Education and Training
Knowledge that lends confidence
The Yale New Haven Center for Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response (YNH-CEPDR) has provided training to personnel employed in a variety of healthcare organizations including hospitals, emergency medical services, urgent care centers, skilled nursing facilities, community health centers and public health, as well as staff from other business entities.
YNH-CEPDR courses allow organizations to maintain compliance with standard setting and regulatory agencies such as The Joint Commission, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response (ASPR) for the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). Courses are created to be:
- Competency-based
- Time-efficient
- Cost-effective
- Healthcare-focused
- Delivered via multiple modalities, including the YNH-CEPDR LMS
- Scalable and customizable for regional variations
- Supportive of ongoing compliance with standard-setting organizations and regulatory agencies such as The Joint Commission, OSHA, Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services and the National Incident Management System (NIMS)
- Broadly shared and publicized with healthcare organizations, public health and local, state, regional and national professional associations and organizations
YNH-CEPDR is a preparedness partner to:
• Emergency Medical
Services
• Community Health
Centers
• Community Medical
Practices
• Home Health Agencies
• Skilled Nursing
Facilities
• Urgent Care Centers
• Homeland Security
• State Public Health
Agencies
• Local Public Health
Agencies
• Area Health Education
Centers
• Other business
entities
• Registered Nurses
• Physician Assistants
• Allied Health
Professionals
• Pharmacists
and Pharmacy
Technicians
• Healthcare
Administrators
• Dentists
• Paramedics and
Emergency Medical
Technicians
• Behavioral Health
Professionals
• Support Services —
Security,
Environmental
Services, Dietary, etc.
YNH-CEPDR provides instructor-led/practicum courses that utilize "best practices" curricula as well as a multidimensional delivery approach. Courses are available through contract with YNH-CEPDR. For a complete listing of our courses, please view our course listings.
Online courses
To provide consistent training to a large and diverse audience in a rapid and cost-effective manner, the center has developed online courses. Healthcare workers worldwide will be able to gain access to a wide range of emergency preparedness courses specifically developed or adapted to be delivered via the web.
