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Course Overview
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Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
A National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases and
Public Health Training Network Satellite Broadcast & Webcast
December 13, 2007
12:00 PM - 3:30 PM ET
View satellite coordinates.
 
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This course is designed to provide information on case investigation, outbreak control, and disease
reporting for vaccine-preventable diseases. The course will stress the most
epidemiologically important data to collect and will discuss methods of enhancing
surveillance and completing case investigations. This broadcast will feature a live
question-and-answer session in which participants nationwide can interact with the
course instructors via toll-free telephone lines, fax, and e-mail.
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Goal
To improve vaccine-preventable disease surveillance practices in the United States.
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Objectives
At the conclusion of this broadcast, participants will be able to:
- Identify 3 main levels of the national surveillance system for vaccine-preventable diseases (VPDs).
- Locate the case definitions for nationally notifiable diseases.
- List the critical information to collect for each reported case of the disease.
- Describe the concept of surveillance indicators.
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Target Audience
The target audience for this broadcast is exclusively those public health
professionals with responsibility for surveillance and case investigation of
vaccine-preventable diseases.
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Course Materials
The course text is the Manual for the Surveillance of Vaccine-Preventable Diseases.
This manual is available online only at: http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/surv-manual/default.htm.
It is recommended but not required.
Printable slide sets will be available December 11 on the broadcast
updates and resources webpage at
http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/ed/surv07/surv07-resources.htm
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Registration Information
To register to attend the broadcast at a specific location,
or to search for available locations, visit the CDC/ATSDR Training
and Continuing Education Online at
http://www2a.cdc.gov/TCEOnline/.
(Please note this is a new web address for CDC Training and Continuing Education Online,
and update your files and bookmarks.) From here, you can register to participate in a
broadcast at a site near you and/or register for CE credit.
No registration is needed to participate in the webcast.
Course numbers are listed below:
Satellite Broadcast - SB1199
Webcast - WC1199
Site registration begins on October 18, 2007.
Individual registration for continuing education credit begins on November 15, 2007.
You must use the online system to receive continuing education credit.
Participants must register and complete an online evaluation by January 14, 2008.
Persons who have questions about registration should call 800-41-TRAIN or e-mail ce@cdc.gov.
For questions regarding course content, e-mail nipinfo@cdc.gov.
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Continuing Education Information
CE Credit will be available through the Training and Continuing Education Online system found at
http://www.cdc.gov/TCEOnline.
CE Credit expires January 14, 2008
CME Statement
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 a maximum of 3.25 category 1 credits toward the AMA Physician's Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those credits that he/she actually spent in the activity.
CPE Statement
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education as a provider of continuing pharmacy education.
This program is a designated event for pharmacists to receive 0.3 Contact Hours in pharmacy education. The Universal Program Number is 387-000-07-013-L04.
CNE Statement
This activity for 3.25 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 Accreditation.
CECH Statement
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 3 Category I contact hours in health education, CDC provider number GA0082.
CEU Statement
The CDC has been reviewed and approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET),8405 Greensboro Drive, Suite 800, McLean, VA 22102 The CDC has awarded 0.3 CEU's to participants who successfully complete this program.
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Satellite Technical Specifications
Signal Test Date and Time
December 13, 2007
11:00 AM - 12:00 Noon ET
Same coordinates for signal test and broadcast
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Broadcast Date and Time
December 13, 2007
12:00 Noon - 3:30 PM ET
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C-Band
Satellite: Galaxy 3
Longitude: 95 degrees West
Channel: 3
Downlink Freq: 3760 MHz
Polarization: Horizontal
Audio Freq: 6.2 & 6.8
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Ku-Band
Satellite: Galaxy 17
Longitude: 74.05 degrees West
Channel: 21
Downlink Freq: 12120 MHz
Polarization: Horizontal
Audio Freq: 6.2 & 6.8 |
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This broadcast will be closed-captioned |
To Contact Us During the
Program
Voice: 800-793-8598
[International callers 404-639-0180]
FAX: 800-553-6323
[International callers, 404-639-0181]
TTY: 800-815-8152
[International callers, 404-639-0182]
Technical Assistance:
800-728-8232 [International callers 404-639-1289]
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Audiobridge Information
In the event you are unable to receive the signal on
program day, you may join by audiobridge.
For security reasons, the passcode and the leader's name will be required to
join your call.
- Toll Free Number: 888-455-0041
- Toll Number: 1-210-234-0003
- Passcode: 32280
- Leader: ANA BENSON
If you have problems during your audiobridge conference,
you may call 800-728-8232 or International callers dial 404-639-1289.
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Webcast Information
The broadcast will have a live webcast, which will also be available through the Internet for 1 month following the broadcast.
It can be found at http://www2a.cdc.gov/PHTN/webcast/VPD-07.
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Self-Study Programs
This program will be edited and made available for self-study in DVD
and web-on-demand formats 4 to 6 weeks after the broadcasts. The program will
not be available as a videotape. To order the DVD, use the online order form found
at http://www.cdc.gov/vaccines/pubs/default.htm.
The web-on-demand will be available at http://www2a.cdc.gov/PHTN/VPD-07
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Sponsors
This program is produced by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, US Department of Health and Human Services.
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This page last reviewed: November 20, 2007
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