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The Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: creating a workshop for teaching public health and medical response.

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Author	Peña-Fernández, Antonio Broadbent, Andrew J. Lobo-Bedmar, Maria Del Carmen Choi, Edward Man-Lik
Copyright Year	2017
Abstract	Disclosures A. Peña-Fernández: None. A.J. Broadbent: None. M.C. Lobo-Bedmar: None. E.M.L. Choi: None. Abstract Background Greater than 11,000 people died during the 2014-15 Ebola outbreak, which had a severe impact on health systems and social/economic consequences. Outbreaks and other biological incidents have highlighted the relevance of teaching public health and medical response to future health professionals. Health science professionals can provide invaluable help as first responders to protect humans in the aftermath of an outbreak. Thus, academics at De Montfort University (UK) in conjunction with biomedical scientists that have responded to the Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone have developed specialised training to train UK students. Methods Specialised training of 3 hours has been developed and initially tested with final year BMedSci Medical Science students enrolled in the Clinical Perspectives II module (n=24) for the 2016/17 course. The training consists of the development of a response to protect the public and minimise the spread of infection in the aftermath of a Crimean-Congo Haemorrhagic Fever outbreak (2 hour session). Students received comprehensive information about biological hazards and  Itinerary
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Language	English
Access Restriction	Open
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article

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