Continuing Education, EATS 102

Course description and objectives

The goal of this activity is to teach how to conduct an environmental assessment in a food service setting as part of a larger foodborne illness outbreak investigation that spans across regional and state boundaries. This training expands upon the foundation skills taught in EATS 101 by giving students additional practice with environmental assessments with an additional challenge of working within a larger investigation team comprised of regional, state, and federal partners.

After completing this training, students will be able to do the following:

1. Identify 3 ways to characterize a foodborne outbreak.
2. Identify 3 contributing factors and environmental antecedents of the simulation outbreak.
3. Name 3 recommendations for prevention and control strategies for the outbreak scenario presented.

Course details

Faculty credentials
Carol Selman, MPH, Food Safety Consultant with the National Environmental Health Association

Course CEU renewal date
May 11, 2020

Course CEU expiration date
May 11, 2022 (CEUs not currently available but should be available soon)

Course URL
www.cdc.gov/restaurant-food-safety/php/training/eats.html

Prerequisites
Completion of Environmental Assessment Training Series (EATS) 101: Foundation Skills (WB2906)

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

Accreditation and quality

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EATS has met CDC's standards for high quality trainings.

For continuing education units (CEUs)

CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 0.6 CEUs for this program.

For Certified Public Health (CPH) professionals

CDC is a preapproved provider of CPH recertification credits and is authorized to offer 6.0 CPH recertification credits for this program.

For National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) credential holders

CDC is a preapproved provider of continuing education (CE) credits and is authorized to offer 6 CE credits for this program. NEHA credential holders may self-report their CE in the MyNEHA portal.

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 with the exception of Carol Selman and she wishes to disclose she is the owner of DBA CAS Consulting. 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.

How to receive continuing education

Note: CEUs will be made available again soon.

To receive continuing education for Environmental Assessment Training Series (EATS) 102: skill building (web based), please visit CDC TRAIN and search for the course in the Course Catalog using WB2667. Follow the steps below by May 11, 2022.

1. Register for and complete the course.
2. Pass the post-assessment at 70%.
3. Complete the evaluation.
4. Visit Your Learning to access your certificates and transcript.

Fees

No fees are charged for CDC's CE activities.

If you have any questions or problems, contact CDC Training and Continuing Education Online at: ce@cdc.gov.