From TSmith@spokanecounty.org Mon Mar 29 12:55:13 1999 Received: from mxu1.u.washington.edu (mxu1.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id MAA45222 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:55:13 -0800 Received: from europa.spokanecounty.org (europa.spokanecounty.org [199.248.162.16]) by mxu1.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.02/8.9.3+UW99.01) with ESMTP id MAA01875 for ; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:55:12 -0800 Received: by EUROPA.spokanecounty.org with Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) id ; Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:55:09 -0800 Message-ID: <2CA78565EA0FD211BA2B0080D88007D532C61C@EUROPA.spokanecounty.org> From: "Smith, Torney" To: "'ph-assess@u.washington.edu'" Subject: RE: Basic Epi Training Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 12:55:08 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2232.9) Content-Type: text/plain This looks great. Is there a way to look at data that may be useful from a GIS perspective and ways to integrate it into epi? > ---------- > From: Lukens-Bull, Katryne A.[SMTP:kal0303@doh.wa.gov] > Reply To: ph-assess@u.washington.edu > Sent: Monday, March 29, 1999 9:41 AM > To: Washington public health assessment coordinators > Subject: Basic Epi Training > > Hi > As many of you have probably heard by now (sorry I did not send it out > earlier to this list) we received a small amount of funding from the > Partnership re-application to hold 3 basic epidemiology trainings for > LHJs and DOH staff. I have asked that messages be posted to the > Environmental Health Directors list and the Nursing Directors list to see > if they have interest in this training, overwhelmingly the answer was > YES. > > So, below is the tentative agenda for the training. Please let me know > if there are other things you would like to see added (although this is a > BASIC training and we do have limited time). Registration will begin in > about 1.5 weeks (I am sending it out on the 12th of April). It will be > on a first come first serve basis but we will be limiting departments who > want to send multiple people based on space. A list of those wanting to > attend but who there is not space for will be compiled and we will plan > for some more trainings after June 30th. > > Locations: Olympia, Mt Vernon, Moses Lake > Dates: May and June > Cost: Free but lunch is on your own, snacks provided > > The content would go something like this .... (This is just an overview, > we will tighten it up depending on input and logistics) > > 8:30am-9:00am Registration > 9:00am- Basic Epi > Descriptive Epidemiology (vs analytic epidemiology) > Measuring the Frequency of Health Events > Types of Rates > Tests of Significance > 10:30-10:45 Break > 10:45am Basic Epi continued > The Small Numbers Dilemma > Other Statistics - Years of Potential Life Lost and Life > Expectancy > > 12 noon break for Lunch (on your own) > > 1:15pm Non Infectious Disease Cluster Investigations > 3:15-1:30pm Break > 3:30pm Examples of Data Interpretation (i.e., reading > statistics - what > do all these numbers mean) > 4:30pm Evaluation and Closing > > David Solet and Christy Spice will be doing the basic Epi piece and then > Juliet Van Eenwyk will be doing the non-infectious disease cluster > investigation piece. She is hoping EH will have hired an epidemiologist > or that someone from there could attend to assist with this part. > > I am open to suggestions but this is what we have planned so far - > thanks > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Katryne Lukens Bull, MPH, CHES Phone: (360) > 236-4063 > Washington State Department of Health Fax: (360) > 586-7424 > Office of Planning > Pager: (360) 971-0586 > 1112 SE Quince St. > E-mail: kal0303@doh.wa.gov > PO Box 47890 > Olympia, Wa 98504-7890 > .