MGT 319 Mass Prophylaxis Preparedness & Planning Course

Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX) will be hosting a course on Mass Prophylaxis & Planning at the Wayne County Community College District. The course is a guide for local health officials and partners to coordinate plans to provide mass distribution of medical countermeasures in response to a large-scale public health incident. 

​MGT 319 

​Host: Texas A&M Engineering Extension Service (TEEX)

​Location: Wayne County Community College District

November 29 - 30, 2016 

​8:00 AM - 5:00 PM EST

Registration: MI-TRAIN 
​(course ID: 1054435).

Continuing Education Credits:

• ENA-Emergency Nurses Association
  
• AAFP-America Academy of Family Physicians
  
• ​Texas Department of Health - EMS

Course focuses:

• planning considerations,
• recommendation to achieve the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC’s) 48-hour standard for Mass Prophylaxis
• the local community’s Mass Prophylaxis and Point of Dispensing (POD) site preparedness.

The course material is applicable to:

• pandemic influenza
• bio-terrorism
• additional  public health emergencies. 

Topics

• Response to a Terrorist Strike
• Potential Epidemic or Pandemic Events
• High Contagious Disease and H7n9, H3n2
• Resource Capability, Accessibility, and Sustainment
• Strategic National Stockpile