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Laboratory training available at your convenience — anytime, anywhere.

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The Association of Public Health Laboratories (APHL) and the National Laboratory Training Network (NLTN) offer several on-demand options for laboratory continuing education, including Interactive Online Courses, Laboratory Workshops To Go, CDs/DVDs, Previously Recorded Teleconferences, Podcasts and more.

Our convenient, affordable training options can assist you in maintaining your competency in laboratory practice and help you stay informed about new technological developments. With our On Demand options, you can work at your own pace, and there is no need to leave your workplace to learn!  Many of the formats provide Continuing Education (CE) credit.   

Please browse a sample of our course offerings below - quick, fun, cost-effective training is easily available! (Links to specific products provide more detailed information.)    

Interactive Online Courses

We offer several highly interactive courses that can be completed entirely over the internet. The courses are presented in short modules of about an hour each, and are authored by experts in each topic area. Topics include:

  • Bioterrorism Preparedness Training for LRN Sentinel Laboratories – Seven free modules provide information on Anthrax, Brucella, Burkholderia, Plague, Tularemia, Biosecurity, and The Laboratory's Role in Bioterrorism Response in a case study format.
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    Laboratory Workshops To Go

    Our Laboratory Workshops To Go provide all the materials needed to present a fully accredited workshop - content, post-test, evaluation, and CE certificate - at your facility. You can use the materials for a small group or for individual study - whichever is more convenient. Topics include:

  • Quality Control Principles for the Small Laboratory Performing Quantitative Tests
  • Investigation of Foodborne Illness: A Laboratory Perspective (under development, expected late summer 2008)
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    CDs/DVDs

    If you need materials for inservice training, consider our CD and DVD titles, including many topics relevant to clinical and public health laboratory practice. Several provide CE credit!

  • Let's Do It Right the First Time for Newborn Babies and Their Families - A Program for the Collection of Blood Spots for Newborn Screening (CD)
  • Red Blood Cell Morphology (coming soon)
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    NLTN and APHL offer recordings of recent teleconferences on a wide variety of topics. Some are available at no charge.  Examples of currently available selections include the following: 

      Previously Recorded NLTN Public Health Teleconferences and Web Conferences

    These previously recorded teleconferences and web conferences are primarily targeted to public health laboratory scientists but clinical laboratory scientists may find them of interest. Please note there is no CE offered for these free programs. 

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    • Previously Recorded APHL Teleconferences

    These previously recorded teleconferences and web conferences will be of interest to laboratory scientists in all testing venues.  All recorded programs provide P.A.C.E.® CE credit through APHL and are available for a minimal charge.

  • 2008 Infectious Disease Update
  • Preparation + Documentation + Data = Inspection Success
  • POL: Personnel Challenges
  • Epidemiology and Clinical Presentation of Pertussis
  • Laboratory Diagnosis of Pertussis
  • Advanced Understanding of Hepatitis Laboratory Testing
  • New Testing Strategies for the Detection of HIV-Infected Individuals
  • Trends in Laboratory Diagnosis of Leishmaniasis
  • Non-Enterobacteriacae: Practical Strategies for Identification
  • Non-Enterobacteriacae: The Latest on Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing
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    Previously Recorded APHL/CLSI Teleconferences

    These previously recorded teleconferences result from a collaboration between CLSI and APHL to increase awareness in the laboratory community of new standards of laboratory practice and to answer questions about their implementation.  All recorded progrmas provide P.A.C.E.® CE credit through APHL and are available for a minimal charge.

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    Podcasts

    Access timely topics and information with our short, concise continuing education podcast series. You can download and listen to these short programs on any device that supports mp3 files.

  • Safety Podcasts - coming soon
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