Infectious Disease

There are three sections in this course:

  • Section 1: IDSS Overview
  • Section 2: Day-to-Day Functions
  • Section 3: Report Training

Intended Audience

Iowa department of Public Health employees.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this section, you will be able to:

  • Understand how IDSS creates a network among hospitals, labs, and public health agencies in Iowa
  • Understand the basic relationship between a “case” and an “event”
  • Have a general understanding of the different tabs (screens) in IDSS and the type of information that is stored on each
  • Understand how information is collected through many types of fields and wizards
  • Know how to search for a case
  • Understand “Required” & “Business Critical”
  • Understand Address Validation
  • Know how to get help
  • Be introduced to the Case Menu functions

Pre-requisites/Learning Level

No pre-requisites

Competencies addressed

Competencies identified

Communication Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills, Financial Planning and Management Skills, Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills

CEUs Offered

None

Cost

Free

Modality/format

Online Self-Pace

Length

1 hour

Presenter(s) and/or Content Experts

Technical requirements:

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader 
  • Speakers

Registration requirements

Register a free account

Creation and/or update

November 1, 2020

Length (minutes): 60

Course Summary

There are four sections in this course:

  • Section 1: Security Token Training
  • Section 2: IDSS Overview
  • Section 3: Day-to-Day Functions
  • Section 4: Report Training

Intended Audience

Iowa department of Public Health employees.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion of this section, you will be able to:

  • New token users understand the 2 parts of the 10-digit token password (token value + PIN)
  • New token users will know how to change their PIN
  • New token users will be able to properly read and enter their Token password
  • New token users will be able to teach another person about these objectives
  • Understand how IDSS creates a network among hospitals, labs, and public health agencies in Iowa
  • Understand the basic relationship between a “case” and an “event”
  • Have a general understanding of the different tabs (screens) in IDSS and the type of information that is stored on each
  • Understand how information is collected through many types of fields and wizards
  • Know how to search for a case
  • Understand “Required” & “Business Critical”
  • Understand Address Validation
  • Know how to get help
  • Be introduced to the Case Menu functions

Pre-requisites/Learning Level

No pre-requisites

Competencies addressed

Competencies identified

Communication Skills, Community Dimensions of Practice Skills, Financial Planning and Management Skills, Leadership and Systems Thinking Skills

CEUs Offered

None

Cost

Free

Modality/format

Online Self-Pace

Length

1 hour

Presenter(s) and/or Content Experts

Technical requirements:

  • Adobe Acrobat Reader 
  • Flash Player 
  • Speakers

Registration requirements

Register a free account

Creation and/or update

November 2, 2013

Participants will discuss several aspects of disease investigations including best practices for investigations, use of the Iowa Disease Surveillance System (IDSS), formulating disease statistic reports in IDSS, and quality improvement for disease investigations Provide learning objectives: Participants will be able to: 1. Describe basic disease investigation techniques 2. Identify “fields” in IDSS that are constant or unique to a disease 3. Discuss two reports that can be generated in IDSS 4. List 3 components of an appropriate After Action Report (AAR) Prerequisites: Yes Basic Epi (in person or on line) Additional Comments: This class will be required for at least one staff member of any public health agency seeking “demonstration” of the PHEP Epidemiology Capability (Capability #13) Target Audience: Disease investigation staff in public health agencies Instructors: Regional Epi and Other Regional Staff

Security Token Training intended for Iowa Dept of Public Health employees.

Kakambi Nagaraja, Ph.D., professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine at the University of Minnesota, discusses avian pathogens. The goal and/or objectives for this program are to understand avian pathogens of zoonotic importance and why we should be concerned about foodborne illness that could originate from avian species and to describe the principles of surveillance and monitoring systems used to detect avian pathogens.

This training course offered by the Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of No
This course offered by the Center for Public Health Preparedness at the University of North Carol

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