Summit Highlights Conc u rre nt S es s io n s
Con tin u ing Edu cation Credits
This year’s summit offers a top-quality program agenda with more than 24 concurrent sessions centered around six focus areas:
Participants interested in obtaining continuing education credits must visit the continuing education table, located in the Registration Desk, to receive a Continuing Education Credit Application. Dependent upon which type of credit you are seeking, you may be required to sign in daily. There is no fee for requesting continuing education credits. The Continuing Education Credit Application must be returned prior to leaving the summit. Each person seeking continuing education credits is required to complete an evaluation on the Guidebook app prior to July 15 in order to be eligible for their certificate. Additional information on the evaluation process can be found in the Evaluations section on the previous page and in the attendee materials you received at registration. Upon completion of the online evaluation, certificates will be mailed to eligible participants. Continuing education credits will be available for Illinois licensed environmental health practitioners (LEHP), emergency medical technicians (EMT), trauma nurse specialists (TNS), emergency communications registered nurses (ECRN), prehospital registered nurses (PHRN) and licensed social workers/licensed clinical social workers (LSW/SW). [16 hours available] The Illinois Public Health Association is a designated provider of Continuing Education Contact Hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is a designated event for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES) Category I CECH. [16 hours available] Oakton Community College will provide universal continuing education credits for other professionals. One universal training hour (UTH) from Oakton Community College is equal to one 60-minute clock hour. This will also serve as a certificate of attendance. [16 hours available] Oakton Community College, Alliance for Lifelong Learning, Continuing Education for Health Professionals has been approved as a sponsor of continuing education in the 2016-2018 renewal period by the Advanced Practice Nurse/Registered Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse Licensing Board of the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, sponsor license number 236000122. There is no additional fee to request continuing education credits; however, participants must sign in at the continuing education table at the summit. Certificates will be mailed to eligible participants.
T1: Current Events and Hot Topics Sessions will address current priority areas in public health and healthcare preparedness, recent disaster response efforts, emerging threats, and other critical updates. T2: Communications and Information Sharing Sessions will explore crisis communication plans, exchange of information, use of social media, innovative technology, intelligence-sharing, and risk communication efforts. T3: Preparedness Planning Sessions will focus on the communities’ and healthcare systems’ ability to plan and prepare for an event or incident with public health or medical implication. T4: Emergency Response Coordination Sessions will focus on communities’ and healthcare systems’ operational ability to direct and support an event or incident with public health or medical implication. T5: Capacity Building Sessions will address efforts to enhance public health and healthcare system preparedness through coalition building, collaboration, policy development, performance improvement, and sustainability. T6: Lessons Learned Sessions will highlight lessons learned and share resources and tools from successful activities in the field related to core capabilities to improve and enhance public health and medical preparedness.
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