#COVID-19 Public Health Strategy – Part 2 (Updated 2/10/21)
Welcome to Part 2 of our COVID-19 training for #publichealth professionals.
This updated training covers the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines along with additional vaccine administration considerations, including ACIP COVID-19 Phase 1 vaccine priority group recommendations. It also looks at adjusting the herd/community immunity threshold using vaccine efficacy coefficients based on a vaccine’s efficacy to prevent transmission of the virus.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
– Discuss the concepts of herd immunity and serologic data
– Discuss how cocooning protects high risk individuals
– Discuss concepts of home isolation
– Review COVID-19 vaccines and medical therapeutics
– Discuss key concepts of crisis communications in pandemics
– Review the importance of triage
– Review home monitoring concepts
– Discuss the concept of a COVID-19 risk metric
VIEW PART 1:
https://youtu.be/9ILMQ4pGxvA
CERTIFIED PUBLIC HEALTH CONTINUING EDUCATION CREDIT:
This curricula is approved by the National Board of Public Health Examiners for 2.0 Certified Public Health continuing education credits upon successfully passing the post-assessment at 80%. A Certificate of Completion is available for a fee.
To take the post-assessment, register for this class at https://www.train.org/ND/course/1094492
GET YOUR CERTIFICATE OF COMPLETION:
– Register for this class at https://www.train.org/ND/course/1094492
– Pass the post-assessment at 80% with a score of 4
– Pay the $5 certificate fee
COURSE PROVIDER:
The North Dakota Public Health Training Network (NDPHTN) provides on-demand, practice-based training for the public health workforce around the world. Over 18,000 students from 135 countries have enrolled in more than 41,000 sessions of our classes on TRAIN, the Public Health Foundation’s learning network.
Learn more about our practical, practice-based training for the public health workforce at https://www.ndphtn.com
INSTRUCTOR:
Dr. Terry Dwelle is the former North Dakota State Health Officer and the current President and Educational Director of North Dakota Public Health Training Network (NDPHTN). He has over 40 years of clinical and public health experience in the United States, Eastern Europe, Latin and South America, and Central and East Africa.
PRESENTATION UPDATED:
February 10, 2021
by North Dakota Public Health Training Network
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