Please note that not all of the curricula for the courses found under the following links are "competency based" for purposes of fulfilling the "critical benchmarks" with regard to federal Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) National Bioterrorism Hospital Preparedness Program funding.
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
This site includes a section on "Conferences and Meetings" which contains slides on several topics that may be used as training tools.
- University of Albany School of Public Health
This web site contains information about broadcasts of courses and also contains online courses.
- Bioterrorism Preparedness Training for Laboratory Response Network Sentinel Laboratories
This five-module interactive course has been developed to provide clinical laboratory scientists with information about the laboratory diagnosis of Anthrax, Brucella, Plague, and Tularemia along with an introduction to the Laboratory Response Network (LRN).
- California Distance Learning Health Network (CDLHN)
CDLHN, a non-profit organization of the Graduate School of Public Health at San Diego State University utilizes satellite broadcasts, web casts, video and CD-ROM presentations, as well as "live" on-site training through the Skills Training Institute (a division of the California Distance Learning Health Network).
- Columbia University School of Nursing and New York-Presbyterian Healthcare System
This website contains a six-module series for hospital and community based clinicians on emergency preparedness entitled"Emergency! Are you Ready to Respond?"
- Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
The CDC web site contains information on web casts and satellite broadcasts on several topics, including bioterrorism agents, chemical emergencies, and radiological terrorism.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Emergency Management Institute
This web site includes information regarding a distance learning program, courses conducted by states, and the Noble Training Center.
- Compendium of Federal Terrorism Training for State and Local Audiences
The Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA's) Emergency Management Institute manages this site, which contains a compendium of many federally sponsored courses for a variety of audiences.
- HAZMAT for Healthcare
This web site contains training materials for addressing hazardous materials incidents at hospitals, clinics, and other health care locations, including a "First Responder Awareness and Operations" course.
- Johns Hopkins Center for Public Health Preparedness
This web site provides online training modules on a variety of topics, including "Emergency Response Planning," "Incident Command for Physicians," and "Introduction to Weapons of Mass Destruction."
- Medical Society of the State of New York (MSSNY)
With funding from the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the New York State Department of Health, MSSNY has developed a sixteen module online physician educational program entitled "Biological, Chemical and Nuclear Emergencies: A Physician Education Program" and "The Psychological Impact of Disaster and Terrorism: Tending to the Hidden Wounds."
- New Jersey Preparedness Training Consortium
This web site includes information regarding live and online courses on a variety of topics.
- New York Consortium for Emergency Preparedness Continuing Education
The consortium provides continuing education to strengthen the competency of health professionals in New York State and New York City to respond effectively to emergency events of all kinds.
- NYU Medical Center for Public Health Information Preparedness
This site provides material on biological, chemical, radiological, and physical threats in formats appropriate to both professional and lay audiences.
- Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education
The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education's Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site (REAC/TS) offers several courses in handling radiation emergencies.
- University of Pittsburgh
This site, which has a section entitled "Issues in Bioterrorism," contains slides on several topics which many be used as training tools, including "Surveillance of Infectious Diseases" and several biological warfare topics.
- Texas Engineering Extension Service Domestic Preparedness Campus
This web site offers federal Office for Domestic Preparedness-sponsored hazardous materials awareness courses and other courses online.
- Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
The Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response offers a series of online courses on emergency preparedness topics for health care workers.