Training for Foodborne Outbreak Investigations by Using Structured Learning Experience

Abstract

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.

Keywords

• epidemiology
• foodborne disease outbreaks
• disease outbreaks
• outbreak investigations
• food safety
• foodborne infections