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This resource includes suggested teaching materials, posters and other visual aids, and two worksheets in epidemiology and virology, respectively. The target audience for this resource is healthcare majors in clinical microbiology courses. The laboratory activities are adapted to work with a free hands-on teaching phone application (Operation Outbreak) that models an outbreak in real-time, allowing the students to explore interventions and mitigation strategies.

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Publication Date

6-26-225

Keywords

epidemiology, MLS, virology labs, infection control, medical laboratory science, operation outbreak, clinical microbiology, outbreak investigation

Disciplines

Epidemiology | Laboratory Medicine

Comments

I would like to express my sincere gratitude to Dr. Todd Brown, co-creator of Operation Outbreak, for his unwavering support, insightful scientific dialogue, and generous collaboration. This project would not have been possible without his deep commitment to education and continued encouragement.

I also extend my thanks to the Operation Outbreak team for their innovative work in developing and sharing the Operation Outbreak simulation, which served as a foundation for this endeavor.

Lastly, I am deeply grateful to my colleagues at Andrews University in the Medical Laboratory Sciences department and at the James White Library, whose support—through both a grant and educational resources specific to Open Educational Resources (OERs)—helped bring this work to fruition.

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Medical Laboratory Sciences

Simulated Science: Clinical Microbiology Lessons with Operation Outbreak

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