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InfectionPreventionandControl

Queen’sUniversity,ContinuingProfessionalDevelopmentandFacultyDevelopmentFebruary20th–June24th,2018

COURSEPURPOSE

Queen’sInfectionPreventionandControlcourseisanon-lineinteractiveprogramforhealthprofessionalswhoarenewtothefieldofInfectionPreventionandControl(IP&C)orareabouttoenterintothepracticeofIP&C.ThepurposeofthecourseistointroduceparticipantstothepracticeofIP&Candtoincreaseparticipants’knowledgeandskillsformanagingthepreventionandcontrolofinfectionsanddisease.

INTENDEDLEARNINGOUTCOMES

Bytheendofthiscourse,participantswillbeableto:1. IdentifyfundamentalconceptsofepidemiologyandmicrobiologyastheyrelatetoIP&C2. Examineandinvestigatescenariostopracticeproblem-solvingforIP&C3. Practicecriticalthinkingandmanagementskillsforengagingin:

• routinepracticesandadditionalprecautions,• surveillance,• outbreakcontrolofinfectionsanddiseasewithinclinicalandpublichealthsettings

4. Collaboratewithcolleaguestodemonstrateteamworkskillsreflectiveoftheinter-professionalworkingrelationshipsfoundwithinhealthcaresettings

5. Applyresearch,teaching,andlifelong-learningskillsthroughengagementwithinaproblem-based,onlinelearningcommunity

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Table1–ModulesandTopicsbyWeek(WeeksrunfromMondaytoSunday)

Week Date Module ModuleTitle WeeklyTopicofFocus

1 Feb20–25 1 LifeLongLearning LifeLongLearning(PrinciplesofAdultLearning)

2 Feb26–Mar42 InfectiousDiseaseProcesses–

ClinicalMicrobiology

MicrobiologyofEpidemiologicallySignificantOrganisms&Pathogenesis

3 Mar5–11 DiagnosisofInfectiousDiseases&Antimicrobials

4 Mar12–183 RoutinePractices&

AdditionalPrecautions

RoutinePractices

5 Mar19–25 AdditionalPrecautions

6 Mar26–Apr14 Disinfection,Sterilization&Re-

processingandConstruction

Disinfection,Sterilization,Re-processing

7 Apr2–8 Construction

8 Apr9–155 EpidemiologyofHealthcare

AcquiredInfections

CommonSourcesofHealthCareAcquiredInfections

9 Apr16–22 CurrentHealthCareAcquiredInfectionsandtheirEpidemiologicalTrends

10 Apr23–29

6 SurveillanceandEpidemiologicInvestigation

IntroductiontoEpidemiology

11 Apr30–May6 EpidemiologicInvestigation

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May7–13 Surveillance

13&14 May14–27 OutbreakInvestigation

15 May28–Jun3 7 PublicHealth&Education PublicHealth&Education

16&17 Jun4–17 8

EmployeeandOccupational

HealthEmployeeandOccupationalHealth

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Jun18–249

ManagementandCommunicationinInfectionPreventionandControl

Management&CommunicationinInfectionPreventionandControl

Observedholidaysduringthecourse: February19th,2018(FamilyDay);Friday,March30tj,2018(GoodFriday);May21,2018(VictoriaDay)

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COURSEORGANIZATION

YoumustcompletethemoduleonPlagiarismpriortothePubMedwebinarsscheduledforFeb21st&22nd.Youwillbesentthelinktothismodulejustpriortothecourseopening.

YouarerequiredtoattendoneofthePubMeddatesandyouwillbeemailedthedatetowhichyouhavebeenassigned.Ifthedatesentyoudoesnotfityourschedule,youmaychoosetoattendthealternatedate.PleaseletSandraHalliday(halliday@queensu.ca)orCynthiaMangan(queensic@queensu.ca)know.

Table1outlineseachoftheweeks.

Thiscourseissupportedbytheonlinelearningmanagementsystem,onQ.WithinonQavarietyofself-directed,individual,andcollaborativelearningtasksareorganizedforyou,basedupontheweek.

Differentinstructorsteacheachofthemodules.Foralistoftheinstructors,pleaseseetheInstructorssection.Contactinformationforeachoftheinstructorswillbepostedinthecourse.

