Primary Care Training Enhancement

This is an introduction to the public health concepts of disease surveillance, reporting, and intervention as they relate to a physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or medical student early in their training.  This is a lecture-based module with activities and videos to assist with comprehension of the material.  The module would be best delivered in a classroom setting. 

Session Length: 90 minutes

Prerequisite(s): None

Learning Objectives

• Define disease surveillance, reporting, and intervention
• Differentiate active surveillance from passive surveillance
• Define common terms used in surveillance: incidence, prevalence, outbreak, epidemic, pandemic
• Discuss the basic process and flow for disease reporting in the United States
• Identify state reportable and national level notifiable diseases
• Discuss possible interventions based on surveillance data and reporting

Author:  Betsy D. Ekey, MPAS, PA-C

School: University of Mount Union

1. Measles Simulator:  https://fred.publichealth.pitt.edu/florida_measles

2. CDC National Notifiable Diseases: https://wwwn.cdc.gov/nndss/conditions/notifiable/2019/

3. Ohio Reportable Diseases:  https://odh.ohio.gov/

1. Measles Simulator: https://fred.publichealth.pitt.edu/florida_measles

2. Disease Surveillance Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjfMGdulEi

3. Help Stop Pandemics Video: https://www.ted.com/talks/larry_brilliant_wants_to_stop_pandemics