Disaster Preparedness & Response

Disaster materials

Welcome to the Emergency Preparedness and Response Training Module!  In this module you will learn about the basic functions of emergency/disaster operations in the United States.  You will learn about preparedness efforts such as the Incident Command Structure, Strategic National Stockpile, Medical Reserve Corps, Emergency Operation Centers, Emergency Operation Plans, and other basic functions of Public Health emergency preparedness and response. 

This module begins with an introductory presentation.  Learners will then progress through the material which has been organized into five sections.  Each section contains a 5-15 minute narrated PowerPoint presentation and one or two short supporting videos or additional links for further exploration.  Learners will also review three articles examining lessons learned, preparedness training and motivating individuals to prepare. 

At the end of the module, learners will complete a 15-question assessment to test emergency preparedness knowledge gained.  Through the information presented in this module, we hope that learners gain a better understanding of Public Health’s role in emergency preparedness and response efforts and the importance of these activities in rural settings.   This course is part of the Rural Health Training Series. 


Learning Objectives:

At the end of this training, the learner will be able to:

  • recognize Public Health’s role in emergency preparedness and response activities.
  • examine disaster preparedness tools & programs utilized in emergency preparedness planning and response.
  • identify key components of emergency operations planning.
  • discuss elements of emergency preparedness activities that most closely impact health care delivery including the Strategic National Stockpile (SNS), Points of Dispensing (PODs), Medical Reserve Corps (MRC), and the Healthcare Resource Tracking System (HRTS).
  • distinguish key areas of concern for low-resource and rural areas regarding emergency preparedness and response.

Principal faculty and their credentials: Aimee Rowe, MPH and Mark Moody, MS
Medium or combination of media used:  Video
Method of physician participation in the learning process: N/A
Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 1.0 hours
Dates of original release and most recent review or update: August 24, 2022
Termination date: June 2, 2025

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Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University designates this online activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Continuing Education for Health Professionals(CEHP) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  It is the policy of the CEHP that each presenter and planning committee member of any CME activity must disclose any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation. All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees.

This training modules was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $40,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Up to 2.00 (2.00CH) continuing nursing education hours have been approved for this session of the program. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

East Tennessee State University Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: 
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  The OCME requires each presenter and planning committee member to disclose all financial affiliations with commercial interests.  

A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.  The following individuals have provided disclosure of potential conflicts of interest as noted:

Aimee Rowe: Nothing to disclose
Mark Moody: Nothing to disclose

Basics of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Epidemiology

This module is a basic public health analytic training through lecture and assessment that can be done independently by students within the recommended 6 total hours. There are 6 sub-modules covering topics including in the MPH foundational course: EPID 5100-Analytic Methods in Public Health course.  Both the module described here and the course provide an overview of principles and concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics as well as quantitative data collection and management methods applied to public health data. Topics include characteristics of study designs and their application, measures of frequency and associations as indicators of public health impact, introduction to the elements of statistical inference, probability distribution, estimation of means and rates, and causation. This course is part of the Rural Health Training Series.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify types of data
  2. Describe different ways to visualize data based on their type
  3. Calculate and interpret basic descriptive statistics (e.g. mean, median, mode, etc.)
  4. Calculate and interpret commonly used rates for morbidity and mortality
  5. Identify the appropriate uses of epidemiologic study designs
  6. Calculate and interpret measures of risk including relative risk and odds ratios
  7. Identify the appropriate statistical tests for analyzing data based on their type
  8. Identify types of bias and methods for avoiding them
  9. Define confounding and list methods for its control

Principal faculty and their credentials: Bill Brooks, DrPH, MPH
Medium or combination of media used:  Video and readings
Method of physician participation in the learning process: N/A
Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 4.0 hours
Dates of original release and most recent review or update: August 24, 2022
Termination date: June 2, 2025

CME logo

Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University designates this online activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Continuing Education for Health Professionals(CEHP) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  It is the policy of the CEHP that each presenter and planning committee member of any CME activity must disclose any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation. All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees.

This training modules was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $40,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Up to 2.00 (2.00CH) continuing nursing education hours have been approved for this session of the program. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

East Tennessee State University Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: 
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  The OCME requires each presenter and planning committee member to disclose all financial affiliations with commercial interests.  

A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.  The following individuals have provided disclosure of potential conflicts of interest as noted:

Bill Brooks: Nothing to disclose

Health Equity

Health equity

This module will focus on history, existing power structures, privilege and ongoing structural and social inequalities impact population health especially among disenfranchised, marginalized, and stigmatized sub populations. This course is part of the Rural Health Training Series.


Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the roles of history, power, privilege and structural inequality in producing health disparities
  2. Discuss how case law has been used to address equity at the organizational, community and societal level.
  3. Identify government policies and programs developed to address structural biases

Principal faculty and their credentials: Kate Beatty, PhD, MPH & Sam Pettyjohn, DrPH, MPH
Medium or combination of media used:  Video and readings
Method of physician participation in the learning process: N/A
Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 3.0 hours
Dates of original release and most recent review or update: August 24, 2022
Termination date: June 2, 2025

CME logo

Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University designates this online activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Continuing Education for Health Professionals(CEHP) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  It is the policy of the CEHP that each presenter and planning committee member of any CME activity must disclose any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation. All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees.

This training modules was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $40,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Up to 2.00 (2.00CH) continuing nursing education hours have been approved for this session of the program. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

East Tennessee State University Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: 
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  The OCME requires each presenter and planning committee member to disclose all financial affiliations with commercial interests.  

A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.  The following individuals have provided disclosure of potential conflicts of interest as noted:

Kate Beatty: Nothing to disclose
Sam Pettyjohn: Nothing to disclose

Research

Research

The overarching purpose of the module is to provide an overview of key concepts in public health-related research including study design, data collection and analysis, and collaboration. It consists of a total of seven topic-specific content blocks and an optional eighth block. Each block contains a 15-20 minute lecture video with slides and at least one required or supplemental reading.

This course is part of the Rural Health Training Series.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Assess the scientific literature, including consideration of study design, data collection methods, and outcomes.
  2. Compare and contrast qualitative and quantitative research, including strengths and weaknesses.
  3. Explain the concepts of internal and external validity, including common threats to each (e.g., maturation and selection).
  4. Describe how to conduct a systematic search of the scientific literature.

Principal faculty and their credentials: Mike Smith, DrPH, MSPH and Stephanie Mathis, DrPH, MPH
Medium or combination of media used:  Video and readings
Method of physician participation in the learning process: N/A
Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 2.0 hours
Dates of original release and most recent review or update: August 24, 2022
Termination date: June 2, 2025

CME logo

Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University designates this online activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Continuing Education for Health Professionals(CEHP) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  It is the policy of the CEHP that each presenter and planning committee member of any CME activity must disclose any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation. All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees.

This training modules was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $40,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Up to 2.00 (2.00CH) continuing nursing education hours have been approved for this session of the program. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

East Tennessee State University Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: 
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  The OCME requires each presenter and planning committee member to disclose all financial affiliations with commercial interests.  

A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.  The following individuals have provided disclosure of potential conflicts of interest as noted:

Stephanie Mathis: Nothing to disclose.
Mike Smith: Nothing to disclose.

Risk Assessment

Risk

The module will introduce the processes used to conduct public health assessments and environmental risk assessments.  Four topic areas will be covered with approximately 1 hour per topic area. Format will be six short videos (20 – 30 minutes).

After reviewing the videos, PowerPoint files and Provided Resources each participant should take the assessment and earn a grade of 80% or greater. Each question is worth 2 points. You may repeat this quiz 4 times to achieve a minimum score of 80%.

This course is part of the Rural Health Training Series.


Competencies and Learning Objectives:

  1. Describe the current environmental and public health risk assessment processes, risk communication strategies and identify the implications of risk management decisions in relationship to environmental justice.
  2. Calculate and interpret exposure risks.
  3. Communicate audience-appropriate public health risk content, both in writing and through oral presentation.

Principal faculty and their credentials: Phil Scheuerman, PhD, MS
Medium or combination of media used:  Video
Method of physician participation in the learning process: N/A
Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 2.0 hours
Dates of original release and most recent review or update: August 24, 2022
Termination date: June 2, 2025


CME logo

Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University designates this online activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Continuing Education for Health Professionals(CEHP) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  It is the policy of the CEHP that each presenter and planning committee member of any CME activity must disclose any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation. All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees.

This training modules was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $40,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Up to 2.00 (2.00CH) continuing nursing education hours have been approved for this session of the program. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

East Tennessee State University Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: 
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  The OCME requires each presenter and planning committee member to disclose all financial affiliations with commercial interests.  

A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.  The following individuals have provided disclosure of potential conflicts of interest as noted:

Phil Scheuerman: Nothing to disclose

Overview of the US Healthcare System

Stethoscope on US flag

This module will provide students with an overview of the U.S. Healthcare system.

Lesson 1: Core Functions and Essential Public Health Services
Lesson 2: Morbidity and mortality in the U.S.
Lesson 3: Health disparities and Health equity in the U.S.
Lesson 4: Information technology and health in the U.S.
Lesson 5: Overview of the delivery of health services and payment

This courses is part of the Rural Health Training Series.


