Continuing Education, EATS 101

Objectives

The goal of this training is to set a foundation of skills needed for conducting an environmental assessment in an isolated food service setting. This training teaches how to use critical thinking, interviewing, sampling, and observation to identify an outbreak's contributing factors and properly gather data to support the National Environmental Assessment Reporting System (NEARS).

At the conclusion of the training, students will be able to:

1. Identify 5 internal variables that influence food safety.
2. Identify the 5 stages in conducting an environmental assessment site visit.
3. Apply critical thinking skills to identify outbreak contributing factors while determining ways to remediate food safety problems in a presented scenario.
4. Describe 3 ways that this educational activity will enhance your effectiveness as an investigation team member.

Details

Faculty/credentials
Laura Brown, PhD, Lead Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health

Course CE renewal date
July 20, 2026

Course CE expiration date (renewal)
July 20, 2029

CDC TRAIN Course Listing
https://www.train.org/cdctrain/course/1138293/

Course Link
https://eats.cdc.gov/

Prerequisites
None

Format
Web-based

Required hardware/software
Standard computer with internet access, keyboard, mouse, speakers or headphones, and video/graphics capabilities

Target audience
Epidemiologists, laboratorians, environmental health specialists, public health specialists, environmental health regulators, restaurant/food chain regulators, business community, academia, public health sector

Contact information
NEARS@cdc.gov

Steps

Follow these steps to receive continuing education (CE) for EATS 101. Steps must be completed by the CE expiration date of July 20, 2029.

1. Register for EATS 101 on CDC TRAIN (takes less than 5 minutes).
   
2. CDC TRAIN will direct you to the EATS website. If you do not already have an EATS account, you will need to create one there as well (takes less than 5 minutes).
3. Complete the course.
4. Return to CDC TRAIN and complete these final steps to document course completion and get your CE certificate:
   1. Click the green Mark Completed button for EATS 101.
   2. Pass the post-assessment (80% or higher).
   3. Complete the course evaluation.
   4. Access your official certificate showing CE credit in the Your Learning tab.

Disclosure

In compliance with continuing education requirements, all presenters must disclose any financial or other associations with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, content experts, and their spouses/partners wish to disclose they have no financial interests or other relationships with the manufacturers of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services, or commercial supporters. Planning committee reviewed content to ensure there is no bias. Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use. CDC did not accept commercial support for this continuing education activity.

Fees

No fees are charged for CDC's CE activities.

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