Form 0920-0980 Environmental Assessment Training

Attachment 5: NEARS Environmental Assessment Training on Foodborne Illness Outbreaks (screenshots)

This training on conducting environmental assessments during foodborne illness outbreak investigations contains 8 lessons (Screenshot 1). NEARS participants are encouraged to take this training.

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Lesson 1 provides an overview of the training (Screenshot 2).

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Lesson 2 provides an overview of foodborne outbreak environmental assessments (Screenshot 3).

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Lesson 3 provides information on conducting effective interviews to learn information from food workers and managers during an investigation (Screenshot 4).

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Lesson 4 provides information on conducting observations to learn information from the environment during the investigation (Screenshot 5).

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Lesson 5 provides information on when, where, and how to collect environmental samples during an investigation (Screenshot 6).

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Lesson 6 provides information on the importance of critical thinking during investigations, and how to improve critical thinking skills (Screenshot 7).

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Lesson 7 provides information on how to organize environmental assessment information to complete the investigation (Screenshot 8).

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Lesson 8 provides information no implementing control strategies in the outbreak establishment to stop the current outbreak and prevent future ones (Screenshot 9).

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The training concludes with a 40-item test that assess mastery of the course material (Screenshot 10).

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