Imperial College London
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Steven Riley

Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health

Professor of Infectious Disease Dynamics
 
 
 
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+44 (0)20 7594 2452s.riley

 
 
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UG8Medical SchoolSt Mary's Campus

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Publications

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@article{Cremin:2018:10.1016/j.epidem.2017.12.002,
author = {Cremin, Í and Watson, O and Heffernan, A and Imai, N and Ahmed, N and Bivegete, S and Kimani, T and Kyriacou, D and Mahadevan, P and Mustafa, R and Pagoni, P and Sophiea, M and Whittaker, C and Beacroft, L and Riley, S and Fisher, M},
doi = {10.1016/j.epidem.2017.12.002},
journal = {Epidemics},
pages = {42--48},
title = {An infectious way to teach students about outbreaks},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2017.12.002},
volume = {23},
year = {2018}
}
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TY  - JOUR
AB  - The study of infectious disease outbreaks is required to train today’s epidemiologists. A typical way to introduce and explain key epidemiological concepts is through the analysis of a historical outbreak. There are, however, few training options that explicitly utilise real-time simulated stochastic outbreaks where the participants themselves comprise the dataset they subsequently analyse. In this paper, we present a teaching exercise in which an infectious disease outbreak is simulated over a five-day period and subsequently analysed. We iteratively developed the teaching exercise to offer additional insight into analysing an outbreak. An R package for visualisation, analysis and simulation of the outbreak data was developed to accompany the practical to reinforce learning outcomes. Computer simulations of the outbreak revealed deviations from observed dynamics, highlighting how simplifying assumptions conventionally made in mathematical models often differ from reality. Here we provide a pedagogical tool for others to use and adapt in their own settings.
AU  - Cremin,Í
AU  - Watson,O
AU  - Heffernan,A
AU  - Imai,N
AU  - Ahmed,N
AU  - Bivegete,S
AU  - Kimani,T
AU  - Kyriacou,D
AU  - Mahadevan,P
AU  - Mustafa,R
AU  - Pagoni,P
AU  - Sophiea,M
AU  - Whittaker,C
AU  - Beacroft,L
AU  - Riley,S
AU  - Fisher,M
DO  - 10.1016/j.epidem.2017.12.002
EP  - 48
PY  - 2018///
SN  - 1755-4365
SP  - 42
TI  - An infectious way to teach students about outbreaks
T2  - Epidemics
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epidem.2017.12.002
UR  - http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/55083
VL  - 23
ER  -
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