CDC and SHEA Training Course in Hospital Epidemiology

CDC Safety Training Course for Ebola Virus Disease Healthcare Workers

Response to sudden epidemic infectious disease emergencies can demand intensive and specialized training, as demonstrated in 2014 when Ebola virus disease (EVD) rapidly spread throughout West Africa. The medical community quickly became overwhelmed because of limited staff, supplies, and Ebola treatment units (ETUs). Because a mechanism to rapidly increase trained healthcare workers was needed,...

CDC - SARS Epidemiology Modeling (Replies)

Several studies have analyzed attributable outcomes of patients infected with resistant bacteria who are compared to reference patients infected with corresponding, susceptible bacteria (1–32). We have conducted two studies, both at teaching hospitals. Study 1 (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus [MRSA]) was conducted at Duke University Medical Center, a 900-bed tertiary care academic m...

patterns and variations in native and non-native interlanguage pragmatic rating: effects of rater training, intercultural proficiency, and self-assessment

although there are studies on pragmatic assessment, to date, literature has been almost silent about native and non-native english raters’ criteria for the assessment of efl learners’ pragmatic performance. focusing on this topic, this study pursued four purposes. the first one was to find criteria for rating the speech acts of apology and refusal in l2 by native and non-native english teachers...

Epidemiology in Action Course

Epidemiology of trauma in Shahid Bahonar hospital in Kerman

  Objective: Trauma is one of the main causes of losing effective life among the populations. Knowing the pattern of trauma in each country can be considered as the first step in planning preventive programs to reduce trauma injuries. This study was conducted to evaluate the epidemiological status of trauma in Shahid Bahonar hospital in Kerman. Methods: </st...