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  • Medical Education
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Hands-on outbreak investigation training is crucial, especially given frequent outbreaks and the COVID-19 pandemic.
  • Traditional methods may not adequately prepare medical students for real-world public health challenges.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess the effectiveness of a combined experiential, competency-based, and team-based learning activity for teaching outbreak investigations.
  • To evaluate the competencies gained by first-year medical students (M1) and their perceptions of the activity's utility.

Main Methods:

  • Two prospective cohorts of 84 M1 students participated in an interactive learning endeavor in 2019 and 2020.
  • Competencies were evaluated through team presentations, student perceptions, and activity utility assessments.

Main Results:

  • Students demonstrated strong competency gains, particularly in clinical skills related to outbreak investigation.
  • Areas needing improvement include outbreak detection, epidemic curve classification, and hypothesis-driven study design.
  • A majority of students (65% and 51% in respective cohorts) found the activity useful for developing necessary outbreak investigation skills.

Conclusions:

  • Experiential learning effectively engages medical students in both clinical and non-clinical aspects of outbreak investigation.
  • This approach can gauge mastery and identify deficiencies in competencies, offering an alternative to formal evaluations.