Epidemiology module of practical skills for mbbs student

Suggestions for Classroom Use

At a minimum, before beginning a case study, students will need to know the basic scientific steps for investigating an outbreak. We recommend that teachers prepare for presenting an exercise by reading the case study section by section and attempting to answer the questions before reviewing the answer key. Here are some classroom approaches that have worked well:

To Present a case study

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  Divide the class into small work groups of five to ten students. Ask each group to assign a facilitator, a recorder, and a reporter.
  
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  Hand out Part I and call on individual students from the class at large to read the narrative and questions out loud.
  
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  Then have students work in their small groups to answer the questions.
  
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  Finally, have the groups report their responses to the whole class.
  
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  Move through the remaining sections in the same fashion.
  

Note that to avoid giving away answers, you should give students the parts of a case study sequentially, as indicated. The slides related to the case study could be shown during the work session or used in a wrap-up session.