Goal
To provide the public health community information and guidance on
containment of SARS.
Objectives
Upon successful completion of the course, participants will be able to:
- Describe key strategies for containing the spread of SARS.
- Explain the current guidelines for instituting quarantine and/or isolation strategies.
- Determine appropriate action steps needed to carry out SARS-related isolation or quarantine measures.
- Determine appropriate support systems needed to carry out SARS-related isolation or quarantine measures.
Target Audience
Public health workforce, including state and local public health
officials, public health advisors, community-based outreach workers,
and infection control professionals.
Presenters
James M. Hughes, MD, Director, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Center for Disease Control and Prevention
Marty Cetron, MD, Deputy Director, Division of Quarantine and Global Migration,National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Gene W. Matthews, Legal Advisor to Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Office of the General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services
Art Liang, MD, MPH, Co-lead, SARS Community Outreach Team, Director, Food Safety Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John Jernigan, MD, MS, Lead, Clinical and Infection Control SARS Investigation Team, National Center for Infectious Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Dr. Colin D'Cunha, Commissioner of Public Health,Chief Medical Officer of Health, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Questions
For questions, please call the Clinician Information Hotline at 1-877-554-4625.
Viewers are encouraged to review the CDC website for
all available information and updates www.cdc.gov.
Registration and
Continuing Education Credit Information
Participants are encouraged but not required to register
and evaluate the webcast. Registration and evaluation
will provide valuable feedback to CDC.
A certificate of credit or a certificate
of attendance will be awarded to
participants who complete the evaluation.
Participant registration
is only available through the CDC/ATSDR Training
and Continuing Education Online System at
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/phtnonline.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited
by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education
(ACCME) to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this educational activity
for maximum of 1 category 1 credit toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award.
Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
This activity for 1.2 contact hours is provided by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention, which is accredited as a provider of
continuing education in nursing by the American Nurses Credentialing
Center's Commission on Accreditations.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a
designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH)
in health education by the National Commission for Health Education
Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for the CHES
to receive 1 Category I contact hour in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has been
approved as an Authorized Provider of continuing education and training
programs by the International Association for Continuing Education and
Training and awards 0.1 Continuing Education Units (CEUs).
Course number is:
Web-on-demand-WD0013
Questions about registration should be directed to
800-41-TRAIN, 404-639-1292, or email ce@cdc.gov.
When emailing a request, please indicate
SARS 3 in the subject line.
Webcast Information
This program is available for viewing, at
http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/webcast/sarsIII.
Videotapes
Due to the rapidly changing status of SARS, we will not be offering this broadcast/webcast on videotape or CD ROM.
However, you can view or download the archived webcast at http://www.phppo.cdc.gov/PHTN/webcast/sarsIII.
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