North Carolina Epi Teams
Training Curriculum

Additional Resources

LINKS (will open in a new browser window)

• North Carolina Communicable Disease Control Branch
  • North Carolina Epi Teams in Local Heatlh Departments
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Independent Study courses (includes ICS-100: Introduction to Incident Command System)
• Outbreak at WatersEdge (online game from the University of Minnesota)

RESOURCES FOR COMPLETING CASE STUDIES

• GI Illness Quick Reference (Excel)
• Steps of an Outbreak Investigation (Word)
• Epi Pocket Guide (PDF)
• Case Control vs. Cohort Studies (PPT)

ADDITIONAL TRAININGS ONLINE

The UNC Center for Public Health Preparedness offers a number of free trainings online that each Epi Team member can view individually. Trainings that are especially relevant to Epi Teams are listed by subject below.

Surveillance

• Introduction to Public Health Surveillance (E is for Epi, Session 4.1)
• Federal Public Health Surveillance and Analysis of Surveillance Data (E is for Epi, Session 4.2)
• Reportable Disease Surveillance

Outbreak Investigation

• An Overview of Outbreak Investigations (FOCUS Volume 1, Issue 1)
• Embarking on an Outbreak Investigation (FOCUS Volume 1, Issue 3)
• Case Finding and Line Listing: A Guide for Investigators (FOCUS Volume 1, Issue 4)
  
• Selecting a Study Design (FOCUS Volume 2, Issue 4)
  
• Designing Questionnaires (I is for Investigation, Session 3)
  
• Interviewing Techniques (I is for Investigation, Session 4)
  
• Epidemic Curves Ahead (FOCUS Volume 1, Issue 5)
  
• Writing an Outbreak Report (I is for Investigation, Session 5)

Environmental Investigation

• Conducting Traceback Investigations (FOCUS Volume 3, Issue 3)
• Conducting Environmental Health Assessments (FOCUS Volume 3, Issue 4)

Communication

• Risk and Crisis Communication (I is for Investigation, Session 7)
  
• Risk Communication

Emergency Response

• Incident Command Systems for Public Health
  
• Public Health Agency Emergency Response Plans Part 1