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Do Now. 1) What do doctors do on a daily basis? 2) What do you think EPIDEMIOLOGY means? Take a guess! . 3 min. What is Epidemiology?. WATCH: Is Epidemiology in Your Future? http ://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=26931# content. 5 min. Epidemiology is….

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  1. Do Now 1) What do doctors do on a daily basis? 2) What do you think EPIDEMIOLOGY means? Take a guess! 3 min.

  2. What is Epidemiology? WATCH: Is Epidemiology in Your Future? http://www.rwjf.org/pr/product.jsp?id=26931#content 5 min.

  3. Epidemiology is… …the branch of medical science that deals with the incidence, distribution, and control of disease in a population (film definition)

  4. Now… how would you describe epidemiology (beyond the definition)? EXAMPLES: • Individual pt. vs. groups of people • Global impact • Detective work • Social/behavioral science • Predict & prevent instead of respond to disease • Critical thinking, questions, knowing how to find info • Combining doing good with thinking well • Environmental • Lab • Politics • Broad field 1 min.

  5. Doctors/Health Care Practitioners vs. Epidemiologists Doctors & Other Health Care Practitioners Epidemiologists Both 7 min.

  6. 2 min.

  7. Quick Check: Which of the following situations would an epidemiologist be least likely to investigate? 1) A 20% increase in reports of heat stroke in Chicago this summer 2) A surge of reported flu cases in Illinois 3) A recurring ear infection in a 7-year-old girl 4) Eight cases of in-school gun violence in one week in the Bronx, NYC 1 min.

  8. 2 min. John Snow & the Cholera Outbreak • Review HW article answers for #1 This water pump, in Soho, London stands as a memorial to John Snow today

  9. Imagine… You are John Snow… trying to prove that cholera is spread by contaminated water • What do you need to know about the people who got sick & did NOT get sickin Soho? • What else do you need to prove your case? (Tests, data, etc.) 3 min.

  10. Map the Outbreak! • RED= WATER PUMPS (wells) • BLUE = CHOLERA CASES(deaths) • Plot pumps and cases with your partner (6 min.) • Compare with other pair in group & analyze (2 min.) • Lay them on top of one another to see a larger sample size ANSWER: 1) What does this data show you? Which pump appears to be the source of the contamination? 2) Is this conclusive proof that “bad water” caused the cholera epidemic? • Combine data from entire class & analyze (2 min.) 10 min.

  11. Snow’s REAL Map <1 min.

  12. Snow’s REAL Map <1 min.

  13. Stretch Your Brain • Why did we just re-enact Snow’s discovery? • How do you think Snow created his map? • Although Snow was a doctor, how did his work make him ALSO an epidemiologist? • How might epidemiologists’ maps today look different from Snow’s map? Why? 3 min.

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