Trainings by Competency
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2.07: Decides on the appropriate course of action.
List of Domains | Domain 2 | Previous Competency | Next Competency
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Courses
Pharmaceuticals in our Waters? A Public Health Perspective 
| Format | Web-based Course |
| Cost | No Charge |
| Duration | 60-90 minutes |
| Description | Contamination of surface and ground water resources by pharmaceuticals and other organics has been emerging as a major public health issue over the last decade. This case-study follows the background, investigation and management of a hypothetical site in the United States, to demonstrate common features of organic/pharmaceutical contamination. New topics introduced involve innovations in investigation and exposure assessment, and management protocols. At the end of this course, you as a learner will be able to 1. Define sources and migration paths of common contaminants in water resources 2. Discuss human health and ecological impacts 3. Examine innovations in exposure assessment 4. Illustrate management concepts 5. Identify available resources |
| Competencies | 1.01 2.07 3.02 5.01 5.03 6.04 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
On the Road Again: Promoting Safe Travel and the Public's Health
| Format | Webstream |
| Cost | 0 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Description | n/a |
| Competencies | 2.01 2.03 2.05 2.07 5.02 5.03 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Influenza and Beyond: Responding to Vaccine-Preventable Disease
| Format | Webstream |
| Cost | 0 |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Description | n/a |
| Competencies | 3.01 3.03 3.07 2.01 2.07 2.08 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
SARS: When a Global Outbreak Hits Home
| Format | Webstream |
| Cost | 0 |
| Duration | 60-90 minutes |
| Description | n/a |
| Competencies | 2.01 2.07 2.10 2.08 6.01 6.05 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Health Risk Assessment and Taking an Exposure History
| Format | Web-based Course |
| Cost | free |
| Duration | 4-5 hours |
| Description | This course provides an overview of the principles of public health risk assessment and biological monitoring to assess exposure. The goal of this course is to increase the public health practitioner's knowledge of hazardous substances in the environment and to aid in the evaluation of potentially exposed individuals and communities. The process of health risk assessment and taking an exposure history is demonstrated using case studies and taking a clinical history approach to look at how to develop, implement and interpret an exposure history such that is included in the clinical evaluation of the patient. |
| Competencies | 1.09 2.07 6.05 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Strategic Planning
| Format | Web-based Course |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 1.5 hours |
| Description | This course is part of a series of programs intended for public health administrators, and nurse administrators, who are relatively new in their positions (3 years or less), and who seek to enhance the knowledge, skills, and abilities they need to succeed. The course discusses the Public Health’s scope of practice, the rationale for strategic planning in Public Health, the guiding principles of strategic planning, & the major questions that should be addressed during the strategic planning process. There are four video clips in this course: Essential Services & Guiding Principles; What Have We Been Doing?; Components of a Strategic Plan; and Question & Answer Session. |
| Competencies | 2.07 3.02 5.03 6.01 7.04 8.06 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Leadership/Management Communications
| Format | Web-based Course |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 3-4 hours |
| Description | No matter how effective a leader/manager you already are, this course is designed to refresh and refine the skills needed to lead your teams to success in todays fast-paced and stressful health care environment. By exploring effective leadership styles and strategies, this course provides specific tools to enhance leadership/management communication. This course is not supported by Mac operating systems. |
| Competencies | 2.07 2.11 3.02 5.02 7.07 8.06 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Preventing School Violence: Building a Caring School (T2B2)
| Format | Webstream |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Description | Considering the magnitude of violence in many of the cities of America, difficult challenges confront law enforcement agencies, public school districts and community residents. Col. Harry Corbitt, a veteran of the NYS Police, will describe the breadth of approaches used in Albany, NY to prevent school violence. However, school violence goes beyond the extreme physical assaults and also includes the day to day bullying and disrespect that can lead to violent outbursts or suicide. Ira Baumgarten, and NCBI facilitator, will explain how their program, Building a Caring School Environment, helps to recreate a safer school for students and teachers alike. |
| Competencies | 1.01 1.09 2.01 2.07 6.02 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Geriatric Mental Health (T2B2)
| Format | Webstream |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Description | Today there are significant inadequacies in geriatric mental health practice and policy and a lack of linkage to public health and physical healthcare. This is amplified by the growth in our aging population. This presentation will provide an overview of geriatric mental health in New York State, the impending mental health challenges brought on by the massive growth of older adults that will take place over the next quarter century, and opportunities to improve on these issues. |
| Competencies | 1.01 2.01 2.07 4.01 4.02 6.02 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Teen Depression and Suicide (T2B2)
| Format | Webstream |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Description | David Shaffer, MD, a world-renowned child psychiatrist and expert on adolescent suicide, will present a comprehensive overview of what we know about the underlying causes of youth suicide and the early identification on an evidence-based mental health and suicide risk screening program, developed as a direct outgrowth of his research on adolescent suicide. |
| Competencies | 1.03 1.09 1.11 2.07 6.02 6.04 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Recreational Water Safety (T2B2)
