Gastroenteritis at a University in Texas (CD-ROM)

Course Number: CB3076

This self-instructional case study is an interactive exercise developed to teach public health workers epidemiologic principles and practices. It is based on a real-life outbreak investigation and requires the student to apply and practice his/her epidemiologic knowledge and skills.

In the case study, students work through an outbreak investigation from beginning to end. Information about the outbreak is slowly revealed. Intermittently, students must answer questions for the case study to advance. They can access hints and reference materials and are given feedback tailored to their answers. Students needing more remedial work can review basic epidemiologic and public health concepts. Curious students can explore topics of interest in greater detail.

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TARGET AUDIENCE: Public health practitioners with knowledge of basic epidemiologic and public health concepts including public health nurses, epidemiologists, infectious disease investigators, environmental health specialists, sanitarians, and MPH students.

MATERIALS: The CD-ROM of this course is available from the Public Health Foundation at http://bookstore.phf.org or 1-800-252-1200. The case study can also be downloaded from the Epidemiologic Case Studies website at http://www.cdc.gov/epicasestudies.

PREREQUISITES: Knowledge of basic public health and epidemiologic concepts (including descriptive epidemiology, study design, and data analysis).

ADDITIONAL INFO:
Computer requirements: Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT® 4.0 with service pack 3 or higher, Windows 2000 or Windows XP; Intel Pentium processor or equivalent; 50 MB of available hard disk space; 16 MB of memory; 4x CD-ROM or faster; Monitor resolution of 800 x 600 with 16-bit color; Display font size set to “Small Fonts”; and Mouse.