Tabletop Exercise

Faculty Director
Carl Osaki, RS, MSPH

Students will begin the Institute by observing a tabletop exercise that demonstrates the key elements in public health preparedness and helps them identify particular areas of individual strength and weakness.

This type of learning exercise has been employed successfully by local health departments and their emergency counterparts in preparing for and responding to largescale communicable disease or emergencies in their communities. Participants will respond to a hypothetical emergency response scenario in the form of an infectious disease outbreak. Participants will identify the policy, communication, resources, data, coordination, and organizational elements associated with an emergency response.

Students will also learn how to develop and facilitate a tabletop exercise as a teaching tool.

The schedule on Monday is different from the other days, so here is a more detailed look.