Introduction
What is a Communicable disease? It is a disease that can be transferred from one person to another, or from animals to people.
The transfer usually happens via airborne viruses or bacteria, but can also be transmitted through bodily fluids and blood.
The main diseases our research will focus on are,
Q fever,
School sores,
And hand foot and mouth disease.
These are all diseases that can affect you, your family, your friends, and your fellow classmates, and we need to learn how to identify these disease and know what treatments are available for someone who might have them.
Today's Task - For this task you are medical students who have visited a local Doctors clinic and you noticed that there were no information pamphlets for patients to read about diseases and other medical problems. You have decided to create a few for the clinic to give to their patients.
Task
Medical students today you will create informative pamphlets for your local Doctors clinic to give to their patients. They must include information about the disease, its signs and symptoms, what treatment options are available, if people can be immunized against it, and how it can be prevented.
Your pamphlets must be, set out clearly with headings, contain pictures of the diseases, and be visually appealing.
You choose one disease from the list below, and start discussing it with a fellow medical student.
-Q fever,
-School sores,
-Or Hand foot and mouths disease.
Find out what your fellow medical students knows, by asking the following questions.
Have you heard of …?
What do you already know about…?
Now you are reading to start researching.
Process
Step 1-You are still working with your fellow medical student, now you will have to gather correct and up-to-date information on the disease you have chosen to make the pamphlet on.
Below are a few questions that will help you get the right information to add to your pamphlet, as well as a list of resources, just copy and paste the links into your web browser.
Describe briefly what…is? What are the signs and symptoms of…? How is it transmitted? What treatment opinions are available? Are there any long term side effects? Can you be immunised against this disease? Does this disease have an incubation period? If someone a school caught this disease would they be allowed to attend? How long would they have to stay at home for? How can you protect yourself from this disease? Prevention
Step 2-You have gathered all the information you will require, now you need to made it into a pamphlet.
Things you will need to include,
-Brief description of the disease
-Signs and symptoms
-Treatment options
-Long term side effects
-Incubation and exclusions periods
-Most importantly how to prevent the transmission of this disease.
Step 3-You and your fellow medical student will present your pamphlet as you would to the head Doctor of your local clinic, explaining what information is included and why it is important for them to include such pamphlets in their clinic.
Resources
Q fever
http://access.health.qld.gov.au/hid/InfectionsandParasites/BacterialInf…
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Pages/Q-Fever.aspx
http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/cda-surveil-nndss-casedefs-cd_qfev.htm
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Q_fever
Impetigo - School sores
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/impetigo…
http://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Impetigo_school_sores/
http://www.cyh.com/HealthTopics/HealthTopicDetails.aspx?p=114&np=303&id…
http://www.healthdirect.gov.au/impetigo
Hand foot and mouth disease
http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/Infectious/factsheets/Pages/handfootmouth…
http://www.rch.org.au/kidsinfo/fact_sheets/Hand_foot_and_mouth_disease_coxsackie_virus/
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/hand_foo…
http://www.healthywa.wa.gov.au/Healthy-WA/Articles/F_I/Hand-foot-and-mo…
Evaluation
Assessment of the task will be through a rubric.
|
Names: |
Above expected levels |
At expected levels |
Below expected levels |
|
-Brief description of the disease |
The students gave a very detailed description of the disease |
Students description was brief and correct in its details |
The description was not correct or did not contain enough details |
|
-Signs and symptoms |
The students provided an almost exhausted list of signs and symptoms |
Students provided a list of the most common signs and symptoms (8+) |
The list that students included was either incorrect or not detailed enough (less than 8) |
|
-Treatment options |
Very detailed list of treatment options that are available (9+) |
A list of between 5 to 8 correct treatment options were provided. |
No or very few (4 or less) treatment options given |
|
-Long term side effects
|
There was mention of the long term side effects in great detail if they were applicable. |
Students made mention of long term side effects if they were applicable. |
Did not mention if there are any long term side effects. |
|
-Incubation and exclusions periods |
Detailed description of any incubation and exclusions periods was made. |
Students included incubation and exclusions periods. |
Students did not mention if there are incubation and exclusions periods. |
|
-How to prevent the transmission of this disease. |
An extensive list of prevention strategies. |
Students mentioned the most applicable prevention strategies. |
Students failed to include the most applicable prevention strategies. |
Conclusion
Final discussion - After all pamphlets have been presented as a class ask students to say one facts that they learnt by listening to their peers presentations.