Foundational Skills in Disease Intervention
In collaboration with the California Department of Public Health, Center for Infectious Diseases, the CAPTC is offering training and support to state and local health department staff conducting disease intervention (DI) activities. These courses help develop and maintain core training competencies of the statewide DI workforce for any infection, whether existing or emerging. These courses include, Essential Interviewing Skills for Disease Intervention (EISDI), Foundational Epidemiology for Disease Intervention and other VTA courses created for the Covid-19 Pandemic response. The courses contain asynchronous content available on demand and synchronous, live virtual trainings.
Essential Interviewing Skills for Disease Intervention (EISDI)
EISDI is a comprehensive training series delivered in complementary sessions of asynchronous and synchronous modules. It equips you with essential skills needed to effectively conduct interviews in disease intervention. Designed for public health staff working in disease intervention (DI), who want to enhance or refresh interview skills, whether new or experienced.
Foundational Epidemiology for Disease Intervention
This course equips California public health professionals with core epidemiology concepts to support disease control and prevention. Participants will learn to interpret epidemiology data and apply it to public health decision-making. The course emphasizes conceptual understanding and practical application, not technical data management or statistical software.
Measles Essential for Disease Intervention (DI) Professionals
This self-paced eLearning course is designed for Disease Intervention (DI) Professionals and public health staff involved in measles response activities. Participants will learn the fundamentals of measles investigation and response. This course prepares Disease Intervention (DI) Professionals to recognize measles, assess exposures and immunity, identify infectious periods, and provide guidance on monitoring, isolation, vaccination, and contact follow-up during public health investigations.
Virtual Training Academy (VTA) – Covid-19 Pandemic Response courses
These asynchronous courses were developed during the Covid-19 Pandemic to address the gaps in DI skills to help quickly respond to the state epidemic. Much of the content, while covid specific, teaches skills which are relevant and transferrable to other diseases.
