{"c9374286-f051-4a4a-a20b-da25d3c319ff": "<p><strong>Course Description:</strong> This program is designed to give US hospital epidemiologists who oversee infection control programs the skills, knowledge, and tools to provide effective leadership during facility-level outbreaks and large-scale public health emergencies.</p><h3><strong>Learning Objectives</strong></h3><p>At the conclusion of this activity, participants should be able to:</p><ul><li>Discuss lessons learned from prior outbreaks in order to prepare for emerging infections</li><li>Describe currently emerging infectious diseases that are most likely to cause outbreaks, and implement screening procedures that would identify potential patients.</li><li>Critique existing infection control policies and procedures and recognize gaps.</li><li>Prepare a communication plan in order to communicate effectively with the public and media during the next outbreak/crisis.</li><li>Define the role of the hospital epidemiologist in public health emergencies.</li><li>Apply and evaluate current screening methods used to identify potential public health emergencies.</li><li>Determine strategies to ramp up, step down, and maintain emergency preparation and containment efforts for high-consequence infection pathogen.</li></ul><p><strong>Target Audience: </strong>This activity is designed to train US hospital epidemiologists who oversee infection control programs to have the skills, abilities, and tools available to implement infection control practices and respond to infectious threats.</p><p><strong>Access the course on </strong><a href=\"https://learningce.shea-online.org/content/sheacdc-outbreak-response-training-program-ortp#group-tabs-node-course-default1\"><strong>LearningCE SHEA Online Education Center</strong></a></p><p> </p>", "f394434c-cdd6-422c-857c-73fdb47ec55d": "Outbreak Response Training Program (ORTP)"}