ACCESSINGTHECOURSEandCOURSETEXT(AppendixA)Accessingthecourse:Linktocourse:http://onq.queensu.ca

LoginFIRSTwiththenetidandpasswordprovidedforthecourse.Select“InfectionPreventionandControlCourse-February2018”APICText(RequiredreadingthatisafreeresourceavailableintheQueen’sUniversityLibrary):PleaseseeAppendixAforinstructionsonaccessingtheAPICtext,4thEdition.(Author:PattiGrota,PhD,RN,CNS-M-S,CIC(ed.),etalPublisher:APIC/DateofPublication:2014-updatedonlineasrequired)

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ASSESSMENTPLAN

ComponentPercentofCoursegrade

WeeklyQuizzes

Thecourseincludes16quizzes,consistingof10questionseach,tobecompletedeachweek.Quizzesarenon-cumulative;eachweek,questionsarelimitedtotheweeklycontentbeingcovered.Thepurposeofthequizzesistotestyourunderstanding,recall,andapplicationoffundamentalconceptsdiscussedeachweek,thereforerelatingtotheoverallintendedlearningoutcome#1.

38%

IndividualModuleAssignments

Mostmodulesincludeanindividualassignmenttobecompleted.Assignmentsrangeintaskdependingonthemodule.Overallthetasksintendtoserveasanopportunitytodevelopandapplycriticalthinking,research,andapplicationskillsrelatedtothemoduleathand,thereforerelatingtotheoverallintendedlearningoutcomes#2,3,and5.YouwillpostyourcompletedassignmenttoanAssignmentDiscussionboard,thenreviewandprovidefeedbackonthesubmissionspostedbyatleasttwoofyourcolleagues.Specificinstructionsoneachassignmentareprovidedwithineachmodule.38%ofyouroverallcoursegradeiscalculatedbyaveragingyourscoreonyour7individualassignments.AllindividualassignmentswiththeexceptionoftheLifeLongLearningassignment(worth3%)andthefinalassignmentonManagementandCommunicationinIPC(worth10%),areworth5%.PleaseseetheWeightofGradeschartontheCourseHomepage.

38%

GroupAssignments

Therearetwogroupassignmentswithinthecourse.Thetwoassignmentsdifferintask.Howevertheoverallpurposeoftheseassignmentsistocollaboratewithcolleaguesinexaminingandinvestigatingcomplexproblems,reachingsolutionsthroughcollaborativeapplicationofinfectioncontrolskills.Assignmentsrelatetointendedlearningoutcomes#2,3,and4.Specificinstructionsontheassignmentsareprovidedwithineachmodule.Togetherthetwogroupassignmentswillcomprise20%ofyouroverallgrade.

20%

PeerAssessments(Two Peer Assessments worth 2% each) Uponcompletionofeachgroupassignment,youwillassesseachofyourteammembersusingprovidedPeerReviewquestionsandarubric.Yourfinalgradeisdeterminedbyaveragingthescorescollectedfromyourpeers.Theseassessmentsarenotsharedwithyourgroupmembers.

Topassthiscourse,youmustachieveanoverallaverageof70%ANDyoumusthavecompletedalloftheassignments.

4%

AweeklyQuizandAssignmentScheduleisprovidedinTable2whichoutlineswhenquizzesandassignmentsaredue.Youmaychoosetousethistableasachecklisttokeeptrackofyourprogress.

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Table2–WeeklyQuizandAssignmentSchedulewithChecklist

Week DatesQuiz

(deadline)

IndividualAssignment–CompletionofTask(deadline)

IndividualAssignment–FeedbacktoColleagues(deadline)

GroupAssignment(deadline)

1 1 Feb20–25 ❏ Feb25

❏ Feb22or23PostingforPubMedwebinar*AttendwebinarFeb21or22AttendPubMedwebinaronline

22 Feb26–Mar4 ❏ Mar4

3 Mar5–11 ❏ Mar11 ❏Mar9 ❏ Mar11

patelr@queensu.ca3

4 Mar12–18 ❏Mar18

5 Mar19–25 ❏ Mar25 ❏Mar23 ❏Mar25

46 Mar26–Apr1 ❏ Apr1

7 Apr2–8 ❏ Apr8

58 Apr9–15 ❏ Apr15

—

9 Apr16–22 ❏ Apr22 ❏Apr20 ❏Apr22

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10 Apr23–29 ❏ Apr28

11 Apr30–May6 ❏ May6

12 May7–13

❏ May13 ❏May13(Part2ofGroupAssign.)

