Continuing Education, EATS 102

Course description and objectives

The goal of this activity is to teach how to conduct an environmental assessment in a food service setting as part of a larger foodborne illness outbreak investigation that spans across regional and state boundaries. This training expands upon the foundation skills taught in EATS 101 by giving students additional practice with environmental assessments with an additional challenge of working within a larger investigation team comprised of regional, state, and federal partners.

After completing this training, students will be able to do the following:

1. Identify the steps for completing an environmental assessment.
2. Identify contributing factors of the simulation outbreak.
3. Classify the environmental antecedents of the simulation outbreak.
4. Explain how multiple jurisdictions and agencies become involved in an investigation.

Course details

Faculty credentials
Brown, Laura PhD, Lead Behavioral Scientist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), National Center for Environmental Health

Course CEU renewal date
September 1, 2024

Course CEU expiration date
September 1, 2026

Course URL
www.cdc.gov/restaurant-food-safety/php/training/eats.html

Prerequisites
Completion of Environmental Assessment Training Series (EATS) 101: Foundation Skills

Format
Web-based

Required hardware/software
Standard computer with internet access, keyboard, mouse, speakers or headphones, and video/graphics capabilities

Target audience
Epidemiologists, laboratorians, environmental health specialists, public health specialists, environmental health regulators, restaurant/food-chain regulators, business community, academia, public health sector

Contact information
NEARS@cdc.gov

Accreditation and quality

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For continuing education units (CEUs)

CDC is authorized by IACET to offer 0.6 CEUs for this program.

For Certified Public Health (CPH) professionals

CDC is a preapproved provider of CPH recertification credits and is authorized to offer 6.0 CPH recertification credits for this program.

For National Environmental Health Association (NEHA) credential holders

CDC is a preapproved provider of continuing education (CE) credits and is authorized to offer 6 CE credits for this program. NEHA credential holders may self-report their CE in the MyNEHA portal.

Disclosure

In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or product(s) under investigational use.

CDC, our planners, and content experts wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, reselling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.

CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.

How to receive continuing education

To receive continuing education for Environmental Assessment Training Series (EATS) 102: Skill building (web based), please visit CDC TRAIN and search for the course in the Course Catalog using WB4596. Follow the steps below by September 1,2026.

1. Register for and complete the course.
2. Pass the post-assessment at 80%.
3. Complete the evaluation.
4. Visit Your Learning to access your certificates and transcript.

Fees

No fees are charged for CDC's CE activities.

For assistance with CDC CE courses, please e-mail train@cdc.gov.