Disaster & Readiness Planning Educational Opportunities

Centers for Disease Control & Prevention (CDC)

CDC Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER) Training web site.

National Center for Biomedical Research & Training

The National Center for Biomedical Research & Training web site has online courses and other resources available.

National Library of Medicine at the National Institute of Health

The NLM at the NIH has a section on their web site dedicated to Chemical & Biological Warfare agents.

The NLM at the NIH also has section of their web site dedicated to Biodenfence and Bioterrorism.

Federal Emergency Management Institute

The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Federal Emergency Management Institute web site has training and other resources available.

FEMA Offers Free Emergency Preparedness Training to Health Care Personnel

Department of Homeland Security (DHS) thru the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is providing, at no cost, training at the Center for Domestic Preparedness to members of the health care community. FEMA covers all costs for travel, meals, lodging, and course materials. Popular courses for health care personnel include:

• PER-902, Hospital Emergency Response Training for Mass Casualty Incidents;

• PER-262, Hands-On Training for CBRNE Incidents (combination class);

• MGT-901, Healthcare Leadership for Mass Casualty Incidents;

• AWR-900, Framework for Healthcare Emergency Management;
  

• MGT-900, Pandemic Planning and Preparedness.

Other available training programs pertain more to the medical emergency response and first receiver communities. The health care-specific training programs offer Continuing Education Units or Continuing Medical Education calculated at 10 percent of the contact hours of the course. Visit http://cdp.dhs.gov for more information.

John Hopkins University of Public Health Preparedness Program

John Hopkins University Public Health Preparedness Program web site provides training modules on emergency preparedness and response topics.

National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO)

NACCHO Advanced Practice Center (APC) Program web site.

Chemical and biological warfare/disaster planning & response courses web page.

Infection and Epidemiology Courses:

See our web page dedicated to infection and epidemiology courses.

If there are any resources you would like to see added to this page, please send them to Christine Pauley at christinep@deha.org.