2026 - New Public Health Nurse 2 and Supervising PHN Continuing Education Programs

The 2026 - NEW Public Health Nurse 2 (PHN2) and Supervising Public Health Nurse (SPHN) Continuing Education Programs are now available!

Questions: Email edlearn@health.ny.gov or call 518-473-4223 and select Tom Reizes or Abbey Greenbaum from the phone tree.

Background:

The New York State Sanitary Code requires Local Health Department staff hired to the Public Health Nurse 2 (PHN2) and Supervising Public Health Nurse (SPHN) titles to complete 15 hours of continuing education within their first year of employment.  PHN2 and SPHN Continuing Education Programs on the NYLearnsPH.com LMS were developed to assist these staff in meeting this requirement. 

Intended Audience for 2026 PHN2 CEP:

• PHN 2 hired after August 20, 2008, who have not yet completed a previous version of the PHN2 CE Program.
• Such PHN2s must complete the program within their first year of employment. 
• ALL PHNs are encouraged to take the program.
• SPHNs who have not completed the PHN2 CE Program are encouraged to do so.

Notes:

• The Program should be completed within the individual’s first year of employment. 
• ALL PHN2 and SPHNs are encouraged to take their respective  CEP.
• If a newly hired PHN2 or SPHN should have any difficulty completing the program within the first year of employment, they should contact LMS Administration at edlearn@health.ny.gov.

Click here to view the "2026 - NEW Public Health Nurse 2 Continuing Education Program", scroll down to the bottom of the page to "Begin Enrollment".

Click here to view the "2026 - NEW Supervising Public Health Nurse Continuing Education Program", scroll down to the bottom of the page to "Begin Enrollment".

The 2026 - New Public Health Educator Continuing Education Program

The 2026 - NEW Public Health Educator Continuing Education Program is now available!

Questions: Email edlearn@health.ny.gov or call 518-473-4223 and select Tom Reizes or Abbey Greenbaum from the phone tree.

Background: Changes made to the State Sanitary Code in 2008 require public health educators, hired after 8/20/2008, to complete 15 hours of continuing education within their first year of employment.  The original Public Health Educator Core Curriculum 2010, and the NEW Public Health Educator Continuing Education Program 2012, were both developed to assist PH Educators in LHDs to meet this requirement. 

Intended Audience:

• Public Health Educators hired after August 20, 2008. 
  • It must be completed within the individual’s first year of employment. 
• ALL public health educators are encouraged to take the Core Curriculum.

The Core Curriculum covers key areas of public health education, including strategic skills important to public health:

• Systems Thinking 
• Persuasive Communication
• Change Management
• Program Development and Evaluation
• Informatics
• Collective Impact
• Health Equity
• Cultural Humility
• Trauma Responsive Leadership

Click here to view the "2026 - NEW Public Health Educator Continuing Education Program", scroll down to the bottom of the page to "Begin Enrollment".

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NYSIIS and Vaccines for Children Courses are BACK!

UPDATE:

NYSIIS trainings have been restored as of Tuesday, December 30, 2025.

Vaccines for Children (VFC) trainings were restored as of Monday, December 22, 2025

Webex recording based courses temporarily unavailable

Access to Webex cloud-based coursework is temporarily unavailable. This has been expanded to all Webex Recording based courses (e.g., OHEP-340b). 

From NYS ITS:

We apologize for the inconvenience. Individual Course providers will be responsible for updating their content. If you experience difficulties with a webex based course let us know and we will investigate. While we hope to have this issue resolved soon, we have no timeline for a satisfactory solution. 

Thank you for your patience,

LMS Administration

New Yorks State Department of Health

(518) 473-4223

edlearn@health.ny.gov

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Four-part Grant Writing Series from NYSACHO

The New York State Association of County Health Officials (NYSACHO) recently hosted a Grant Writing Webinar Series, designed for local health departments to support them in applying for grant opportunities. This four-webinar series covers effective grant seeking strategies, tips for successfully applying to grants from SAMHSA, HRSA, and foundation funders. Each webinar is approximately 60-minutes.

