Hello, and welcome, to the UIC-IDPH Viral Respiratory Disease Outbreak Project Website!
This project is a partnership between the Illinois Department of Public Health and the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) School of Public Health (SPH) with the goal of enhancing the capacity of Illinois long-term care facilities (LTCFs) and local health departments (LHDs) to prevent, investigate, and control infectious outbreaks of viral respiratory diseases (VRDs).
Registration for this program provides access to two online training programs and consultative services for facilities that need timely assistance with an active or recent VRD outbreak in their facility. Training materials (e.g., videos and quizzes) and the consultative service can be accessed within this website.
A brief description of our training programs can be found below. Full details are outlined in each training program’s syllabus.
Please note, a monetary incentive will be provided to participants who complete a minimum of 15 Outbreak Prevention and Control Training modules and 6 Bootcamp modules, equivalent to approximately 75% of the offerings in each training program, and complete a brief survey about their experience with the trainings.* Qualifying participants will receive a communication with instructions on how to obtain their honorarium. Please note, participants will be required to provide their SSN to UIC using a secure data transfer to receive payment.
For questions about this project or the training programs, please contact vrd_questions@uic.edu
Thank you for registering and we hope you enjoy our trainings!
- The UIC Team
*Disclaimer: Failure to adhere to the requirements for module completion as described above may result in the participant’s disqualification from receipt of the honorarium and/or invalidation of a previously issued certificate of completion.