Training for Foodborne Outbreak Investigations by Using Structured Learning Experience

Training for Foodborne Outbreak Investigations by Using Structured Learning Experience

We created a free and interactive training activity based on playing cards (disease detective cards) that introduces foodborne outbreak investigations to public health professionals and students. Competencies taught cover selected descriptive and analytic epidemiologic topics, such as case definitio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Florian Burckhardt, Esther Kissling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2020-01-01
Series:Emerging Infectious Diseases
Subjects:
epidemiology
foodborne disease outbreaks
disease outbreaks
outbreak investigations
food safety
foodborne infections
Online Access:https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/1/19-0755_article
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Summary:We created a free and interactive training activity based on playing cards (disease detective cards) that introduces foodborne outbreak investigations to public health professionals and students. Competencies taught cover selected descriptive and analytic epidemiologic topics, such as case definition, epidemic curve, 2-by-2 tables, relative risks, attack rates, stratification, and confounding.
ISSN:1080-6040
1080-6059

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