Congratulations on completing Module 1!

Learning objectives

• Describe how enteric illness outbreaks are identified using laboratory surveillance data,
• Understand the role of whole genome sequencing in outbreak identification and its advantages,
• Understand how a multi-jurisdictional outbreak investigation is coordinated in Canada, and
• List key components of an epidemiologic summary.

RELATED TOOLS

• Public Health Agency of Canada’s WGS cluster assessment tool
• Line list and data dictionary
• Assessment call template
• Teleconference call template
• Epidemiological summary template

RELATED READING

• Public health partners
• Laboratory methods and surveillance
• Outbreak identification
• Case interviewing
• Questionnaire design
• Line lists
• Data management
• Communication and coordination
• Descriptive epidemiology
• Epidemiological summaries
• Epidemic curves

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