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NYSDOH-COVID-19-POD Operations Training for POD Staff

How to Enroll in and complete NYSDOH-COVID-19-POD

  1. You must be registered with the NYLearnsPH.com LMS and logged-in to proceed.
  2. Click here to enroll in NYSDOH-COVID-19-POD
  3. Click the orange "Enroll" button.
  4. Go to Home or My Courses and click the orange "Launch Course" button.
  5. A new browser tab will open, it will be called "SCORM Player".
  6. Use the navigation buttons [<] [>] at the bottom of the player to advance through the course.
  7. As you advance through the course the progress bar to the right of the navigation buttons will turn from dark gray to light gray as you complete the course. You will also see checkmarks appear to the right of each chapter name in the "Table of Contents" (to the left of the content).
  8. Once you have a checkmark next to all of the "chapters" in the "Table of Contents" AND there is no dark gray at the right end of the progress bar, then you are ready to close out of the SCORM Player by following these steps:
    1. Click on the white "X" to the right of the progress bar.  
    2. If a dialog box appears, and asks if you want to leave the page, click "No" or "Cancel".
    3. Go to the top of your browser and close the "SCORM Player" tab,
    4. If another dialog box appears and asks if you want to leave the page, click “Yes” or “Continue” or “Leave Page”.
  9. The course should no longer appear in your list of Current Courses on your home page.
  10. To Access Your Certificate: Go to My Courses > Completed Courses > View Certificate. You will need Adobe Reader to view and print the PDF certificates.
  11. It is preferable to view these courses in Chrome, FireFox, or Safari. MS Edge works on occasion.

 

Region 2 PHTC Self-Directed Strategic Skills Modules

New Strategic Skills Modules from Region 2 Public Health Training Center 

Reg2PHTC-Systems Thinking - Strategic Skills Training Series: ​Introduction to Systems Thinking​

Reg2PHTC-Persuasive Communication - Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Persuasive Communication​

Reg2PHTC-Change Management - Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Change Management​

Reg2PHTC-Change Leadership Change Management: How Leadership can Support Staff during Crises​

Reg2PHTC-Childhood Obesity - A Systems Approach to Understanding Childhood Obesity​

Reg2PHTC-Collaboration How To Assess Your Audience to Build Better Collaboration​

Reg2PHTC-Policy Process Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Policy Engagement​

Reg2PHTC-Policy Systems Problem Identification in the Policy Process and How Systems Thinking Fits In​

Reg2PHTC-Marketing Reducing Obesity and Diet-Related Diseases by Limiting Predatory Marketing of Unhealthy Food

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APHA COVID-19 Conversations Series

APHA COVID-19 Conversations Series
Enroll and View the Archived Recordings on the LMS:

APHA-COVID1-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #1: The Science of Social Distancing, Part 1

APHA-COVID2-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #2: The Science of Social Distancing, Part 2

APHA-COVID3-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #3: Emerging Evidence for COVID-19 Spread and Treatment

APHA-COVID4-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #4: Crisis Standards of Care During COVID-19

APHA-COVID5-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #5: COVID-19 Testing: Possibilities, Challenges, and Ensuring Equity

APHA-COVID6-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #6: COVID-19 and Health Equity — Exploring Disparities and Long-Term Health Impacts

APHA-COVID7-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #7: Toward the 'New Normal' - Protecting Public Health as America Reopens

APHA-COVID8-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #8: Summer of COVID-19: Mitigating Direct and Indirect Impacts in the Coming Months

APHA-COVID9-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #9: The Road to Immunity During COVID-19 — Developing and Distributing a Vaccine

APHA-COVID10-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #10: Learning to Treat COVID-19 — Clinical Trials and Developing Therapeutics During a Pandemic

APHA-COVID11-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #11: Reopening Colleges and Universities During COVID-19 — Keeping Students and Communities Healthy

APHA-COVID12-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #12: Managing Ongoing Surges — Lessons from the Front Lines

APHA-COVID13-C19 COVID-19 Conversations #13: Returning to K-12 Education: Using Science to Keep Children, Teachers and Staff Safe

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The Public Health Educator Continuing Education Program (PHEd-CEP2020)

**Completely VOLUNTARY During COVID-19 Response**

  The NEW 2020 Public Health Educator Continuing Education Program (PHEd-CEP2020) is now available!

NOTE: THIS REQUIRMENT IS SUSPENDED DURING COVID-19 Response.  Questions: Email edlearn@health.ny.gov or call 518-473-4223 and select Tom Reizes or Abbey Greenbaum from the phone tree.