• Enroll in LMS Course: NYSACHO-GRANT-1
  • Grant Writing Webinar #1: Effective Grant Seeking Strategies to Build Impactful Programs
• Enroll in LMS Course: NYSACHO-GRANT-2
  • Grant Writing Webinar #2: Successful Grant Seeking Strategies for SAMHSA Grants
• Enroll in LMS Course: NYSACHO-GRANT-3

Grant Writing Webinar #3: How to Win Funding from HRSA

• Enroll in LMS Course: NYSACHO-GRANT-4

• Grant Writing Webinar #4: Successful Strategies for Attaining Foundation Grants

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Updated UAlbany College of Integrated Health Sciences Trainings

Orientation to Public Health (Updated 2023)

Sponsored by UAlbany College of Integrated Health Sciences

Self-Paced Course | Enroll in LMS Course: UASPH-OPH-101

Community Dimensions of Public Health Practice: Module 1 & 2:

Sponsored by UAlbany College of Integrated Health Sciences | Self-Paced Courses

• Enroll in LMS Course: UASPH-CDOP01
  • Module 1: Building Relationships to Improve the Health of the Community
• Enroll in LMS Course: UASPH-CDOP02

  • Module 2: Community Engagement as a Process for Improving the Health of the Community

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Region 2 PHTC Self-Directed Trainings

Region 2 Public Health Training Center 

Reg2PHTC-Secrets Secrets of the Government Job Search: How to Apply for Local & State Health Department Jobs

Reg2PHTC-Charting Charting Your Public Health Career Path

Reg2PHTC-Flooding Climate Change and Flooding Risk: How Local Health Departments and Communities Can Prepare

Reg2PHTC-Maternal Maternal Mental Health as a Driver of Maternal Mortality

Reg2PHTC-Tobacco Psychological Principles for Effective Youth Tobacco Prevention Communications

Reg2PHTC-Commercial Teaching About the Commercial Determinants of Health

Reg2PHTC-Humility Expansive Connections: Integrating Cultural Humility in Public Health Practice

Reg2PHTC-SystemsThinking - Strategic Skills Training Series: ​Introduction to Systems Thinking​

Reg2PHTC-PersuasiveCommunication - Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Persuasive Communication​

Reg2PHTC-ChangeManagement - Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Change Management​

Reg2PHTC-ChangeLeadership Change Management: How Leadership can Support Staff during Crises​

Reg2PHTC-ChildhoodObesity - A Systems Approach to Understanding Childhood Obesity​

Reg2PHTC-Collaboration How To Assess Your Audience to Build Better Collaboration​

Reg2PHTC-Policy Engagement Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Policy Engagement​

Reg2PHTC-Policy Systems Problem Identification in the Policy Process and How Systems Thinking Fits In​

Reg2PHTC-Marketing Reducing Obesity and Diet-Related Diseases by Limiting Predatory Marketing of Unhealthy Food

Reg2PHTC-CDOH Commercial Determinants of Health

Reg2PHTC-ClimateChange Climate Change: Using Technical & Adaptive Leadership to Identify & Address Extreme Heat 

Reg2PHTC-VaccineAcceptance Confronting Barriers to Vaccine Acceptance: Create Effective Communication Using Behavioral Science 

Reg2PHTC-GunViolence A Systems Approach to Reduce Gun Violence 

Reg2PHTC-Recruitment Recruitment and Retention in Public Health 

Introductory Strategic Skills Modules

• Reg2PHTC-Systems Thinking - Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Systems Thinking 
• Reg2PHTC-Persuasive Communication - Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Persuasive Communication 
• Reg2PHTC-Change Management - Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Change Management 
• Reg2PHTC-PolicyEngagement - Strategic Skills Training Series: Introduction to Policy Engagement 
• Reg2PHTC-Enactment - Policy Enactment and Implementation in the Policy Process and How Systems Thinking Fits In 

Strategic Skills Training Modules & Prerequisites - 2020

• Reg2PHTC-Childhood Obesity - A Systems Approach to Understanding Childhood Obesity
• Reg2PHTC-Change Leadership - Change Management: How Leadership can Support Staff during Crises
• Reg2PHTC-PolicyProcess - An Overview of the Policy Process in Public Health and the Need for Systems Thinking 
• Reg2PHTC-Marketing - Reducing Obesity and Diet-Related Diseases by Limiting Predatory Marketing of Unhealthy Food 
• Reg2PHTC-Collaboration - How To Assess Your Audience to Build Better Collaboration 
• Reg2PHTC-Policy Systems - Problem Identification in the Policy Process and How Systems Thinking Fits In 

Strategic Skills Training Modules Released 2021

• Reg2PHTC-Marketing2 - Reducing Promotion and Consumption of Ultra-Processed Food 
• Reg2PHTC-Policy Analysis - Policy Analysis in the Policy Process and How Systems Thinking Fits In
• Reg2PHTC-Strategy Policy Development - Strategy and Policy Development in the Policy Process and How Systems Thinking Fits In 
• Reg2PHTC-Community Engagement - Community Engagement: The People's Approach to Improving Health and Social Outcomes
• Reg2PHTC-Succession Planning - Succession Planning and Workforce Development for Public Health Agencies 

