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173150 Learning without borders: Providing online field epidemiology training in Spanish

Monday, October 27, 2008

Pia D.M. MacDonald, PhD, MPH , North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Anjum Hajat, MPH , North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Rachel A. Wilfert, MD, MPH , North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Lorraine K. Alexander, DrPH, MPH , North Carolina Center for Public Health Preparedness, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
Gloria C. Mejia, DDS, MPH, PhD , Universidad de Antioquia/Universidad Cooperativa de Colombia, Medellin, Colombia
Dante D. Cáceres, DVM, MPH , Epidemiology Division, School of Public Health, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile

Learning Objectives:
1. Describe the challenges and lessons learned in adapting a training tool into another language. 2. Understand how an online training tool meets both individual and organizational training needs. 3. Identify the key findings in evaluating an online training tool in Spanish.

Keywords: Distance Learning, Evaluation

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I am on the editorial team for publication of Focus for Epidemiology in Spanish and will provide oversight for administration of the user survey.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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