Implementing an online module on Oropouche fever to create a public health poster exhibit in an undergraduate biodiversity course

<p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Overview of the Module: </b></span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The OCELOTS module “Oropouche Fever in the Americas. Discovering the mystery of the virus behind an emerging zoonosis” was used as the foundation for this activity. This module presents concepts in disease ecology, with a focus on research on the urban and sylvatic (forest) cycles of this virus and the interaction with land-use change in South America. The module also provides an ecological niche modeling exercise. </span></span></span><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">   </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Summary of Implementation Plan and Teaching Notes</b>  </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The learning goal of this implementation was to create a public health poster exhibit for a target audience, providing them with key virus information on what they can do to prevent and treat Oropouche virus (OROV), Bird Flu (HPAI) and rabies. Effectiveness of the public health message on what the audience learned, felt and could do was quantified. </span></span></span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">The first five Pages in the module, including PODCASTS, were used as reference. Students brainstormed, researched the primary scientific and medical literature and collaborated. The implementation lesson plan for five 50-minute class sessions to create, exhibit and garner audience feedback for a public health campaign poster exhibit comparing Oropouche Fever (OROV),bird flu (HPAI) and rabies viruses is attached in the publication in this file: </span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin-left:8px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BIOL 208 Public Health Virus Prevention Campaign Poster Exhibit Lesson Plan</span></span></span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><b>Other attached resources</b> include <span lang="EN" style="font-size:12.0pt"><span style="line-height:115%">p</span></span>ublic health posters, one-page overview factsheets and pre-test questions in these files:</span></span></span></p> <ul> <li style="margin-left:14px"><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:normal"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif">BIOL 208 Public Health Virus Prevention Overview</span></span></span></li> <li class="Default" style="margin-left:14px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span ms="" style="font-family:" trebuchet=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span arial="" style="font-family:">Oropouche Fever Overview (ENGLISH)</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li class="Default" style="margin-left:14px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span ms="" style="font-family:" trebuchet=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span arial="" style="font-family:">Oropouche Fever Overview (PORTUGUESE)</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li class="Default" style="margin-left:14px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span ms="" style="font-family:" trebuchet=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span arial="" style="font-family:">Oropouche Fever Public Health Poster</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li class="Default" style="margin-left:14px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span ms="" style="font-family:" trebuchet=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span arial="" style="font-family:">Bird Flu Overview</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li class="Default" style="margin-left:14px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span ms="" style="font-family:" trebuchet=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span arial="" style="font-family:">Bird Flu Public Health Poster</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li class="Default" style="margin-left:14px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span ms="" style="font-family:" trebuchet=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span arial="" style="font-family:">Rabies Overview</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li class="Default" style="margin-left:14px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span ms="" style="font-family:" trebuchet=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span arial="" style="font-family:">Rabies Public Health Poster</span></span></span></span></span></li> <li class="Default" style="margin-left:14px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><span ms="" style="font-family:" trebuchet=""><span style="color:black"><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><span arial="" style="font-family:">Pre-test questions</span></span></span></span></span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt"><span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif"><strong><span arial="" lang="EN" style="font-family:">Support was provided by:</span></strong> A grant from the United States National Science Foundation (DBI-RCN-UBE 2120141).</span></span></span></p>