The final course in the Epidemiology Tier 1 Core Curriculum is a case study based on an actual outbreak investigation undertaken in El Paso County, CO in 2011. Apply the lessons learned in the pervious trainings to a real life outbreak example.
Course Learning Objectives
After completing this case study, students should be able to:
- Explain what constitutes a foodborne illness outbreak.
- Describe the steps in a foodborne illness outbreak investigation.
- List different outbreak investigation team members and their roles and responsibilities.
- Establish and apply an outbreak case definition.
- Describe outbreak-associated cases by time, person, and place.
- Create and interpret an epidemic curve.
- Describe the types of epidemiological studies used during an outbreak investigation.
- Calculate and interpret measures of association.
- Describe the purpose of conducting an environmental assessment.
- Define and give examples of contributing factors.
- Explain how to summarize and share outbreak investigation findings.
Once you have completed this course you have met fulfilled all the epidemiology tier 1 core competencies.