Continuity of Operations Planning Presentation - Slideset curriculum incorporated into the face-to-face public health trainings for this project. This training emphasizes the interdependence of client preparedness, organizational preparedness and staff professional and personal preparedness within a continuity of operations plan. MGMT 1201: Elements of Leadership: Decision-Making Problem-Solving Under Emergency Conditions. Free online course on the Columbia Regional Learning Center learning management system. This course is designed to help public health staff improve their decision-making skills so that they are ready to make decisions in the event of a crisis. The course covers the naturalistic and recognition primed decision-making models, and then focuses on the ways in which leaders observe, orient, decide, and act during crisis situations. The course can be completed in approximately 2 hours and has a pre-test, an interactive video-based lecture hosted by Dr. David Abramson, a post test, and a certificate of completion. Upon successful completion of all the course content, you can obtain your certificate by clicking on the My Account link available at the top of this page. Create your own personal emergency preparedness plan NOW! The 5 Steps to Disaster Preparedness. NCDP developed the 5 Action Steps to Personal Preparedness model for the purpose of providing an easy way to think about preparedness that applies to any emergency or disaster. This is the way that we think about preparedness. Using this framework of 5 critical action steps will help you think through, plan, and create a family emergency plan.