Competency information
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Report the epidemiological surveillance and investigation of a major national or international outbreak of infection.
Considerations
- The principles of infectious disease surveillance and outbreak investigation. Produce evidence of adoption in your laboratory.
- Different types and modes of spread of infection. Produce evidence of examples from your laboratory experience.
- Reservoirs of infection in the community, the hospital and the travelling public.
- The ways in which health protection services are delivered.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Perform the range of methodologies used in epidemiological surveillance and outbreak investigation. To include statistics relevant to epidemiology. |
| # 2 | Outcome Understand the ways in which health protection services are delivered. |