Surveillance Webinar: Overview of Public Health Surveillance Systems-Overview of Public Health Surveillance PPT

Overview of Public Health Surveillance PPT

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The National Education Curriculum on Surveillance Systems and Environmental Health offers a webinar series designed to supplement preventive medicine residents' training. Identified by program directors and physicians, the curriculum includes 11 webinar topics plus a skill-based workshop at the annual Preventive Medicine conference on May 14, 2026, where residents can work on case studies and earn certification. The program aims to fulfill ACGME requirements, prepare residents for board exams, and help them become market-ready, aligning with the new ABPM exam content outline.<br /><br />The webinar series is led by Dr. Miriam Alexander and includes interactive virtual Zoom meetings for resident-faculty engagement. Initial webinars focus on Public Health (PH) Surveillance-split into two parts scheduled for November 13 and November 20, 2025. These sessions will cover the basics of surveillance, history, uses, event selection, system establishment, types of surveillance, and specific topics such as the National Notifiable Disease Surveillance System, hepatitis A, and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System.<br /><br />Public health surveillance is defined as the continuous, systematic collection, analysis, and dissemination of health data to guide public health action. It has evolved from monitoring infectious diseases among travelers to encompassing non-communicable diseases, injuries, behavioral and environmental risk factors. Its purposes include detecting epidemics, monitoring trends, assessing program effectiveness, and identifying patients for intervention.<br /><br />Surveillance systems vary by approach: passive (common, mandated reporting), active (direct data collection during outbreaks), sentinel (selected reporting sites), and syndromic (symptom-based, early detection). Data sources span disease reporting, laboratory results, surveys, registries, environmental monitoring, and administrative records.<br /><br />Effective surveillance requires clear objectives, defined case criteria, reliable data sources, tested data collection and analysis methods, timely dissemination, and ongoing evaluation. Residents are encouraged to assess existing systems, consider trade-offs like privacy and resources, and start with simple solutions.<br /><br />The curriculum supports ongoing learning with discussions, surveys for feedback, and continued engagement through ACPM Pulse forums. The next webinar will build on surveillance systems with detailed examples and applications in public health contexts.

Keywords

National Education Curriculum

Surveillance Systems

Environmental Health

Preventive Medicine Residents

Webinar Series

Public Health Surveillance

ACGME Requirements

ABPM Exam Preparation

Data Collection and Analysis

Epidemic Detection