❏May13PeerReview

❏ May11(Surv-GroupAssign)

13&14

May14–27 ❏ May27 ❏May27PeerReview

❏ May25(GroupAssign)

7 15 May28–Jun3 ❏ Jun3 ❏Jun1 ❏Jun3

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16 Jun4–10 ❏Jun10SafetyTrainingdue

17 Jun11–17 ❏ Jun17 ❏Jun15 ❏Jun17

9 18 Jun18–24 ❏ Jun24 ❏ Jun24

*Quizzesandassignmentsmustbecompletedandsubmittedasof11:30pmETonthedatelisted.

Pleaseseecoursepoliciesregardingincomplete,lateormissedassignmentsandquizzes.

Module

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InstructorsDifferentinstructorsteacheachofthemodules(seeTable3below).Therearetwowaysinwhichyouandyourinstructor(s)maybeincontactasyouparticipateineachmodule:

Question&Answer(Q&A)BoardsAdesignatedQuestion&Answer(Q&A)Boardisavailableforeachmodule.Here,youcanpostquestionsaboutthemoduletoyourinstructor(s)andengageinasynchronousdialogueaboutthematerial.Thisboardisavailabletoyou24/7andwillbecheckeddailybyyourinstructor(s)duringtheweek(s)pertainingtothatmodule.Instructorswillrespondwithin48hours.Otherarrangements,suchasSkypeorphoneappointmentscanbemade,shouldyouwishtospeakdirectlytotheinstructor(s).Contactinformation,specifictoindividualinstructors,willbepostedtohis/herrespectivemodule(s).

Table3–Instructors

Instructor(s) Module

Dr.DeniseStockley LifelongLearning:ThePrinciplesofAdultLearning

Ms.SandraHalliday Evidence-basedMedicineandLiteratureSearching

Dr.LewisTomalty InfectiousDiseaseProcesses:ClinicalMicrobiology

Ms.SandraCallery

RoutinePracticesandAdditionalPrecautions

Disinfection,Sterilization,ReprocessingandConstruction

Dr.AllisonMcGeer&Ms.ChristineMoore

EpidemiologyofHealthCareAcquiredInfections

Dr.DickZoutman SurveillanceandEpidemiologicInvestigation

Mr.DavidRyding PublicHealth

Ms.KathleenPoole EmployeeandOccupationalHealth

Ms.SusanMcIntyre ManagementandCommunicationinInfectionPreventionandControl

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COMMUNICATIONTOOLStoASSISTinCOLLABORATIONWITHYOURGROUP

Today’senvironmentoffersmanycollaborativetooloptionsfromwhichtochoose.Sincepeoplehavepersonalpreferences,youareaskedtochooseatoolincollaborationwithyourgroupmembers.Belowarelinkstosomeofthemorecommonchoices.TheseapplicationsarefreetouseandcompatiblewithmultipleelectronicplatformssuchasWindows,AndroidandiOSoperatingsystems.

Skype:http://www.skype.com/

Fuze:https://www.fuze.com/

GoogleHangOuts:https://plus.google.com/hangouts

COURSEANDUNIVERSITYPOLICIES

ReleaseandAvailabilityofContent

Appreciatingtheneedsandschedulesofourlearners,course‘weeks’willregularlybemadeaccessibleuptooneweekinadvanceofthecourseschedule.Instructorsmaintaintherighttocontrolthereleaseandavailabilityofweeklyandmodularcontent,basedonthepedagogicalrequirementsofthematerial.

LateWork

Allquizzesandassignments(individualandgroup)aretobecompletedandsubmittednolaterthanthedeadlinesspecifiedunderTable2ofthissyllabus.LateworkresultingfromInternetfailureand/orpersonalcircumstanceswillnotbeacceptedandagradeof0willberecorded.

Illness

PleaseinformCynthiaMangan(manganc@queensu.ca)ofillnessduringyourstudiesthatinhibityourabilitytofullyparticipateinthecourse.Withtheprovisionofadoctor’snote,appropriateaccommodationswillbemadeonaperson-by-personbasis.Shouldyoubecomemorethan2weekslateinsubmittingyourassignment,youwillberequiredtoapplyforafurtherextension.Yourapplicationwillincludethereasonyouareunabletomeetthe2-weekdeadline.Youwillberequiredtosubmitanoutlineofyourassignmentcompletiontargetdates.Shouldyounotmeetthesedates,youwillbegivena‘0’foryourlateassignment(s).Shouldyounotparticipateinthegroupassignment,youwillberequiredtocompletetheassignment,initsentirety.Youwillreceivea‘0’foryourPeerReview.

