163918 Building & utilizing a virtual community as a platform for case studies

Saturday, November 3, 2007: 2:30 PM

Concetta C. Polonsky, BA, CHES , UMDNJ-School of Public Health, New Brunswick, NJ
Drew Harris, DPM, MPH , NJ Center for Public Health Preparedness at UMDNJ-School of Public Health, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ
The purpose of this presentation is to describe the benefits of utilizing a virtual community for simulated public health emergency exercises. The presentation will describe how to create the community's characteristics, visual techniques used to familiarize the fellows with the virtual community and how to utilize these characteristics as a platform for case studies.

Learning Objectives:
List at least three components of a virtual community based upon the typical town or city in their state that can be used as a platform for a case study.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Any relevant financial relationships? No
Any institutionally-contracted trials related to this submission?

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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