  1. Principal faculty and their credentials; Manik Ahuja, PhD, MA
  2. Medium or combination of media used: Video
  3. Method of physician participation in the learning process: N/A
  4. Estimated time to complete the educational activity (same as number of designated credit hours): 2.0 credits
  5. Dates of original release and most recent review or update: August 24, 2022
  6. Termination date (date after which enduring material is no longer certified for credit): June 2, 2025

CME logo

Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University designates this online activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Continuing Education for Health Professionals(CEHP) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  It is the policy of the CEHP that each presenter and planning committee member of any CME activity must disclose any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation. All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees.

This training modules was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $40,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Up to 2.00 (2.00CH) continuing nursing education hours have been approved for this session of the program. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

East Tennessee State University Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: 
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  The OCME requires each presenter and planning committee member to disclose all financial affiliations with commercial interests.  

A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.  The following individuals have provided disclosure of potential conflicts of interest as noted:

Manik Ahuja, PhD, MA – nothing to disclose

Overview of the US Public Health System

USPHS

Brief Description: This module will focus on examining the evolution of public health systems within the U.S. over time and examining the various roles for individuals within both public health and health care delivery systems. Special discussion of physician roles and compensation, the healthcare team, and rural service delivery areas addressed.

 Learning Objectives addressed:

  1. Describe the fundamental characteristics and organizational structures of the U.S. health care systems compared to systems of other developed nations.
  2. Articulate key milestones in the history of public health, as well as its philosophical foundations, core public values, concepts, and functions across the globe and in society.
  3. Recognize basic concepts of public health-­‐specific communication and use technical and professional writing and electronic technology to communicate public health issues.
  4. Identify types and characteristics of public health and health care professionals and the changing nature of the health professions
  5. Summarize compensation practices unique to health services organizations, including monetary and non-monetary rewards and employment benefits. 
  6. Differentiate among types of nursing and allied health personnel and articulate key issues in managing nurse staffing and workload.
  7. Discuss the role of physicians in various healthcare delivery settings

This course is part of the Rural Health Training Series.


Principal faculty and their credentials: Jennifer Hunt, MPH and Christen Minnick, MPH
Medium or combination of media used:  Video and readings
Method of physician participation in the learning process: N/A
Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 2.75 hours
Dates of original release and most recent review or update: August 24, 2022
Termination date: June 2, 2025

CME logo

Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University designates this online activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Continuing Education for Health Professionals(CEHP) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  It is the policy of the CEHP that each presenter and planning committee member of any CME activity must disclose any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation. All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees.

This training modules was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $40,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Up to 2.00 (2.00CH) continuing nursing education hours have been approved for this session of the program. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

East Tennessee State University Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: 
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  The OCME requires each presenter and planning committee member to disclose all financial affiliations with commercial interests.  

A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.  The following individuals have provided disclosure of potential conflicts of interest as noted:

Jennifer Hunt: Nothing to disclose
Christen Minnick: Nothing to disclose

Social Determinants of Health

Determinants

This module will introduce residents to the social determinants of health (SDoH), how they relate to health, how they differ in rural and urban areas, and what the roles of medicine, healthcare, public health, and policy are in SDoH. The module will be broken up into 4 sections with a total of 6 videos, 5 readings, and an assessment. This course is part of the Rural Health Training Series.


Learning Objectives:

  1. Learners will be able to describe social dominants of health (SDOH) and how they related to health and wellbeing of individuals.
  2. Learners will be able to summarize differences between SDOH in general and in rural areas of the United States.
  3. Learners will be able to convey the role family medicine physicians have in supporting SDOH within their practices and communities.
  4. Learners will be able to provide examples of ways SDOH are being addressed through national efforts.

Principal faculty and their credentials: Casey Balio, PhD and Randy Wykoff, MD, MPH & TM
Medium or combination of media used:  Video and readings
Method of physician participation in the learning process: Video contribution
Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 1.5 hours
Dates of original release and most recent review or update: August 24, 2022
Termination date: June 2, 2025

CME logo

Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University designates this online activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Continuing Education for Health Professionals(CEHP) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  It is the policy of the CEHP that each presenter and planning committee member of any CME activity must disclose any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation. All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees.

This training modules was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $40,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Up to 2.00 (2.00CH) continuing nursing education hours have been approved for this session of the program. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

East Tennessee State University Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: 
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  The OCME requires each presenter and planning committee member to disclose all financial affiliations with commercial interests.  

A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.  The following individuals have provided disclosure of potential conflicts of interest as noted:

Casey Balio: Nothing to disclose
Randy Wykoff: Nothing to disclose

Training the Public Health Workforce in Health Equity: Learning from Europe

Europe

The United States and European countries are often compared as the highest-ranking regions in socio-economic conditions, political structures, healthcare systems, and economic resilience. Both are high resource regions that are world renown for medical innovation. However, the U.S. consistently ranks low in health equity compared to other high resource countries, many of which are in Europe. This training discusses best practices that public health workers could adopt stateside from European public health initiatives.