Curriculum Block

Objectives

• Define an outbreak.
• Explain the characteristics of an outbreak and how to recognize one when it occurs.
• Describe the main steps in outbreak prevention.
• Describe effective outbreak management.
• Describe skills involved in controlling an outbreak and its impact on the public, in collaboration with public health authorities.

• Describe epidemiology principles that underlie public health interventions in pandemic planning.

Assessments

• IF CAE 1

Tags

Epidemiology Prevention and control Host Defense and Neoplasia Integration Foundation Part 5 Week 1 IF Week 1 Infectious Diseases Public health Disaster Preparedness, Emergency Response, and Recovery Outbreak Management 2.2 Apply biomedical scientific principles fundamental to health care for patients and populations. 2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare 5.1 Demonstrate accountability to patients, society, and the profession 6.1 Understand the systems of healthcare, including federal, provincial, municipal and local, and the influences they have on the health of individuals and populations Anti-Infective Agents [D27.505.954.122] Coronavirus [B04.820.578.500.540.150] COVID-19 [C08.730.610.763.500] Cross Infection [C01.248] Disease Hotspot [N06.850.290.100] Disease Outbreaks [N06.850.290] Disease Transmission, Infectious [N06.850.310] Drug Resistance, Microbial [G06.225] Endemic Diseases [N06.850.392] Epidemics [N06.850.290.200] Gloves, Protective [E07.700.600.400] Handwashing [N06.850.780.200.400] Hepatitis A [C02.440.420] HIV Infections [C02.800.801.400] Infection Control [N06.850.780.200.450] Infectious Disease Transmission, Patient-to-Professional [N06.850.310.410] Infectious Disease Transmission, Professional-to-Patient [N06.850.310.415] Infectious Disease Transmission, Vertical [N06.850.310.425] Lyme Disease [C01.920.930.513] Mpox (monkeypox) [C01.925.256.743.615] Protective Clothing [E07.700.600] Protective Devices [E07.700] Protective Devices [J01.637.708] Public Health Surveillance [N06.850.780.675.487] Public Health [H02.403.720] Public Health [N01.400.550] Public Health [N06.850] SARS Virus [B04.820.578.500.540.150.113.937] Zoonoses [C01.973]