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The Alaska Public Health Training Network (APHTN) is a distance
learning system that takes training to the learner. APHTN
usually broadcasts a health related program every Thursday
morning over UATV channel throughout Alaska. Since its inception
in 2001, APHTN has reached thousands of people statewide with
training and informational programs on a wide range of subjects.
The Public Health Preparedness and Response to Bioterrorism
Focus Area G: Education and Training fund the APHTN. It is
a network of partners in disease prevention who work together
to carry out the prevention activities. APHTN is establishing
a network of learning partners that uses a variety of media
to provide educational opportunities to enhance the knowledge,
expertise, and skills of Alaska’s public health workforce.
Mission
To establish a network of distance learning which use a
variety of media to provide educational opportunities that
will enhance the knowlege, expertise, and skills of Alaska's
Health and Social Services workforce.
Goals
The purpose of the Alaska Public Health Training Network
is to prepare Alaska’s public health professional and general
public to better respond to bio-terrorism and other public
health issues.
Objectives
- To develop and deliver
high quality distance-based public health training to
state and local health workers at all levels.
- To raise awareness of the latest public
health preparedness and safety issues within the healthcare
workforce outside of the traditional classroom setting.
- To promote and provide access to continuing
educational opportunities for healthcare workers at a
time and a location convenient to where they live and
work.
A Special Thanks
The following organizations voluntarily show APHTN programming.
We would like to thank these supporters for making APHTN
possible
GCI of Anchorage
Barrow Cable TV
Eyecom
GCI of Bethel
GCI of Fairbanks
GCI of Juneau
GCI of Ketchikan
GCI of Kotzebue
GCI of Nome
GCI of Petersburg
GCI of Seward
GCI of Valdez
GCI of Sitka
GCI of Wrangell
Haines Cable TV
Craig Cable TV
Nushagak Cooperative
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