| | Where can I find HHS-sponsored training programs online?Answer:HHS sponsors a number of online training programs in many categories. To learn more, select from the following: Library of Online Training ProgramsNational Institutes of Health Online Resource Training Library (NIH)
The NIH Library offers several online training programs on a variety of topics including health-related medicine and how to use the NIH Library Catalog. Public Health Training Network (CDC)
The Public Health Training Network (PHTN) is a distance learning network of people and resources that takes training and information to the learner. PHTN uses a variety of instructional media ranging from print-based to videotape and multimedia to meet the training and information needs of the health workforce nationwide. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Educational Tutorials (NHLIB)
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute offers tutorials for the public on heart and vascular, cholesterol, high blood pressure, overweight and physical activity, and sleep disorders.
Healthy LifestylesUnderstanding Your Body (AHRQ)
Understanding Your Body provides easy-to-understand explanations of body systems and disease conditions. This material can be used for patient education, life sciences curriculum development, or to enhance public understanding of general health concepts. Permission for such use is not required, but citation as to source is requested. Quit Smoking: Consumer Interactive Tool (AHRQ)
This program is a PDA tool that helps consumers to prepare to quit smoking. Included is a 5-day countdown to their quit date that can be inserted into their Calendar, as well as a number of helpful resources. Make Your Calories Count: Use the Nutrition Facts Label for Healthy Weight Management (FDA)
Make Your Calories Count is an interactive learning program that provides consumers with information to help plan a healthful diet while managing calorie intake. The exercises will help consumers use the food label to make decisions about which food choice is right for them. For simplicity, the program presents two nutrients that should be limited (saturated fat and sodium) and two nutrients that should be consumed in adequate amounts (fiber and calcium). Be an Active Health Care Consumer (AHRQ)
As part of its effort to help consumers become better informed and participate as partners in their own health care, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) has developed materials that will help patients get safer, higher quality care. Next Steps After Your Diagnosis, Finding Information and Support (AHRQ)
Next Steps After Your Diagnosis offers general advice for people with almost any disease or condition. And it has tips to help you learn more about your specific problem and how it can be treated. The information here is presented in a simple way to help you scan the material and read only what you need right now. Organizations, publications, and other resources are included if you would like to know more. This online version has many additional resources with their Internet links. This document is also available in Spanish. Watch the video.
Top Disease-related trainingCommon Uterine Conditions (AHRQ)
If you have a problem that affects your uterus or another part of your reproductive system, this information is for you. It explains most of the problems that can affect a woman's reproductive system and ways the problems can be treated, including medication, surgery, and other kinds of treatments. - Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD) Curriculum Self-Study Modules for Clinicians (CDC)
Seven web-based educational modules, each based on a specific STD topic. Each module is considered to be an individual course, and a student may complete as many modules as he or she chooses. Smallpox: What Every Clinician Should Know (CDC)
The purpose of Smallpox: What Every Clinician Should Know is to provide clinicians with information on the virology, epidemiology, clinical features, and diagnosis of smallpox; the characteristics and use of smallpox vaccine; and proper management of smallpox vaccine recipients.
Top Public Health and Health CarePublic Health Assessment Process Interactive Learning Program (CDC/ATSDR)
This program provides an overview of the public health assessment process that the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) uses to evaluate whether people will be harmed by hazardous materials from waste sites or from other places where hazardous substances have been spilled or released into the environment. CDCynergy
CDCynergy is an interactive training and decision-support tool. It is designed to help Centers for Disease Control and Prevention staff and public health professionals systematically plan communication programs within a health context. It allows users to assemble the pieces of a health communication plan systematically by answering questions in a specific sequence. Complementary and Alternative Medicine Online Continuing Education Series
A series of courses are available on a number of topics related to complementary and Alternative Medicine. Each lecture includes a video lecture with transcript, a question and answer transcript, an optional online test, additional resource links, and a certificate of completion for registered participants.
Top Drug and FoodDrug Review and Related Activities in the United States
This online seminar examines various aspects of the Investigational and New Drug Application (IND/NDA) processes, including clinical drug testing in patients, the importance of the Prescription Drug User Fee Act (PDUFA), FDA Modernization Act (FDAMA), generic drugs and post-marketing surveillance. FDA MedWatch and Patient Safety
This self-learning module presents the MedWatch Program goals of safety information dissemination and adverse event reporting. The FDA Process for Approving Generic Drugs
This seminar provides viewers with an overview of the Food and Drug Administration's role in the generic drug process. It discusses various aspects of the Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) process, including how FDA's approval assures that generic drugs are safe, effective, and high quality drug products. Make Your Calories Count: Use the Nutrition Facts Label for Health Weight Management (FDA)
Make Your Calories Count is an interactive learning program that provides consumers with information to help plan a healthful diet while managing calorie intake. The exercises will help consumers use the food label to make decisions about which food choice is right for them. For simplicity, the program presents two nutrients that should be limited (saturated fat and sodium) and two nutrients that should be consumed in adequate amounts (fiber and calcium).
Top Emergency Preparedness & ResponseRadiological Terrorism: Medical Response to Mass Casualties (CDC)
The purpose of this training is to prepare clinicians in first receiver settings to: (1) Identify factors impacting immediate medical response to mass casualties following major types of radiological incidents, and (2) Demonstrate appropriate patient assessment, triage, treatment and disposition decision-making required during a radiological mass casualty incident.
Radiation Emergency Training & Education Webcasts (CDC)
Topics include basic components of - radiological population monitoring guidelines,
- key radiation principles & procedures,
- protective measures and evacuation and sheltering guidelines
- signs and symptoms of radiation syndrome
- decontamination of patients
Video: The History of Bioterrorism (CDC)
These videos describe the Category A diseases: smallpox, anthrax, botulism, plague, tularemia, and viral hemorrhagic fevers. If these germs were used to intentionally infect people, they would cause the most illness and death. Watch these videos to learn how some of these agents have been or can be used as bioterrorist weapons.
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