• Reg2PHTC-Barriers -  Confronting Barriers to Vaccine Acceptance: The Role of Effective Communication
• Reg2PHTC-VaccineAcceptance - Confronting Barriers to Vaccine Acceptance: Create Effective Communication Using Behavioral Science 
• Reg2PHTC-Behavior - Communicate More Effectively: Psychological Principles to Change Behavior and Improve Outcomes 
• Reg2PHTC-GunViolence - A Systems Approach to Reduce Gun Violence 
• Reg2PHTC-Equity - Promoting Equity in Public Health and the Role of Change Management 
• Reg2PHTC-FoodWorkers - Improving Well-Being of Low Wage Food Workers: What Role for State and Local Governments?
• Reg2PHTC-ClimateChange - Climate Change: Using Technical and Adaptive Leadership to Identify and Address Extreme Heat 

• Reg2PHTC-CDOH - Commercial Determinants of Health 
• Reg2PHTC-Recruitment - Recruitment and Retention in Public Health 
• Reg2PHTC-CI1 - Collective Impact Part 1: Common Agenda and Shared Measures 
• Reg2PHTC-CI2 - Collective Impact Part 2: Mutually Reinforcing Activities, Continuous Communication, and Backbone Support 
• Reg2PHTC-Data2Action1 - Data-Based Decision-Making: Using Data to Intervene for Maternal and Child Health (Part One in a Series) 
• Reg2PHTC-Data2Action2 - Data-Based Decision-Making: Using Data to Intervene for Maternal and Child Health (Part Two in a Series) 

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Region 2 PHTC Log-in 2Learn Series

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

The following are upcoming webinars from public health training partners ( the Region 2 Public Health Training Center, and the University at Albany College of Integrated Health Sciences – Center for Public Health Continuing Education.) Additional webinars will be added as they become available.

Public Health Live! Bridging the Gap: Generational Differences in the Public Health Workforce

Sponsored by The UAlbany College of Integrated Health Sciences Center for Public Health Continuing Education (CPHCE)

Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 9:00-10:00 AM

Enroll in LMS Course to be notified when notified when recording is available:  UACIHS-PHL202505 | Register Here for Live Event

Retention and Mentoring Across Generations: Mentoring for Retention

Sponsored by Region 2 Public Health Training Center

Tuesday, May 13, 2025, 12:00 – 1:30pm  

Enroll in LMS Course to be notified when notified when recording is available: Reg2PHTC-20250513 | Register Here  for Live Event

View NYSDOH Video: Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) use at Drive-thru COVID-19 Sampling

Click here to watch the NYSDOH video: Sample Collection Procedure for SARS-CoV-2 Coronavirus (COVID-19)

This video discusses proper use of Personal Protective Equipent (PPE) for working in a drive-thru testing center: https://youtu.be/y3UUCrlUAek

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New two-part introductory series to the Collective Impact framework.

Reg2PHTC-CI1, Collective Impact Part 1: Common Agenda and Shared Measures

Reg2PHTC-CI2, Collective Impact Part 2: Mutually Reinforcing Activities, Continuous Communication, and Backbone Support

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NYSDOH Course on Confidentiality Available

Search Course Catalog or click for: NYSDOH-CONF100

Click on course name in results and then click to enroll.

This training will help you understand how to ensure confidentiality and privacy in the course of your daily work at the New York State Department of Health (NYSDOH). Intended to build on the mandated course Privacy and Security of Health Information in New York State, this course discusses NYS' policies and procedures, including those in the NYSDOH Administrative Policy and Procedure Manual (APPM), as well as other policy and practices, both written and unwritten, that help ensure you maintain confidentiality and privacy relevant to your work at NYSDOH.

The training should take no more than 30-45 minutes.

Upon completion, you will be able to:

· Describe the types of confidential data and information at NYSDOH.   

· Describe ways that confidentiality could be breached.

· Apply public health confidentiality concepts and principles to case scenarios.   

· List confidentiality best practices in and outside of the workplace.

This courses was created with support from:

• HRSA Region 2 Public Health Training Center  at Columbia Mailman School of Public Health (SPH)

• UAlbany SPH –Center for Public Health Continuing Education

• New York State Department of Health

•  Some course content was used with permission of NYS Governor’s  Office of Employee Relations from the “Privacy and Security of Health Information in New York State" course.

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