Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Animal Health 101 April 2-3, 2014 Riverdale, MD Rob Dickens Introductory

Course primarily for Administrative Staff and new employees to APHIS/VS

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Animal Health 101 April 22-23, 2014 Montgomery, AL Robert Dickens Introductory

Course primarily for Administrative Staff and new employees to APHIS/VS

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Animal Health 101 April 30 – May 1,

2014 Ames, IA Narda Huyke Introductory Course

primarily for Administrative Staff and new employees to APHIS/VS

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Program Disease Field Skills Course

May 6-8, 2014 Ames, IA John Bare Basic regulatory

veterinary field skills training, including labs and animal handling

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

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Wildlife Seminar for Emergency Animal Disease Preparedness

May 13-15, 2014 Athens, GA Teresa Drotar Intensive introduction

to the importance of recognizing foreign and emerging diseases in wildlife species

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Combination of AgLearn courses and series of webinars

Prerequisite for classroom course: Applied Outbreak Investigations in September 2014

Introduction to Outbreak Investigations

Starts in June 2014 AgLearn modules &

Webinars Jason Baldwin

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Foreign Animal Disease Investigation Refresher Course

June 2-6, 2014 Ames, IA John Bare Intensive one week

course for field VMO’s in conjunction with FADD

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Inspection of Semen and Embryo Export Facilities

June 24-26, 2014 Denton, TX Teresa Drotar Comprehensive and

hands-on course with actual facility visits/ inspections

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

VS Field Epidemiologist Training

July 29-31, 2014 Raleigh, NC Nancy Platter For field

epidemiologists actively applying epidemiology methods to control disease and improve animal and public health

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Industry Training for Inspectors of Export Facilities

August 12-14, 2014 Jason Baldwin Course focuses on

complex, yet common, facility approvals – including ‘field trips’

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Applied Outbreak Investigations (Part 2: Prerequisite: Intro to Outbreak Investigations)

September 9-11, 2014

Fort Collins, CO Jason Baldwin For invited participants

who completed Intro to Outbreak Investigations

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Mobile Information Management (MIM) Advanced

September 16-18, 2014

Fort Collins, CO Kris Keller For advanced users

of MIM

Upcoming PDS Training Opportunities

Program Disease Field Skills Course

November 4-6, 2014

Ames, IA John Bare Basic regulatory

veterinary field skills training, including labs and animal handling