Education and Training

On-line Courses

On-line courses are highly interactive courses that can be completed 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 modules provide information on Anthrax, Brucella, Burkholderia, Plague, Tularemia, Biosecurity, and The Laboratory's Role in Bioterrorism Response in a case study format.
• Packaging and Shipping Division 6.2 Materials
• Shiga Toxin-Producing E.coli: A Laboratory Challenge
  

Laboratory Workshops To Go

"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
• Packaging and Shipping Division 6.2 Materials
• An Investigation of Foodborne Illness: A Laboratory Perspective

CDs/DVDs

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

• Amazing Amoebas Quiz Show  New!
• 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)
• Verification of Infectious Disease Molecular Assays (DVD) 
• E. coli in Beachwater Samples (CD)  
• Collecting Clinical Specimens During a Chemical Emergency (CD)
• Recognition and Prevention of False-Positive Test Results in Mycobacteriology (DVD)
• Red Blood Cell Morphology 

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NLTN and APHL offer recordings of recent teleconferences on a wide variety of topics.
Some are available at no charge. Currently available selections include the following:    

Web Archived NLTN Public Health Teleconferences and Web Conference. These previously recorded Teleconferences and Web Conferences are primarily targeted to public health laboratory scientists but clinical laboratory scientists will find them of interest as well. Please note there is no CE offered for these free programs. 

• Biosafety in Microbiological and Biomedical Laboratories (BMBL) 5th Edition
• Expert Witness
• Rapid Multiplexed Detection of Infectious Diseases
• Interoperable Electronic Newborn Screening Laboratory Reports
• Creating Positive Spin: Communications and Marketing Resources
• Plasmodium knowlesi: Simian Malaria in Humans
• Water Laboratory Alliance: Benefits for The Water Sector  

• Enterococci: Practical Strategies for Identification and Reporting
• Updated TB Laboratory Assessment Tool
• MDR and XDR Tuberculosis: What Microbiologists Should Know
• Be Shipping Prepared: Complying with DOT IATA Training Requirements
• Enterococci: The Latest on Susceptibility Testing
• Enterococci: Clinical Significance
• New and Updated Diagnostics for the Mycology Laboratory
• 2009 Influenza Update
• TB Interferon Gamma Release Assays
• TB Molecular Diagnostics
• Water Laboratory Alliance: Benefits for The Water Sector 
• Preparing Your Laboratory for Safety
• Protecting Your Employees
• Chemical Hygiene
• Bloodborne Pathogens
• Specimen Transport, Fire, and Electrical Safety
• Interoperable Electronic Newborn Screening Laboratory Reports
• Creating Positive Spin: Communications and Marketing Resources
• Rapid Multiplexed Detection of Infectious Disease
• Expert Witness
• Real-life Competency Assessment and Training Strategies That Work
•  Bad Bugs Need Drugs: Challenges of AST for Staphylococcus
• Practical Solutions for Laboratory Documents and Records
• Fundamental Quality Control: The What, Why, and How (Part 1)
• Using AST to Tame the Fungal Elements
• Fundamental Quality Control: L-J Charts and Corrective Action (Part 2)(QC02)
• Implementing FDA/EUA-Cleared Molecular Tests for Respiratory Viruses
• Spot On! Newborn Screening for Preterm, Low Birth Weight & Sick Babies
• Annual Chemical Hygiene and Hazmat: Training for Laboratory Personnel
• Chromatography Webcast Series
  

Web conference APHL/Restek

Chromatography Webcast Series
 This series consists of four widely acclaimed seminars on liquid and gas chromatography, addressing the fundamentals of separation and progresses from theory to practical applications. Each seminar is divided into hour long modules delivered by webinar. Each of the modules are recorded and available for review or training of new staff. Both beginning and advanced chromatographers will benefit from these dynamic, in-depth sessions.

Seminar 1: Liquid Chromatography
Seminar 2: Gas Chromatography
Seminar 3: LC/MS Chromatography 
Seminar 4: GC/MS Chromatography

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Web Archived 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 programs provide P.A.C.E.^® CE credit through APHL and are available for a minimal charge.        

•  Antibiograms: Developing Cumulative Reports for Your Clinicians
•  Real-life Competency Assessment and Training Strategies That Work
• Bad Bugs Need Drugs: Challenges of AST for Staphylococcus
• Practical Solutions for Laboratory Documents and Records
• Fundamental Quality Control: The What, Why, and How (Part 1) 
•  Using AST to Tame the Fungal Elements
• Fundamental Quality Control: L-J Charts and Corrective Action (Part 2)(QC02)
• CLSI 2010 Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing (AST) Update
• When Is It Good Enough? Clinical Laboratory Reagent Water

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.

• Safe Practices for Veterinary Medicine: The Inside Story
• Safety Podcasts - (coming soon!)

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