Appraising outbreak investigation skills in a public health emergency: an examination based on an actual event.
The purpose of this article is to provide a method of appraising skills in surveillance, assessment, and public health emergency investigation by using an examination based on an actual outbreak occurrence. This article presents an examination that uses a problem-based approach that works sequentially through the steps of an outbreak investigation to assess the investigation skills of individual students. Designed for graduate public heath students enrolled in a course in infectious disease epidemiology at East Carolina University, the examination can be used to appraise the outbreak investigation skills of medical students or practitioners.
Seagle
Heather M
HM
Division of Community Health and Preventive Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, USA.
Morrow
Cynthia B
CB
Cibula
Donald
D
Kerkering
Kathryn W
KW
Novick
Lloyd F
LF
D004196:Disease Outbreaks; D005759:Gastroenteritis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D011159:Population Surveillance / Q000379:methods*; D011361:Professional Competence / Q000592:standards*; D011635:Public Health Administration / Q000592:standards*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology