TEPHI Public Health Mini Courses are 1–3-hour, online trainings, highlighting various Public Health topics. These courses are designed to be completely inclusive, free and accessible to all Texas residents. There is a Knowledge Check assessment at the end of each course to ensure mastery of the material. Through providing Public Health mini courses, TEPHI strives to meet the need for continued professional education opportunities to enhance individual and community resiliency.
The Pandemic Preparedness Communication course covers the fundamental aspects of communication for pandemic preparedness and response at an organizational level. In this course, we go over the preparedness plans to put in place before a pandemic, discuss best practices for communication during a pandemic, and finally, highlight the importance of synthesizing lessons learned after a pandemic.
The Online Community Health Worker (CHW) Emergency Preparedness & Response Orientation is the first of four certified courses that make up the Emergency Preparedness & Response Initiative, also known as the CHW-EPR Initiative. This asynchronous training introduces participants to the organizations collaborating on this effort and provides a brief overview of how the initiative was created. This course also describes the CHW Model for EPR, a summary of disaster response, and gives instructions on how to join the initiative.
A series of free webinars, TEPHI Talks highlight Texas business sector pandemic preparedness and response, and are offered free of charge to business professionals. Since its launch in July 2022, TEPHI Talks has featured key leaders from Texas businesses, including HEB, Office Depot, and McKesson.
A series of free webinars, TEPHI Grand Rounds works to update the public health community and health care workers on emerging and reemerging infections of interest in the state of Texas and beyond. Since its launch in July 2022, topics covered have included mPox, human noroviruses, and mitigating future pandemics.
The Infection Prevention and Control series is a complimentary training program that provides insights into crucial infection prevention and control practices for healthcare settings. The series includes both general overviews and in-depth explorations of specific topics, including environment of care, outbreak response, and quality improvement for staff and patients.
In July 2022, TEPHI hosted the inaugural Texas Public Health Summit in collaboration with the UTHealth School of Public Health and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS). The conference was free and planned as an annual event addressing prescient topics in public health locally, regionally, and nationally. Attended by nearly 100 individuals in-person, and over 200 virtually, the Summit, was dedicated to health communication.
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