of Public Health PracticeYale School of Public HealthThe prolonged COVID-19 response laid bare a reality the public health community had long understood...

Monkeypox, Naloxone, Human Trafficking, and STD Trainings

Posted in: TRAIN

September 14, 2022

Fall into September’s featured trainings on CDC Learning Connection.Learn how to counsel patients on reducing their risk of monkeypox infection and treatment options for the disease in Treating Monkeypox: Q&A.Learn about the history of monkeypox, epidemiology of the current outbreak, and what we still...

Monkeypox, COVID-19, Tickborne Diseases, Grants Management, and Veteran Health Trainings

Posted in: TRAIN

August 10, 2022

Wrap up your summer with CDC Learning Connection’s featured courses and earn free CE. CDC urges healthcare providers in the U.S. to be alert for patients who have rash illnesses consistent with monkeypox. Learn about updates on monkeypox diagnosis, testing, tecovirimat (TPOXX) treatment, and vaccines...

COVID-19, School Health, Succession Planning, and Veteran Health

Posted in: TRAIN, and Workforce Development

January 10, 2022

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: TRAIN

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...

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...

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...