Harvest Your Knowledge with October’s Featured Trainings

[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]

Safe Dental Visits; Quality Management Systems; Interviewing Techniques for Persons Experiencing Homelessness, Disability, and Substance Use Disorders

October 2024 Newsletter

Stay informed about quality, online trainings from CDC, other federal agencies, and federally funded partners. Share this email with your colleagues and encourage them to sign up for the newsletter!

Hot Training Topic: Mpox

Unprecedented outbreaks of clade I mpox are occurring in Central and Eastern Africa. In September, CDC issued a Health Alert Network Update discussing the ongoing outbreak and prevention strategies for clade I mpox in Central and Eastern Africa. CDC has also developed a science bulletin explaining why expectations for the mpox burden in children in the United States are different than for children in areas affected by these outbreaks. To learn more about the current global mpox situation, watch this webinar (FREE CE) and visit Mpox in the United States and Around the World: Current Situation.

Creating the Safest Dental Visit

During National Dental Hygiene Month, protect yourself and your patients by learning about safe dental practices. CDC’s free training provides an overview of key infection prevention and control principles for dental settings. Earn FREE CE.

Take Safe Dental Care Training

Key Elements of Laboratory Quality Management Systems (QMS)

Clinicians and public health laboratories ensure laboratory testing data and result interpretations are of the highest quality. Quality in a laboratory is an ongoing process and best accomplished using a systematic, managed approach known as QMS. Discover the key elements of laboratory QMS. Earn FREE CE.

Take Laboratory QMS Training

Interviewing Populations Who Experience Disproportionate Impacts from Reportable Diseases  Transforming your interview approach to engage people experiencing homelessness, disability, and substance use disorders can help you gather more complete and accurate data. Explore the role of implicit bias and cultural humility in case investigation interviews, techniques for building and maintaining rapport, and tips for discussing potentially sensitive topics.

Take Interviewing Training

Additional Trainings & Resources

Flu, COVID-19, & RSV Resources. Advise your patients to protect themselves and others by taking precautions this fall and winter. CDC’s respiratory illnesses site has resources available for providers, including county-level data on flu, COVID-19, and RSV illness trends. Watch the latest webinar on testing and treatment options for COVID-19 and flu. Earn FREE CE. Data Science and Informatics Trainings. Explore five new data science and informatics trainings curated by the Public Health Foundation in collaboration with subject matter experts. The data science training plans focus on the following areas: Overview for Public Health Generalists; How to Succinctly Explain Data Modernization Initiatives to Leaders; Informatics Competencies; Data Life Cycle; and Special Topics which includes artificial intelligence, data equity, electronic health records and more.  Listen Up! Podcast. CDC’s Office of Communications is pleased to share the latest episode of Listen Up! Artificial intelligence technology and generative AI have the potential to revolutionize health communication practice—providing an onslaught of solutions, in seconds, and with just a stroke of a key. What applications hold the most promise for health communicators? What are the risks and pitfalls? What digital fluency is needed to meet the moment? Listen in to hear answers to these important questions and more.

Notes: Activities that offer continuing education (CE) from CDC are moving from TCEO to CDC TRAIN throughout 2024. If you do not already have a CDC TRAIN account, please create one. You will be able to access your previous CE records in TCEO through the end of 2025. You may have received this newsletter because you indicated an interest in CDC learning opportunities when you created an account in Training and Continuing Education Online (TCEO).

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