Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcast
Third Thursday Breakfast Broadcast is a monthly satellite broadcast series on new and emerging public health issues. It is sponsored by the School of Public Health, the NYS Department of Health, the NYS Community Health Partnership, the NYS Association of County Health Officials, and the NYS Nurses Association.
Emergency Preparedness: What’s Your Competency
Satellite broadcast originally aired March 21, 2002
- Videotape available through Public Health Foundation
- Now available via videostreaming
- Apply for Continuing Education Credits
- Handouts:
The events of September 11, 2001 and the multi-city anthrax infections, deaths, and investigations have made evident the need for strong public health emergency preparedness. Emergency preparedness requires new competencies of public health professionals. In this program Kristine Gebbie, DrPH, RN, FAAN, of the School of Nursing Center for Health Policy and Mailman School of Public Health Center for Public Health Preparedness, Columbia University, reviewed core competencies in emergency preparedness and their application in multiple emergencies.
Objectives
As a result of this program, participants will be able to:
- Define emergency preparedness.
- Describe core competencies in public health.
Continuing Education
This Educational Activity is presented by the School of Public Health Continuing Education, which has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the New York State Nurses Association’s Council on Continuing Education, which is accredited by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation. It has been approved for 1.0 contact hours and has been assigned approval code 54NLRE-PRV-02-031.
The School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, is accredited by the Medical Society of the State of New York to sponsor continuing medical education for physicians. The School designates this educational activity for 1.0 Category One credits towards the AMA Physician’s Recognition Award. Each physician should claim only those hours of credit that he/she actually spent in the educational activity.
This activity is sponsored by the School of Public Health, University at Albany, SUNY, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for the CHES to receive up to xx Category I CECH in health education.
For further information, contact Cheryl Reeves, Assistant Director of Continuing Education, School of Public Health via e-mail and include "t2b2" in subject line. creeves@albany.edu
Last update: December 8, 2003
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