In addition to a variety of learning activities, there are 3 instructor-evaluated activities associated with PH 461: (1) complete the individual exercise; (2) participate in a multi-learner conferencing exercise; and (3) complete and submit the assessment quiz. Each of these is explained below.
Learning Activities (Note: these ARE NOT to be submitted!)
A series of individual learning exercises for this module are provided below. Completing these exercises will familiarize you with the knowledge, skills and attitudes that relate to the competency expectation for this module that is described above. Note that learners are not required to submit written response for these learning exercises. Completing these exercises, however, will prepare you for components of this module that are assessed and scored.
Each learner will submit a brief response to the following exercise. Produce your response on a separate document to be uploaded at the "Submit Assignments" link. Please use "PH 461 Individual Exercises" as the title of your submission.
Review the Bioterrorism and Emergency Readiness Competencies for All Public Health Workers, with a special emphasis on the nine Core Emergency Preparedness Competencies for All Pubic Health Workers. Then complete the online course Basic Emergency Preparedness for Public Health Workers. After completing the online portion of this brief training course, briefly (no more than 300 words) identify one or more emergency preparedness competencies that feel need to be enhanced and how you plan to go about enhancing those competencies.
Add your contributions to this multi-learner conferencing exercise. Produce your response on a separate document to be uploaded at the "Submit Assignments" link. Please use "PH 461 Conferencing Exercises" as the title of your submission.
Review the the case study, A Haze over Hickernoodle City: Biodefense Readiness in a Community. Then, briefly identify evidence from this case study that indicates the local disaster plan needs to be revised. What improvements are most needed? Submit a brief (100-200 words) response to this question after reviewing the responses of other learners. Your submission should include arguments, evidence and rationale to support your input.
Follow the LearningSpace link to the Assessment Quiz. You may be asked for your login ID and password to access the quiz through your Preparedness Center Personal Page. Complete the quiz and submit your responses. You make take the quiz several times.
Course Evaluation: All learners are asked to electronically complete a Course Evaluation Questionnaire; this is available to you as an electronic form and will be transmitted to a data base without your identity being known, and your instructor will have no way to link your identity to your comments. Before participating in these course evaluation activities, students should review the specific learning objectives established for this course (and others you may have taken as part of this series); these are available in the Syllabus. Evaluation of the course should focus on the extent to which these objectives were achieved.
PH 461 Exercises last revised July 06, 2006 (csong)