Finish 2024 Strong with December’s Featured Trainings

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HEADS UP to Healthcare Providers, Fundamentals of Public Health Laboratories, Environmental Assessment Training Series (EATS) 101

December 2024 Newsletter

Happy Holidays from CDC Learning Connection! Thank you for trusting us to share quality trainings and learning opportunities to increase your knowledge and skills. We look forward to being a part of your learning journey in 2025.   Share this email with your colleagues and encourage them to sign up for the newsletter!

Concussion Safety and Management

CDC updated its HEADS UP to Healthcare Providers online training to include content on mental health symptoms following a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), violence-related mTBI, and caring for patients with mTBI living with disabilities. Learn how to prevent, diagnose, and manage concussions and head injuries in children and young adults. Earn FREE CE.

Take Pediatric Concussion Guidance Training

Core Functions of Public Health Laboratories

CDC’s OneLab™ now offers a basic e-learning course that provides an overview of the 11 core functions of public health laboratories. Learn how you can apply these core functions to effectively serve your community.

Take Public Health Lab Training

Foundations of Outbreak Environmental Assessments   Environmental health staff play a critical role in leading environmental assessments during foodborne disease outbreak investigations. Learn how to complete an environmental assessment from start to finish using outbreak scenarios. Earn FREE CE.

Take Environmental Assessment Training

Additional Trainings & Resources

E-learning Institute Fellowship. Learn how to build your best training with CDC’s E-learning Institute (ELI). This free, online fellowship is for public health education and training professionals with limited experience designing or developing e-learning products. Fellows get direct mentoring support from e-learning experts, collaborate with peers, and attend learning opportunities to create quality training. Learn about ELI, see eligibility, and apply before January 7, 2025. Foodborne Safety & Illness. Foods we love can sometimes make us sick. Learn how to suspect, identify, treat, and report foodborne illness with these videos. Earn FREE CE. Also, check out these educational materials and other food safety information for healthcare professionals. Workforce Planning and Recruitment. The Five Recommendations for Enhancing Governmental Public Health Workforce Recruitment and Hiring infographic may assist public health leaders when considering new recruitment and hiring strategies. Review and implement the processes described in the Workforce Planning Guide: Guidance, Tools, and Resources to Assist Public Health Agencies in Workforce Planning to strengthen your workforce.

Notes: Activities that offer continuing education (CE) from CDC moved from TCEO to CDC TRAIN. 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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