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Epidemiology and Management of Diarrheal Diseases

 

Ratings

Overall Rating:

5 stars
Content Quality: 5 stars
Effectiveness: 5 stars
Ease of Use: 5 stars
Reviewed: Aug 12, 2003 by Health Sciences
Overview: A PowerPoint presentation with speakers notes, describing the symptoms,
diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of various diarrheal diseases. Links to the
CDC are also provided.
Learning Goals: To provide the learner with causes and the knowledge to develop effective
strategies to prevent the transmission of these diseases.
Target Student Population: Health science students, nurses and nursing students, public health staff, and
epidemiology students.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills: Some knowledge of the causative organisms, human physiology, and/or public
health knowledge would be helpful and make this module more meaningful to the
learner.
Type of Material: The presentation is a lecture given by power point with speaker?s notes.

Recommended Uses: To provide the learner with causes and the knowledge to develop effective
strategies to prevent the transmission of these diseases.
Technical Requirements: Recent browser.

Evaluation and Observation

Content Quality

Rating: 5 stars
Strengths: The presentation is an excellent overview providing the concepts needed to
understand various assessment, cause, diagnosis and treatment of diarrheal
diseases.
Concerns: Slides of the organisms would be a nice addition.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating: 5 stars
Strengths: The Power Point can be used as an adjunct to a lecture or incorporated into a
discussion on diarrheal diseases.
Concerns:

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating: 5 stars
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