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2019 CDC Laboratory Identification of Emerging Pathogenic Molds Advanced
Course Learner Feedback Survey

Introduction

Thank you for taking this voluntary survey to help us understand how well the Laboratory
Identification of Pathogenic Molds - Advanced course, held May 14-16, 2019 at the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention's training laboratory, has been serving the needs of our learners.
The feedback you provide will also inform updates to this course and future course development.
The survey questions will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Your responses will be
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INSTRUCTIONS
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Course Learner Feedback Survey
Learning Objectives

Learning objectives for this course are provided for your reference.
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Laboratory Identification of Emerging Pathogenic Molds - Advanced
At the conclusion of this program, the participants will be able to:
Explain the classification and identification of molds based upon their macroscopic and microscopic characteristics.
Identify the following fungi using the provided key and strategies:
Blastomyces dermatitidis, Histoplasma capsulatum, and similar aleuriosporic molds, including Chrysosporium and
Sepedonium spp.,
Common and uncommon dermatophytes.
A wide range of common and less common molds that form enteroblastic conidia, including Aspergillus, Sarocladium,
Fusarium, Exophiala, Penicillium, Phaeoacremonium, Phialophora, and Scedosporium spp.
A wide range of common and less common molds that form holoblastic conidia, including Bipolaris, Exserohilum,
Cladophialophora, Curvularia, Verruconis, and Rhinocladiella spp.
A wide range of mucoraceous molds, including Lichtheimia, Rhizopus, Apophysomyces, Cokeromyces, Saksenaea, and
Syncephalastrum spp.

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Course Learner Feedback Survey
Learner Feedback Survey

* 1. To what extent have you applied the course knowledge and/or skills presented in this course to the
following aspects of your personal or your facilty's work practices related to laboratory identification of
pathogenic molds?
I recommended or
I reveiwed my
initiated changes
personal or my
I improved my or
to my personal or faciity's practices
understanding
my facility's
to determine if
awareness of this This topic was not
practices
they are up-to-date
topic
relevant or useful
Specimen collection and processing
Culture media
Frequency at which cultures are examined
Use of slide cultures
Preparation of slide cultures
Reading slide cultures
Use of morphological features for grouping and
identification
Antifungal susceptibility testing
Molecular identification
Reporting results
Quality control or quality assurance

2019 CDC Laboratory Identification of Emerging Pathogenic Molds Advanced
Course Learner Feedback Survey
Learner Feedback Survey

* 2. Overall, to what extent have you applied the knowledge and/or skills presented in this course to your
personal or your facilty's work practices?
I recommended or
I reveiwed my
initiated changes
personal or my
I improved my
to my personal or faciity's practices understanding or
my facility's
to determine if
awareness of this
practices
they are up-to-date
topic

This course was
not relevant or
useful

Laboratory Identification of Pathogenic Molds

3. Please share comments, examples, or challenges related to how you may have used the course
information.

2019 CDC Laboratory Identification of Emerging Pathogenic Molds Advanced
Course Learner Feedback Survey
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