Continuing Education
The CSTE Annual Conference is a gathering of public health professionals and practitioners focused on epidemiology and informatics. Each year the conference content is determined by the abstracts submitted.
The educational purpose of the CSTE Annual Conference is to offer professionals and practitioners the opportunity to enhance their knowledge, improve their surveillance and epidemiology skills, and exchange information on best practices and strategies in applied epidemiology.
Learning Objectives
- Identify best practices in applied epidemiology to improve public health.
- Articulate the importance of interprofessional collaboration for applied epidemiology.
Types of Continuing Education
CSTE has partnered with CDC to provide continuing education for conference attendees. Eligible sessions include the NASPHV business meeting, Sunday workshops, and plenaries. CSTE anticipates offering up to 20 hours of continuing education for:
- Doctors
- Nurses
- Health Educators
- Veterinarians
- Certified in Public Health
- General Practitioners
- Pharmacists
- Lawyers*
For questions about Continuing Education, contact [email protected].
Accreditation Statements:
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team
CME: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this live activity for a maximum of 15.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
CNE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designates this activity for 15.5 nursing contact hours.
CEU: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is authorized by IACET to offer 1.8 CEU’s for this program.
CECH: Sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, a designated provider of continuing education contact hours (CECH) in health education by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc. This program is designated for Certified Health Education Specialists (CHES®) and/or Master Certified Health Education Specialists (MCHES®) to receive up to 15.5 total Category I continuing education contact hours. Maximum advanced level continuing education contact hours available are 0. Continuing Competency credits available are 15.5. CDC provider number 98614.
AAVSB/RACE: This program has been submitted (but not yet approved) for 15.5 hours of continuing education credit in jurisdictions which recognize AAVSB RACE approval; however, participants should be aware that some boards have limitations on the number of hours accepted in certain categories or restrictions on certain methods of delivery of continuing education. Call (*name and phone number of Provider contact*) for further information.
For Certified Public Health Professionals (CPH)
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is a pre-approved provider of Certified in Public Health (CPH) recertification credits and is authorized to offer 18 CPH recertification credits for this program.
CPE: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention designated this (Knowledge-based) event for pharmacists to receive 0.5 CEUs in pharmacy education. The Universal Activity Number is (JA4008229-9999-25-033-L05-P).
After credit is claimed, an unofficial statement of credit is immediately available on CDC TRAIN. Official credit will be uploaded within 60 days on the NABP/CPE Monitor
DISCLOSURE: In compliance with continuing education requirements, all planners and presenters/moderators must disclose all financial relationships, in any amount, with ineligible companies during the previous 24 months as well as any use of unlabeled product(s) or products under investigational use.
CDC, our planners, and presenters/moderators wish to disclose they have no financial relationship(s) with ineligible companies with the exception of:
• Ms. Melody Brown, MPH, MHSA, ACSPO, and she wishes to disclose that she holds shares in Arcutis Biotherapeutics (ARQT), Doximity Inc (DOCS), and Moderna (MRNA).
• Mr. Jason Geslois, MPH, MAS, EMBA and he wishes to disclose that he has held shares in NVIDIA and Microsoft, and owns EFT in SPDR S&P Biotech ETF Index.
• Ms. Genny Grilli, MPH and she wishes to disclose that her spouse receives compensation for employment from Abbott but there is no overlap in the content areas of their work.
All of the relevant financial relationships listed for these individuals have been mitigated.
Content will not include any discussion of the unlabeled use of a product or a product under investigational use.
CDC did not accept financial or in-kind support from ineligible companies for this continuing education activity.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR CLAIMING CONTINUING EDUCATION
Doctors, Nurses, Veterinarians, Pharmacists, Health Educators, Certified in Public Health, CEUs
In order to receive continuing education (CE) for CM4930 or SP4943, 2025 CSTE Annual Conference, please visit CDC TRAIN and search for the course in the Course Catalog using CM4930 or SP4943. Follow the steps below by Monday July 14, 2025.
1. Register for and complete the course.
2. Complete the evaluation.
3. Visit Your Learning to access your certificates and transcript.
The event code to claim CE for doctors, nurses, veterinarians, health educators, those Certified in Public Health or to obtain a certificate of attendance, use CM4930.
The event code to claim CE for pharmacists is SP4943.
The course access code has been shared with registered attendees.
Certified in Infection Control
The 2025 CSTE Annual Conference is approved by Certification Board of Infection Control and Epidemiology as a multi-day conference for IPUs. To claim your IPUs, claim CEUs through www.cdc.gov/GetCE using the event code CM4736 and course access code CSTEAC2024. This will generate a certificate of attendance that can be submitted to CBIC.
Public Health Lawyers
*For all Lawyers claiming CLEs, contact Sunbal Virk at [email protected] to request session presentations and documents for the following eligible sessions or with questions related to CLE for Lawyers:
- Pre-conference workshop: Elevating Public Health Through Laws & Policies, Sunday, June 9th 8:00am-5:00 PM
FEES: Paid conference registration is required to receive CE. No additional fees are necessary to be eligible for CE for doctors, nurses, veterinarians, pharmacists health educators, or those Certified in Public Health.
Additional fees may apply for lawyers claiming CLE. Relevant CLE sessions are pending GA State Bar approval and if approved, will be offered at a discounted rate to be paid by attendee. All fees to be paid by the lawyer.
For additional questions regarding continuing education, please contact Jessica Arrazola at
