Description
Looking for a way to learn more and/or refresh your knowledge about foreign animal diseases and emergency response? By taking the web-based course Transboundary and Emerging Diseases of Animals, used at all U.S. veterinary colleges, you can now earn up to 39 non-interactive, continuing education hours.
Course Details
Course Topics
- Causes and consequences of foreign animal diseases (FAD)
- Introduction and transmission of FADs
- Agencies involved in response to a FAD outbreak
- Roles and responsibilities of veterinarians in a FAD outbreak
- Risk communication strategies
- The mental health impact of disaster response
- Fundamentals of biosecurity practices
Diseases Covered:
- Foot and Mouth Disease
- Swine Fevers: African and Classical
- Influenza (Avian, Canine, and others)
- Equine Herpesvirus Myeloencephalopathy
- Screwworm
- Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease
- Monkeypox
- and more
Format
The course includes lessons, descriptions of actual disease outbreaks and the response to them, and scenarios where participants must consider endemic diseases and foreign animal diseases in a variety of clinical situations.
Each component of the course has a short quiz that must be completed in order to earn CE credit. You can refer to course content while taking the quiz.
How much time does it take to complete the course material?
Participants in last year’s course reported working an average of 30 hours with a range of 10-60. You can work at your own pace. You do not need to be online at any specific time.
Continuing Education Credits
Participants receive CE hours for each week of material completed and can earn as many or as few CE hours as desired. The assignments for each week constitute 6 – 8 units CE.
This program has been approved for 39 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize RACE® approval. This course is considered anytime, non-interactive distance education.
Questions?
Contact the CFSPH or call 515.294.7189.
Select Comments from Past Participants
This course has been used for continuing education for many years and is continuously improved. More than 75% of participants rate the course a 7 or above out of 10. Here are comments from several recent users:
“While the disease-specific information was important and well done, the inclusions of non-disease material (communication, risk perceptions, stress, etc.) filled an important gap in preparing people for disease outbreak experiences.”
“Flexible time & cost effective: Didn’t affect my daily work, and I believe it’s well planned and good for my agency and also for my family as I don’t need to travel to take the course.”
“Because I am not a veterinarian or trained in a veterinary field most of the information was new to me. It was helpful to have the embedded links with definitions and other helpful resources for information.”
“The interactive and creative style of the lessons helped keep me interested and engaged.”
“It was a great refresher course on FADs and a great learning opportunity on general response plans to FAD-suspect cases of animal disease.”