| Format | Web-based Course |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Description | The goal of the New York State Department of Health's regulations for swimming pools, bathing beaches and water parks is to assure that patrons are protected against drowning, other injuries and illness while participating in water-related recreational activities. Mr. Sackett will review incidents that have occurred in the state and discuss contributing factors and ways in which these injuries and illnesses can be prevented. |
| Competencies | 1.11 2.03 2.07 5.03 6.02 6.04 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Public Health Financial Management
| Format | Web-based Course |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 4-6 hours |
| Description | The objectives of this course are to describe financial concepts relevant to public health managers; understand both theoretical and practitioners’ perspectives of financial management; evaluate financial decisions in Public Health; and apply financial concepts to real world situations. |
| Competencies | 2.07 7.01 7.02 7.03 7.04 7.05 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Substance Abuse and Workplace Drug Testing Policy in the United States
| Format | Web-based Course |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Description | By the end of the presentation, the attendee will be able to: 1) State the essential public health functions associated with workplace drug testing; 2) Identify demographic and occupation-related characteristics associated with an increased risk for substance abuse and dependence; 3) Describe employee reports of drug testing and substance abuse education in the workplace; 4) Distinguish between characteristics of employees and workplaces where drug testing occurs and those settings where there is no testing program. |
| Competencies | 1.02 1.08 2.02 2.04 2.05 2.07 |
| TRAIN | Link to TRAIN entry |
Emergencies and Surges
| Format | Other Distance Ed. |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 1.5 hours |
| Description | Public health professionals are increasingly expected to be ready to respond to specific emergencies, as well as be able to adapt to surges in need to the services they provide. This presentation will discuss the evolution of the role of Public Health professionals in emergencies, and provide direction on how to prepare for emergencies by thinking differently about one’s day-to-day work of developing regulations and policy planning. The seminar will present concepts of how participants can improve the quality and efficiency of their day-to-day workflow of decision making and resource allocation as preparation for improved management of emergencies and surges. After viewing this presentation, you should: (1) Understand the need to be prepared to manage large-scale emergencies (2) Better understand the need to increase public health preparedness activities and simulations (3) Understand the role of leadership during distinct stages of a crisis (4) Be able to articulate the need for more preparedness advocacy |
| Competencies | 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 8.03 8.04 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Who's in Charge? Turf Issues in Times of Emergencies
| Format | Other |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 1.5 hours |
| Description | A seminar that will focus on decision making in times of crisis. Ideally, in times of crisis, each individual participating in the operation reports to only one supervisor. This presentation will address situations where the participants don't have good leadership and are receive conflicting orders from a variety of supervisors. Participants will learn that in the absence of models like ICS, this scenario creates poor accountability, allows for freelancing, stops the flow of information, lacks coordination of operational efforts, creates poor operational safety, and doesn't move the community experiencing the emergency to a more normal state of being. Finally, this seminar will help to create procedures to reduce the impact of a crisis, focus on developing partnerships, while maintaining multiple allegiances. |
| Competencies | 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 8.03 8.04 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Guerilla Policy-fare
| Format | Other |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 1.5 hours |
| Description | Successful decision-making in public health and health care administration requires the ability and agility to balance public policy, institutional strategy, program objectives, resource allocation, inter-disciplinary planning and consensus building, and "turf" issues. This seminar will discuss studying the players, politics, processes, skills and strategies needed to be developed to better understand, monitor, and actively influence health care policy making at the state and federal levels, on behalf of provider organizations, consumers, and advocacy groups. Participants will learn to be better advocates with government and how to develop collective partnerships with communities. The strategies presented will address the need for the individual to understand that in “Guerilla Policy-fare” the process is disorderly, and rarely sequential. It typically involves multiple disciplines trained in different problem solving approaches and is colored by political considerations which are usually not clearly articulated. Participants will begin to understand that the process of advocacy has competitive elements with other providers and frequently moves very quickly. In this process leadership will face complex problems or predicaments of reconciling priorities that may not be complimentary. This seminar will challenge participants thinking regarding approaches to policy planning, decision making, and resource allocation, with goals that are clear but political support is not. |
| Competencies | 2.06 2.07 3.03 5.08 8.07 |
| TRAIN | n/a |
Who, What, When and How: Implementing the Chronic Disease Self Management Program in Your Community
| Format | Webstream |
| Cost | Free |
| Duration | 1 hour |
| Description | Speakers: Lisa A. Ferretti, LMSW Director of Operations Center for Excellence in Aging Services University at Albany School of Social Welfare Melanie Shefchik, MA, CHES Public Health Educator Rockland County Department of Health This presentation will provide an overview of the Stanford University Chronic Disease Self Management Program, the evidence-base that supports its positive health outcomes, populations that have benefitted, program requirements and implementation strategies. We will hear from one county health department that has committed to providing the program to its constituents as well as a Stanford-certified program trainer. |
| Competencies | 2.06 2.07 2.08 3.05 7.05 7.10 |
| TRAIN | n/a |