TY - JOUR
T1 - An Experiential Learning Exercise in Food-Borne Illness Outbreak Investigations
T2 - Bridging Education and Experience
AU - Barrett, Erika
AU - Barnes, Stephen
AU - Pogreba-Brown, Kristen
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 Society for Public Health Education.
PY - 2018/3
Y1 - 2018/3
N2 - Conducting engaging experiential learning exercises is an exceptional strategy for teaching multidisciplinary teams of public health students. The objective of this article is to present an experiential student-driven exercise through a simulated food-borne outbreak. Through this process, students gain an understanding of the steps of an outbreak investigation, Incident Command Systems; identify and calculate appropriate measures of association; develop a questionnaire; and refine their communication techniques. This exercise is also unique in that it was codesigned by graduate teaching assistants who had previously taken the course. These targeted learning objectives created for students, and by students, allow for the development of peer-based training and also serve as a learning experience for student alumni. The authors provide all the needed teaching materials to provide an easy-to-follow guide for others to conduct similar exercises with their students.
AB - Conducting engaging experiential learning exercises is an exceptional strategy for teaching multidisciplinary teams of public health students. The objective of this article is to present an experiential student-driven exercise through a simulated food-borne outbreak. Through this process, students gain an understanding of the steps of an outbreak investigation, Incident Command Systems; identify and calculate appropriate measures of association; develop a questionnaire; and refine their communication techniques. This exercise is also unique in that it was codesigned by graduate teaching assistants who had previously taken the course. These targeted learning objectives created for students, and by students, allow for the development of peer-based training and also serve as a learning experience for student alumni. The authors provide all the needed teaching materials to provide an easy-to-follow guide for others to conduct similar exercises with their students.
KW - epidemiology
KW - experiential learning
KW - outbreak exercise
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85045506963&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=85045506963&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/2373379917700440
DO - 10.1177/2373379917700440
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85045506963
SN - 2373-3799
VL - 4
SP - 43
EP - 51
JO - Pedagogy in Health Promotion
JF - Pedagogy in Health Promotion
IS - 1
ER -