Course Title: Outbreak: The Detection and Control of Infectious Disease
Part A: Course Overview
Course Title: Outbreak: The Detection and Control of Infectious Disease
Credit Points: 12.00
Important Information:
Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirement for some teaching activities. If a course has compulsory in-person attendance for some teaching activities or assessment, you will need to comply with your local state/national vaccination mandate/rules/guidelines for on-campus attendance and assessment that apply when the course starts and throughout the duration of the entire course. The applicable vaccine mandate may require you to have COVID vaccinations or an approved medical vaccination exemption to attend RMIT in-person activities. Please also read this RMIT Enrolment Procedure as it relates to vaccination and your study at RMIT: https://policies.rmit.edu.au/document/view.php?id=209.
Please check your Canvas course shell to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance closer to when the course starts, as the situation might change quickly due to changes in your local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.
Terms
Course Code |
Campus |
Career |
School |
Learning Mode |
Teaching Period(s) |
BIOL2200 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
135H Applied Sciences |
Internet |
Sem 2 2012, Sem 1 2013, Sem 2 2013, Sem 1 2014, Sem 2 2014, Sem 1 2015, Sem 2 2015, Sem 1 2016, Sem 2 2016 |
BIOL2200 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
171H School of Science |
Face-to-Face |
Sem 1 2019, Sem 1 2021, Sem 1 2022 |
BIOL2200 |
Bundoora Campus |
Undergraduate |
171H School of Science |
Internet |
Sem 1 2017, Sem 1 2018, Sem 1 2020 |
BIOL2229 |
Bundoora Campus |
Postgraduate |
135H Applied Sciences |
Internet |
Sem 2 2012, Sem 1 2015 |
Course Coordinator: Danilla Grando
Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 99257135
Course Coordinator Email: danilla.grando@rmit.edu.au
Course Coordinator Location: 223.1.66
Course Coordinator Availability: Please email as first point of contact
Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities
Nil
Course Description
In Outbreak you will learn how humanity responds to outbreaks of infectious disease. You are provided with an opportunity to extend your knowledge of the causes and control of outbreaks. Each year we face the possibility of new and emerging diseases like animal-derived coronaviruses and these create challenges for pandemic preparedness. The course will create simulated outbreaks where you will work in teams online and assume the role of a key person in an outbreak investigation. A workshop will be provided online to sharpen your analytical skills and help bridge any learning difficulties faced with understanding the nature of infectious disease. Weekly lectorials help you explore important concepts in outbreak investigations.
The course will enable you to develop technical and scientific communication skills. This does not imply that you need a scientific background, rather that you will be better equipped to carry on a professional career in this technological age. In fact there are many careers that face the challenges of global spread of disease including the challenges to tourism, trade, safe food production and health care delivery. This course is of particular interest if you are studying in programs such as Medical Sciences, Nursing, Journalism, Public Relations, Environmental Science, International and Business Studies.
Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development
This course develops capabilities in:
• Identification of hazards that lead to the outbreaks of infectious disease
• Familiarization with organizations that are responsible for the control of infectious disease (Australia and International)
• Sourcing relevant and accurate information pertaining to the control of infectious disease
• Working cooperatively with members of a team sharing the common goal of disease control
• Problem solving and research, including both critical and lateral thinking in the context of the outbreak report
• Writing science reports in an engaging and effective way
The following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs) should enable you to:
1. Source information that guides hazard analysis
2. Recognise the major organisations charged with responding to outbreaks of infectious disease
3. Communicate in the language of introductory epidemiology
4. Write reports in an effective an engaging manner
Overview of Learning Activities
Independent study is an essential part of this course. As well as study related to problem solving activities, preparation for the outbreak project report and feedback to fellow members of the outbreak, your online contributions to the course is required online on a regular basis. You have the role of an active learner and thus have the responsibility of contributing on a regular basis to online forums relating to the learning activities.
Overview of Learning Resources
Links to learning resources are provided at the course learning site.
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will be based on individual task submission.
Assessment Task 1: Foundation concepts Assessments:
Draft task (15%) and online test on foundation concepts (15%)
Total Weighting 30%
You will receive feedback on your draft task report.
These assessment tasks support CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4
Assessment Task 2: Mid Stage Assessment:
Final version of task report (15%) and Workshop report (15%)
You will receive feedback on your final version of the task and workshop report
Total Weighting 30%
These assessment tasks support CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4
Assessment Task 3: Health Minister Report
Weighting 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4