ReceivingYourCertificate

Youmustcompleteallassignmentspriortoreceivingthecoursecertificate,whetherornotyouachieve70%orhigherwhichistherequirementtopass.

Copyright

ThematerialonthecoursewebsiteiscopyrightedandisforthesoleuseofstudentsregisteredinInfectionPreventionandControl.Thematerialonthiswebsitemaybedownloadedfora

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registeredstudent’spersonaluse,butshallnotbedistributedordisseminatedtoanyoneotherthanstudentsregisteredinInfectionPreventionandControl.

Failuretoabidebytheseconditionsisabreachofcopyright,andmayalsoconstituteabreachofacademicintegrityundertheUniversitySenate’sAcademicIntegrityPolicyStatement.

AcademicIntegrity

Academicintegrityisconstitutedbythefivecorefundamentalvaluesofhonesty,trust,fairness,respectandresponsibility.

Seehttp://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-integrity.Thesevaluesarecentraltothebuilding,nurturingandsustainingofanacademiccommunityinwhichallmembersofthecommunitywillthrive.Adherencetothevaluesexpressedthroughacademicintegrityformsafoundationforthe"freedomofinquiryandexchangeofideas"essentialtotheintellectuallifeoftheUniversity(seetheSenateReportonPrinciplesandPriorities).

Studentsareresponsibleforfamiliarizingthemselveswiththeregulationsconcerningacademicintegrityandforensuringthattheirassignmentsconformtotheprinciplesofacademicintegrity.InformationonacademicintegrityisavailableintheArtsandScienceCalendar(seeAcademicRegulation1),ontheArtsandSciencewebsite(seehttp://www.queensu.ca/artsci/students-at-queens/academic-calendar#section-admission-regulations),andfromtheinstructorsofthiscourse.

Departuresfromacademicintegrityincludeplagiarism,useofunauthorizedmaterials,facilitation,forgeryandfalsification,andareantitheticaltothedevelopmentofanacademiccommunityatQueen's.Giventheseriousnessofthesematters,actionswhichcontravenetheregulationonacademicintegritycarrysanctionsthatcanrangefromawarningorthelossofgradesonanassignmenttothefailureofacoursetoarequirementtowithdrawfromtheuniversity.

Plagiarism.Tocourseinstructors,plagiarismmeans:“torepresentasone’sown,theideasorexpressionsofanother(i.e.throughdirectquotes,paraphrasing,orsummarizing)withoutacknowledgementandcitation”.

Studentsareexpectedtoproperlyciteeachoftheirsourceswhensubmittingindividualandgroupassignmentwork.TheapproachtocitationshouldfollowthestandardizedAPAstyle.Forfurthersupportinavoidingplagiarism,pleaseaccessAvoidingPlagiarismandCheatingresourceofferedbytheQueen’sUniversityAcademicIntegrityOffice,availableat:http://www.queensu.ca/academicintegrity/students/

FailuretoproperlyciteyoursourceswillbeconsideredaviolationofAcademicIntegrity.Afirstactofplagiarismwillbebroughttotheattentionofthestudentasanopportunityforlearningandcorrection.Failuretoaddresstheviolationaspertheinstructororcourseorganizer’sguidanceand/orfollowingviolationswillresultinyourremovalfromthecourse.

Accessibility

Queen'sUniversityiscommittedtoachievingfullaccessibilityforpersonswithdisabilities.Partofthiscommitmentincludesarrangingacademicaccommodationsforstudentswithdisabilities

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toensuretheyhaveanequitableopportunitytoparticipateinalloftheiracademicactivities.Ifyouareastudentwithadisabilityandthinkyoumayneedaccommodations,youarestronglyencouragedtocontacttheDisabilityServicesOffice(DSO)andregisterasearlyaspossible.Formoreinformation,includingimportantdeadlines,pleasevisittheDSOwebsiteat:http://www.queensu.ca/hcds/ds/TECHNOLOGICALREQUIREMENTS