Background: Changes made to the State Sanitary Code in 2008 require public health educators, hired after 8/20/2008, to complete 15 hours of continuing education within their first year of employment.  The original Public Health Educator Core Curriculum 2010, and the NEW Public Health Educator Continuing Education Program 2012, were both developed to assist PH Educators in LHDs to meet this requirement. 

Intended Audience:

  • Public Health Educators hired after August 20, 2008
    • It must be completed within the individual’s first year of employment. 
  • ALL public health educators are encouraged to take the Core Curriculum.

The Core Curriculum covers key areas of public health education, including strategic skills important to public health:

  • Systems Thinking 
  • Persuasive Communication
  • Change Management
  • Program Development and Evaluation
  • Collective Impact
  • Community Dimenstions of Public Health 

Click here to view the "2020 Public Health Educator Continuing Education Program", scroll down to the bottom of the page to "Begin Enrollment".

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ALL NEW Public Health Nursing 2 and Supervising Public Health Nurse Continuing Education Programs are now available!

**Completely VOLUNTARY During COVID-19 Response**

The NEW 2020 Public Health Nurse 2 (PHN2) and Supervising Public Health Nurse (SPHN) Continuing Education Program (-CEP2020) are now available!

 

Anyone still needing either program to meet continuing education requirements of the NYS Sanitary Code will be expected to enroll in the NEW 2020 versions of the programs. THIS REQUIRMENT IS SUSPENDED DURING COVID-19 Response.  Questions: Email edlearn@health.ny.gov or call 518-473-4223 and select Tom Reizes or Abbey Greenbaum from the phone tree.

Background:  Changes made to the State Sanitary Code in 2008 require staff hired (after August 20, 2008)  to Public Health Nurse 2 and Supervising Public Health Nurse titles (at NYS Local health Departments) to complete 15 hours of continuing education within their first year of employment.  The Public Health Nursing Continuing Education Programs were developed to assist in meeting this requirement.

Intended Audience:

  • PHN 2 and SPHN hired after August 20, 2008
    • Complete the program within their first year of employment.   
  • ALL public health nurses are encouraged to take the programs.   

Notes:

  • The Program must be completed within the individual’s first year of employment. 
  • ALL Public Health Nurse 2s (PHN2) and Supervising Public Health Nurses (SPHN) are encouraged to compelte the Continuing Education Programs (CEPs).
  • If a newly hired PHN2 or SPHN should have any difficulty completing the program within the first year of employment, they should contact LMS Administration at edlearn@health.ny.gov.

Click here to view the Program Catalog and then select the appropriate program from the available Programs list to enroll in courses.

 

Enrolling In The Program:

  1. Scroll down to the bottom of the program description page, you will find a Course Status Table displaying your status for each course in the program.  
  2. To enroll in the program you must click on the “Begin Program Enrollment” button below the course status table.
  3. On the resultant page you must scroll down beneath the course status table and enroll (choose section and continuing education credits, if applicable) for each program course that you are not yet enrolled in or have not yet completed.

 

If you have completed any of the constituent program courses outside of the LMS, they will not be displayed as complete on the LMS.  To correct this, please contact the LMS administrator at edlearn@health.ny.gov and include electronic copies of any relevant completion certificates.

 

If you have any questions about the Continuing Education requirement, program/course enrollment or completion email edlearn@health.ny.gov or call 518-473-4223 and speak with Tom Reizes or Abbey Greenbaum.

 

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New two-part introductory series to the Collective Impact framework.

Reg2PHTC-CI1, Collective Impact Part 1: Common Agenda and Shared Measures

 

Reg2PHTC-CI2, Collective Impact Part 2: Mutually Reinforcing Activities, Continuous Communication, and Backbone Support

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NYSDOH Course on Confidentiality Available

Search Course Catalog or click for: NYSDOH-CONF100

Click on course name in results and then click to enroll.

This training will help you understand how to ensure confidentiality and privacy in the course of your daily work at the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). Intended to build on the mandated course Privacy and Security of Health Information in New York State, this course discusses NYS' policies and procedures, including those in the NYSDOH Administrative Policy and Procedure Manual (APPM), as well as other policy and practices, both written and unwritten, that help ensure you maintain confidentiality and privacy relevant to your work at NYSDOH.

 

The training should take no more than 30-45 minutes.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

· Describe the types of confidential data and information at NYSDOH.   

· Describe ways that confidentiality could be breached.

· Apply public health confidentiality concepts and principles to case scenarios.   

· List confidentiality best practices in and outside of the workplace.

 

This courses was created with support from:

• HRSA Region 2 Public Health Training Center  at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health (SPH)

• UAlbany SPH –Center for Public Health Continuing Education

• New York State Department of Health

•  Some course content was used with permission of NYS Governor’s  Office of Employee Relations from the “Privacy and Security of Health Information in New York State" course.

 

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