A Model Curriculum for Public Health Bioterrorism Education

• Published in: Public health reports (1974) Vol. 120; no. 1; pp. 11 - 18
• Main Authors: Dembek, Zygmunt, Iton, Anthony, Hansen, Holger
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Los Angeles, CA Association of Schools of Public Health 01.01.2005; SAGE Publications; SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC
• Subjects: Anthrax; Biological & chemical weapons; Biological and medical sciences; Biological weapons; Bioterrorism; Colleges & universities; Colleges and universities; Connecticut; Curricula; Curriculum; Disaster Planning; Disasters; Education; Education, Continuing - organization & administration; Education, Public Health Professional; Epidemiology; Graduate studies; Health care administration; Humans; Infectious diseases; Lectures; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Models, Educational; Practice Article; Public health; Public health education; Public health workers; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Q1; Student research papers; Terrorism; United States; United States; Connecticut; Educational program; Models; Bioterrorism; Health education; Biological warfare; Public health
• ISSN: 0033-3549; 1468-2877
• DOI: 10.1177/003335490512000104

Beginning with the spring semester of 2001, a course designed to prepare future public health leaders for potential bioterrorism events has been offered by the University of Connecticut Graduate Program in Public Health. Entitled "The Public Health Response to Bioterrorism," this popular course was one of the few developed by academic programs in the United States prior to the attack of September 11, 2001. The course utilizes innovative teaching methods and presentations by distinguished guest speakers to educate public health personnel, public health and medical students, and physicians and nurses about the complex issues involved in the public health response to bioterrorism. The instructional methods and curriculum can serve as prototypes for similar efforts.