Foodborne Disease Outbreak Investigation: Salmonella in the Caribbean (CD-ROM)

Course Number: CB1167

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 a public health problem from beginning to end. Information about the problem 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.

TARGET AUDIENCE: The target audience includes epidemiologists, environmental health specialists, sanitarians, public health nurses, disease investigators, health officers, physicians, and other public health professionals.

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 at no charge from the Epidemiologic Case Studies website at http://www.cdc.gov/epicasestudies.

PREREQUISITES: Have knowledge of basic epidemiologic concepts (e.g., descriptive epidemiology, analytic epidemiology, and surveillance).

ADDITIONAL INFO:
Computer requirements: Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0 with service pack 3 or higher, Windows 2000, Windows XP, or Windows Vista Intel Pentium processor or equivalent 65.6 MB of available hard disk space 16 MB of memory 4x speed CD-ROM or faster Monitor resolution of 800 x 600 with 16-bit color Display font size set to Small Fonts and Mouse.