Continuing Education & Resources

Check our Events Calendar for continuing education conferences and opportunities.

General

Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences – Office of Continuing Education and Professional Development
Providing regional continuing education, accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), for practicing Vermont pharmacists in diverse practice settings. For more information, visit their site at:
http://www.acphs.edu/Academics/ContinuingEducation.aspx

University of Vermont College of Medicine Continuing Medical Education Programs
For more information, please visit their site at:
http://cme.uvm.edu/

National Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE) Sponsored Continuing Education Opportunities (course for CHES credit)
Each issue of the Health Education and Behavior Journal and Health Promotion Practice feature two self-study articles.
For more information, visit their site at: www.sophe.org/

Agricultural Medicine

Vermont Farm Health Task Force Agricultural Medicine Training

Children’s Health

Children’s Health and the Environment Series
Self-paced CE module/courses created by American Nurses Association and American Nurses Foundation and sponsored by the US EPA. For each course there is a fee of $10 for members, $15 for non-members. Currently offered courses are:

  • Environmental Health in the Healthcare Setting
  • Environmentally Healthy Homes and Communities
  • Safe Workplaces and Healthy Learning Places-Environmentally Healthy Schools.

For more information, please visit: http://nursingworld.org/ce/cecatalog.cfm

Cultural Competency

Spanish for the Healthcare Workplace
Beginning language course on CD-ROM from California Distance Learning Health Network (CDLHN) and Total Recall Learning. The cost of this course is $29.95.
For more information, contact: CDLHN at 619-594-3348,
or via email at: [email protected],
or order online at http://www.cdlhn.com

Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response

2014 Geriatric Emergency Preparedness Webinars through Stanford Geriatric Education Center

April 9, 2014, 3-4 pm ET – Navigating Current and New Guidelines and Requirements for Preparedness in Long-Term Care Settings
Federal and state disaster policymakers look to long-term care (LTC) facilities to provide shelter for hospitals and other LTC facilities during disasters. However, the available beds for immediate use are limited by federal and state legislation and regulation, the same authoritative agencies that expect effective response from LTC systems. The session will describe three state initiatives to mitigate the dilemma and challenges.

June 11, 2014, 3-4 pm ET – The “Active Shooter” in Long-Term Care and Assisted Living CommunitiesThe session will discuss preparedness issues in long-term care and assisted living facilities specific to patients/residents/ particularly the cognitively impaired, family, caregivers, and care providers to prevent, itigate and recover from an incident involving an “active shooter.” The incident is difficult to predict and can rapidly develop; usually an approach to selecting victims is undetectable, hence the element of surprise could create a destabilizing effect in the LTC setting. The session provides guidance to help LTC personnel (nursing and other care/service providers) and managers/administrators prevent and prepare for a potential crisis.

Stanford Geriatric Education Center – (CEU’s available).
For more information, visit their site at: Stanford Geriatric Education Center.

Terrorism, Preparedness and Public Health: An Introduction
University of Albany’s Center for Public Health Preparedness E-Learning Center Course – (CEU’s available).
For more information, visit their site at:
http://ualbanycphp.org/learning/default.cfm

EM 103 w/ NIMS: Introduction to Emergency Management (NIMS compliant)
Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response offers online courses on emergency preparedness topics for health care workers. The courses are free and available to all health care workers.
For more information, visit their site at:
http://ynhhs.emergencyeducation.org/nepheret.asp

HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS Certificate Program
A graduate level certificate program with three courses: Introduction to HIV/AIDS, Pathophysiology and Symptom Management in HIV disease, and Prevention and Case Management of HIV/AIDS. Sponsored by the Massachusetts General Hospital Institute of Health Professions.
For information contact: Dr. Inge Corless, 617-726-8018; [email protected] or Dr. Patrice Nicholas, 617-726-1872 or [email protected]
To register contact: 617-726-3136; [email protected];
or visit http://www.mghihp.edu

HPV

National AHEC Program to Improve HPV Vaccination Rates

HPV_WebGraphicThe Champlain Valley AHEC is taking a lead role for the Vermont AHEC Network in participating in a National AHEC Program to improve HPV vaccination rates in Vermont. Working with the CDC’s “You are the Key to Cancer Prevention” program, the Vermont AHEC Network will offer education programs and materials for Vermont providers to improve the HPV vaccination rates of their patients. According to the Vermont Department of Health, 50% of teen girls and 70% of teen boys are NOT fully vaccinated against HPV.

Our HPV project lead Judy Wechsler wants you to know the most important things a provider can do to encourage HPV vaccination:

  • Recommend it! More vaccinations occur as the result of recommendations by a trusted provider.
  • Bundle it! Providing the HPV vaccine as part of the “bundle” of vaccines that 11 and 12 year old boys and girls routinely receive will result in higher vaccination rates.
  • Reinforce it! Reinforce the fact that the HPV vaccine prevents cancer.

HPV Materials:

Public Health

Public Health 101
A self-paced four-module course, presented by the Illinois Public Health Preparedness Center, covering the fundamentals of public health.
For more information, visit their site at: www.uic.edu/sph/prepare

Foodborne Illness Reporting: It’s Everyone’s Responsibility
For more information on this 18-minute webcast, please visit the California Distance Learning Health Network website, http://www.cdlhn.com/

Veteran’s Health

Hire Me!2015 HR Training: Military and Veteran Webinar Series
Our soldiers, veterans, and military families have earned the support of our grateful nation. We must honor their service and sacrifice. Over 130,000 active, guard, and reserve soldiers will be integrated into companies and communities each year, more than 1 million over the next 10 years.

  • Are you looking to hire a veteran but face obstacles in identifying the perfect match?
  • Do you need help with understanding where to go to locate veterans?

Well, if you answered “yes” to any of the questions, this webinar series is right for you! Three sessions – June 25, 11 am – 12 pm and 1 pm – 2 pm and August 19, 11 am – 12 pm. For more information, click here.

Resources for Serving the Mental Health Needs of Returning Service Members and Their Families

Information about TRICARE available at: http://www.tricare.mil/Publications.aspx

Information-Family Assistance Centers

Information About Vermont Veterans Outreach

OEF-OIF-OND VA Case Management

Online Resources

Pocket Guide for Clinicians

TBI-PTSD Quick Facts

The Unasked Question JAMA Vol 308 No. 18

VA CONTACT NUMBERS (PDF)

VA Resources

Serving Those Who Have Served Training

CSM Toby Quick Military Culture 6.12.13 Slides

Dr Laura Gibson Serving Those Who Have Served 6.12.13 handouts

Mr. Ryan Little: College After Combat – Information – BridgingTheDivide_round2

Technology

Data Skills Online
Self-instructional, web-based analytic, and technical tools developed to train state and local public health professionals in skills that can be applied on the job for: working with population-based data; developing and reporting measures for the Title V Block Grant Application; monitoring and evaluating progress on specific program activities; and developing strategies to meet the needs of the MCH population.
Cost: Free
Sponsored by the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Please visit: http://www.sph.unc.edu/toolbox/

Finding and Using Health Statistics: A Self-Study Course
Contact: National Information Center on Health Services Research and Health Care Technology: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/nichsr/outreach.html

Technology Assessment of Pediatric Provider Offices
This webcast is a first step in the development of an integrated health information system for the private practice community.
To view this webcast, please visit http://www.cdlhn.com