Training Information
Online Tier I Public Health Courses
The Mountain West Preparedness and Emergency Response Learning Center (MWPERLC) provide an online Basic Public Health Emergency Preparedness curriculum, available as discipline-specific tracks or an entire certificate. This Tier I curriculum delivered through online modules, case studies, and seminar videos aims to identify and describe the role of public health in emergency preparedness, mitigation, response and recovery.
Tier I Courses include:
Online Tier II Public Health Courses
In addition to these courses, the MWPERLC also provides online modules for Tier II mid-level public health workers. (The Tier II target audience is defined as mid-level public health workers with 5 years experience with an MPH equivalent or higher; or 10 years experience with a high school diploma, bachelors, or non-public health graduate degree.) Based on the Public Health Preparedness & Response Core Competencies, these modules integrate experiential learning to guide the learner through scenarios requiring problem solving and application of public health principles.
Tier II Courses include:
- Public Health Emergency Community Preparedness for Tribal and Rural Communities
- Crisis and Emergency Risk Communications During Mass Prophylaxis
Face-to-Face Training
The MWPERLC has delivered various in person trainings in diverse topic areas to public health professionals. Click on the title below to view a syllabus of the specific training.
- Role of Environmental Health Professionals in Public Health Emergencies Workshop
- Responding to Food-borne Outbreaks Workshop
- PUSH Partners Workshop
- Forensic Epidemiology: Joint Training for Law Enforcement and Public Health Officials on Investigative Responses to Bioterrorism
- Incident Command System Workshop
- Introduction to GIS for Public Health
Handbooks & Guides
Below are downloadable versions of Reference Guides and Handbooks created by the Arizona Center for Public Health Preparedness (AzCPHP). We welcome individuals to download and utilize these resources.
- Influenza Community Handbook: From Basics to Prevention
- Points of Dispensing: A Pocket Guide
- 12 Steps to Conducting an Outbreak Investigation: A Wallet Guide for public Health Professionals
- Mass Fatality Planning Reference Guide
