5. Resources and Survey

Resources

Video

Practice Matters: Margaret R. Duff, RN, MScN is a Faculty Advisor with the Nipissing University Scholar Practitioner Nursing Program in Toronto.  She supervises nursing students who are based at University Health Network.  In this 4-minute video Margaret describes her first-hand experience working on the frontline during SARS, the communication challenges experienced, and the strategies that she used.

(To read along click here.)

Websites

We have selected ten resources that provide relevant information. If you are pressed for time, we recommend the first reference from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care.

1. The Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care provides a wealth of information on Emergency Planning and Preparedness. There are several links to other sites from there.

2. Communication Skills and Techniques for Conflict Resolution

3. The World Health Organization (WHO) Evolution of a pandemic A(H1N1) 2009: April 2009 – March 2010 is a fascinating link.

4. Karen Titus: Keeping cool-headed in the face of SARS, College of American Pathologists, June 2003. An interesting cover story about SARS – specifically, how to handle SARS or suspected SARS specimens in the laboratory.

5. The Ontario College of Social Workers and Social Service Workers: Pandemic Plan for College Members is an interesting link.

The following resources are for your interest and are directly related to quiz 1, question 6 (What are the contributing factors of a disease pandemic?):

6. Air travel/global transport

7. Immunity

8. La Niña

9. Media reporting

10. Hygiene, handwashing


Objectives Review

In the design of this course, we hoped to achieve the following objectives:

  • Recognize important features of an epidemic and pandemic
  • Describe the social impact of pandemics on individuals and interactions
  • Identify communication skills and techniques to use in stressful situations

You’ve completed the course!

We hope that you found it helpful and thought-provoking.

The Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto is conducting an exit survey for this course to better understand how participants are benefitting from the Practice Readiness E-learning Program (PReP). Your participation in the survey is important and will help us identify areas where the PReP program is helping people the most and any areas that can be improved.

All of the information collected from the survey participants will be summarized and no names will be reported on, so please let us know how you really feel. Participation in the survey is completely voluntary, but we hope that you see the benefit of participating.

We need and value your feedback.

  • Once you have completed the survey questions be sure to click ‘submit’ .

  • The first few questions relate to the importance and value of the PReP course as a resource to you.

  • 1) To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements? If you feel the statement is not applicable to the course, please check ‘not applicable’.

  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • The next few questions relate to the user friendliness of the PReP course.

  • 3) To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements?

  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • Strongly agreeAgreeSlightly agreeNeutral / neither agree or disagreeSlightly disagreeDisagreeStrongly disagreeNot applicable
  • The next few questions relate to your overall satisfaction with the PReP course.

  • Completely satisfiedMostly satisfiedSomewhat satisfiedNeutral / neither satisfied or dissatisfiedSomewhat dissatisfiedMostly dissatisfiedCompletely dissatisfiedNot applicable
  • AlwaysExtremely likelyLikelyNeutral ' unsureUnlikelyExtremely unlikelyNeverNot applicable
  • The final few questions will help us to develop a summary profile of the people and organizations using the PReP courses.

  • If you selected 'yes' in question 24, please provide your contact information below.

  • Thank you for completing this survey. Please click ‘submit’ to complete the survey.

 

 



Connect to Save Progress

You are not currently logged in. Create an account to keep track of your progress.

If you already have an account, please .