COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Food Poisoning Outbreak Investigation. It covers the foodborne illness and key principles of outbreak prevention; the types of outbreaks like point source, continuous source and propagated; the epidemiology of common foodborne pathogens covering bacteria, viruses, parasites and toxins; the public health surveillance systems; the role of health departments and laboratories; the legal and ethical considerations, data collection forms and interview techniques; the tools for data analysis and laboratory diagnostic methods; the outbreak, define cases and population at risk; and the data collection, management and hypothesis generation. 

 

Further, the course will also discuss the environmental health assessments, laboratory diagnostics and sample collection; the descriptive epidemiology, study design for outbreak investigations; the statistical analysis in outbreak investigations; interpreting epidemiological finding and risk communication during outbreaks; and implementing control measures and food safety inspections. 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the performance of long-term prevention strategies; the outbreak communication and reporting and the advanced laboratory methods; the effectiveness of control measures and update policies and procedures based on findings; the role of international organizations in outbreak responses, cultural and regional differences in food safety challenges; and building global collaboration networks.