AJM2 Task 1: COMMUNITY OUTBREAK ASSESSMENT
Author Name (First, Middle Initial, Last)
College of Health Professions, Western Governors University
D028:Advanced Health Assessment for Patients and Populations
Instructor Name
Date
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You will have robust speaker notes for every slide except the References slide.
Presenter notes must be scholarly with full sentences and paragraphs. Do not use bullet points on your presenter notes.
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Indent each new paragraph in the speaker notes.
Speaker notes should be in APA format. However, double spacing is not required.
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Use bullet points on the actual slides to highlight key information from speaker notes.
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TOPIC OUTLINE
KEY COMPONENTS OF A CASE DEFINITION OF AN OUTBREAK
STEPS OF THE OUTBREAK INVESTIGATION
SURVEILLANCE METHODS
SUSPECT CASES
PROBABLE CASES
MODE OF TRANSMISSION
UTILIZATION OF CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE
CALCULATION OF CUMULATIVE INCIDENCE
RESEARCH PROJECT PURPOSE STATEMENT
DATA COLLECTION
OUTBREAK PLOT SCREEN CAPTURE
Describe the Significance of Epi Curve shown above
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INCUBATION PERIOD
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OUTBREAK TYPES
Discuss Outbreak type
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CASE FATALITY RATE
Describe the significance of the case fatality rate
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PRIMARY AND SECONDARY ATTACK RATES
OCCURRENCE OF ATTACKS
Describe how the primary and secondary attack rates occurred
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OUTBREAK MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
Provide a rationale for the control measures that should be implemented in the outbreak scenario
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DISSEMINATING INFORMATION PLAN
REFLECTION
• What do you know now about investigating an outbreak that you did not know before?
• Based on what you have learned, what might you do differently if given the opportunity to investigate an outbreak?
• In what ways can you apply the concepts you have learned to your current clinical practice?
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REFERENCES
