Course 2: Core Competencies for Providing Direct Services includes the following modules
- Module 6: Cultural Humility, Implicit Bias
- Module 7: Guiding Principles for Community Health Workers
- Module 8: Conducting Initial Client Interviews

Course 2: Core Competencies for Providing Direct Services includes the following modules

Course 3: Enhancing Client Interactions includes the following modules

Course 4: Enhancing Professional Skills includes the following modules

Course 5: Applying Core Competencies to Key Health Issues includes the following modules

Safety is imperative when working with potentially harmful materials and other hazards in the laboratory. This course is designed to assist clinical and public health laboratory professionals with applying risk management strategies to identify hazards,
assess risks, and select appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) options.
At the conclusion of this course, participants will be able to:
1 hour
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Division of Laboratory Systems is approved as a provider of continuing education programs in the clinical laboratory sciences by the ASCLS P.A.C.E.® Program. This course is approved for 1.0 contact hour.
P.A.C.E.® course number: 288-002-22.

This webinar will review;
The intended audience of this session are laboratorians and local health officials.
50 minutes
P.A.C.E. credit is available (details within presentation)

This course is designed for local public health agencies and professionals who may be involved in public health disasters. The goals of the course are to:
The intended audience for this course is local public health employees/ agencies and “on site” professionals who may be involved in public health emergencies such as flooding, disease outbreak, hurricanes and floods, debris cleanup, mass fatalities, or any other related public health emergencies.
The length of time for participants to take this course is estimated to be one hour.
1.8.5 Identifies public health programs and organizations with authority to address specific community health needs (e.g., lead in housing, water fluoridation, bike lanes, emergency preparedness, infectious disease outbreaks)
There are four sections in this course:
Section 1: Incident, Hazards, and PPE
Section 2: Donning and Doffing PPE
Section 3: Importance of Personal Protective Equipment
Activity: PPE Challenge!
There are review questions at the end of Sections 1 through 3. These review questions provide you with an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills presented in these sections. There is a Posttest at the end of the course.
After completing this section, participants will be able to:
After completing this section, participants will be able to:
After completing this section, participants will be able to:
After completing this section, participants will be able to:
A certificate of completion is awarded on successful completion of this course. In order to successfully complete this course, you MUST score 70% or higher on the Posttest.
If you do not receive 70% on the posttest, you may review the material and re-take it. The posttest will become available for a re-take 2 days after your first attempt.
Online Self-Pace
1 hour
June 2023
The following organizations collaborated on the development of this course: Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH); University of Iowa College of Public Health, Institute for Public Health Practice (IPHP).
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The goal of this scenario is to assess and train mid-level public health professionals in the application of critical thinking as a means of solving problems related to community preparedness for public health emergencies, such as an Influenza Pandemic.
The scenario is based on the Critical Thinking course as well as using the established model of Critical Thinking that has six steps:
The audience for this course consists of mid-level public health professionals and/or those responsible for community preparedness planning.
The length of time for participants to take this course is estimated to be one hour or less.
After completion of the course, learners should be able to:
Capability 1: Community Preparedness
Capability 2: Community Recovery
Domain I: Model Leadership
1.1 Solve Problems under emergency conditions
The course will be set up as an interactive scenario in which users are directed to answer various questions at key points in the story. Users can answer the question by using the information provided in a “Need Help” section.
There will be options to help the user, such as “More Info,” which is content specific to the question, “Resources,” and “Tips,” are snippets of information, job aid tools and the course guide. These options are provided as a means to help the user answer the question.
A certificate of completion is awarded on successful completion of this course. In order to successfully complete this course, you MUST score 80% or higher on the overall course module.
Online Self-Pace
Voice Talent: David Freeman
1 hour
June 2023
The following organizations collaborated on the development of this course: Iowa Department of Public Health (IDPH); University of Iowa College of Public Health, Institute for Public Health Practice (IPHP).
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The goal of Off-Road Vehicle Hazards is to provide an overview of off-road vehicle used in agriculture and understand how to minimize and prevent injuries.
The intended audience for this course is rural health professionals.
The length for this course is approximately 60 minutes depending on the individual user. Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate of completion from the Great Plains Center of Agricultural Health at the University of Iowa College of Public
Health.
NA, however, it is advisable that you have some basic understanding of agricultural environment.
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
Before you begin, please take the pretest. The
pretest score will not be counted toward your final score.
The content for this course is an overview of off-road vehicles and the hazards that can arise with the use of off-road vehicles.
The course includes a learning module with interactivity and scenario application activities, a list of resources, and a post-test at the end of this course. A Certificate of Completion is awarded on successful completion of this course. In order to successfully
complete this course, you MUST score 70% or higher on the post-test. If you do not receive 70% on the post-test, you may review the material and re-take it.
This course has been approved for continuing education credit for the following professions (details available in course materials):
A separate registration process will be required after successful completion of the course.
The following organizations collaborated on the development of this course: The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health and the Midwestern Public Health Training Center, University of Iowa College of Public Health (MPHTC–UICPH).
This project is supported by Grant Number 5 U54 OH007548-11 from the CDC – NIOSH for the Agricultural Medicine Core Course (Diane Rohlman, PI) a project within the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (Renee Anthony, PI). Course contents
are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or NIOSH.
Development Team:
Charles Jennissen MD & Gerene Denning MD (primary content developers), Diane Rohlman PhD, LaShelle Morrison MS, Matt Nonnenmann PhD CIH, and Kay Mohling MA
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The goal of this course is to provide a basic understanding of common musculoskeletal disorders that affect agricultural workers
The intended audience for this course is rural health professionals.
The length for this course is approximately 60 minutes depending on the individual user. Upon completion of the course, you will get a certificate of completion from the Great Plains Center of Agricultural Health at the University of Iowa College of Public
Health.
NA, however, it is advisable that you have some basic understanding of agricultural environment.
At the end of this course, you will be able to:
Before you begin, please take the pretest. The pretest score will not be counted toward your final score.
The content for this course is about an overview of common musculoskeletal disorders as well as hazards and work practices that increase the risk of musculoskeletal disorders.
The course includes a learning module with interactivity and scenario application activities, a list of resources, and a posttest at the end of this course. A Certificate of Completion is awarded on successful completion of this course. In order to successfully
complete this course, you MUST score 70% or higher on the posttest. If you do not receive 70% on the posttest, you may review the material and re-take it.
This course has been approved for continuing education credit for the following professions (details available in course materials):
A separate registration process will be required after successful completion of the course.
The following organizations collaborated on the development of this course: The Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health and the Midwestern Public Health Training Center, University of Iowa College of Public Health (MPHTC–UICPH).
This project is supported by Grant Number 5 U54 OH007548-11 from the CDC – NIOSH for the Agricultural Medicine Core Course (Diane Rohlman, PI) a project within the Great Plains Center for Agricultural Health (Renee Anthony, PI). Course contents are solely
the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the CDC or NIOSH.