PUBLIC HEALTH PREPAREDNESS SUMMER 2009 SYLLABUS

Overview This course is designed for physician, veterinarians, public health officers, emergency responders, state and local health department staff and graduate students aspiring to hold positions responsible for planning and responding to public health emergencies. This course will include an overview of public health’s involvement and response to various natural and unnatural emergencies and will discuss the domestic and international responses to disasters and epidemics. Course Objectives Appreciate the public health impacts of various types of disaster nationally and internationally Become aware of current methods of disaster response Become familiar the operational organizations involved with disaster response Evaluate current public health threats and existing contingency plan and identify additional planning needs Understand the emergency response planning process and be able to prepare and implement a response plan Course Meeting Time and Location August 17-21 9am -12pm WARF Building Room 511 Course Activities Review portions of FEMA online courses ( IS 100, IS 230, IS 235) Information sharing presentations and summaries (2) Class participation Final exam Course Grading Criteria: • 20 % Class participation • 50 % Information Sharing presentations and summaries • 30% Final exam 2 Make-Up Policy for Missed Classes Due to part of your grade being based on participation, students who have to miss class, will be issued an assignment in place of their attendance. Students are only allowed to make up one class. Grading Scale: A 93+ AB 88-92 B 83-88 BC 78-82 C 78 Instructional Technology INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY This course will utilize instructional technology to aid in the student learning process. Technology, such as Learn@UW, MyWebSpace, and Wiscmail will be used for online learning activities, outside class communication, Web-based readings, lecture materials, and individual and teambased projects. Students are expected to partake in these online activities and participation will count toward student grades. Learn@UW is a course management system. Wiscmail is the UW-Madison email account system. MyWebSpace is an online storage system for files and Web pages. Students may utilize computers at the Health Sciences Learning Center or other UW computer labs to access online course activities. Students that plan to connect from home will need a dependable Internet connection, preferably broadband, and a relatively fast computer with sufficient hard disk space for file transfer. Students should plan to check their Wiscmail account and log-in to Learn@UW a couple of times per week. Please look at the student technology resource Web guide at: