This webinar presents best practice concepts in designing and evaluating public health emergency preparedness exercises and the value-add of these exercises for public health agencies’ continuous quality improvement, collective efficacy, and fulfillment of essential public health services. The course includes an illustrative in-session tabletop discussion-based public health emergency preparedness exercise to highlight key principles and practices of exercise implementation.

Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• describe the relevance and importance of public health emergency preparedness exercises;
• compare and contrast tabletop, functional, and full-scale exercises; and
• describe how and why design and evaluation of public health emergency preparedness exercises need to be complementary.

Registration closes on Monday, September 15, 2025 at noon.