DesktopSupportBrowser SupportedBrowserVersion(s)Microsoft©Edge LatestMicrosoft©InternetExplorer© n/aMozilla©Firefox© Latest,ESRGoogle©Chrome™ LatestApple©Safari© Latest

TabletandMobileSupportDevice OperatingSystem Browser SupportedBrowser

Version(s)Android™ Android4 Android LatestApple iOS6,7,8,and9 Safari LatestMicrosoftSurface™ Windows8 Internet

Explorer11

Blackberry©(mobileonly) BlackBerry7,10 BlackBerry LatestNB:iPad/mobiledeviceusers—TheLessonSeries(onlinelectures)useAdobeFlashtechnology.SincetheiPaddevicedoesnotfacilitate‘Flash’technologyonitsplatform,somefeatureswithintheLessonSeriesmaynotworkwiththisdevice.WedohoweverpublishtheselectureswiththeintenttoallowparticipantstouseiPad/mobiledevices;unfortunately,thesecannotbeofficiallysupported.

E-mail Account (Queen’s course email) Your Queen’s course email is your ‘netid@queensu.ca’. For instance, if your netid is ‘abc123’ your email address is abc123@queensu.ca.

Access to your Queen’s email can be found by logging into http://office365.queensu.ca with your web browser. There will be a link on the course homepage as well that will link you to the log-in page. You will use your course email address and password.

It is possible to forward your course email address to an external one. You can find the instructions to do this at https://support.office.com/en-US/Article/Inbox-rules-in-Outlook-Web-App-edea3d17-00c9-434b-b9b7-26ee8d9f5622?ui=en-US&rs=en-001&ad=US NB: Please read the disclaimer first.

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Internet Connection Internet connection with a broadband high speed Internet connection (eg. cable, DSL, ethernet) is essential for this online course. NOTE: Dial-up with a modem is not adequate for this course! You MUST have a high speed connection.

Firewalls If you are behind a firewall your settings must be configured to open the port 443. Please give this port information to your System Administrator. (Users with personal firewalls should consult the software documentation for appropriate instructions.) NB: Firewalls and Web Browsers–If you are using a corporate network and do not have "Administrative" privileges to install some of the required software, please consult with your network administrator as soon as possible to make the necessary installations. Based on the experience of previous participants taking this course, this could be a lengthy process. WebBrowsersQueen’ssupportsthefollowingwebbrowsers:Chrome,Firefox,Microsoft’sInternetExplorerandEdgeandSafari(MacComputers).

Ifyouareexperiencingtechnicaldifficulties,itcansometimesbeatthefaultofthewebbrowser.Alwaysensureyouareusingthemostup-to-dateversionofyourwebbrowser.Itisalsoimportanttoclearthecacheonyourwebbrowsertoensureyouhavethemostup-to-dateinformationdisplay.Sometimeschangingthewebbrowseryouareusing(i.e.changingfromInternetExplorertoFirefox)willresolvewebbrowserrelatedissues.

Pop-UpBlockersItiscommonforacomputertohaveapop-upblockerinplacetopreventunwantedpop-upssuchasadvertisements.Unfortunately,thepop-upblockerwillalsopreventyourcomputerfromopeningmaterialsfromwithinonQsuchastheweeklycontentandresources.Toavoidthisproblem,youmustdisableyourpop-upblocker.Howthisisaccomplisheddependsonyourcomputerandwebbrowser.ItisrecommendedthatyouconductaGooglesearch(suchas“DisablepopupblockerMacSafari”)forspecificinstructionsgivenyourcomputerandbrowser.

Up-to-dateSoftwarePleaseensureyourcomputerbothhasthefollowingsoftwareandisoperatingfromthemostup-to-dateversionofsuchsoftware:

AdobeFlashPlayerhttp://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/(Thisisparticularlyimportantastheapplicationusedforyour‘LessonSeries’(onlinelectures)usesAdobeFlashtechnology.)

AdobeReaderhttp://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

Java(ForWindows)http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp

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UseofPersonalHandheldDevicesTheabilityforonQandcoursematerialstobeaccessibleviapersonalhandhelddevicessuchascellphonesandtabletsisadevelopingtechnology.Whileallthesettingsareinplaceinordertofacilitateyouraccessofthecourseinthisway,technologicalissuesmayariseasaresultofthevariousoperatingsystemsavailable.PleasecontactQueen’sITSoryourserviceproviderforassistanceinsolvingtechnologicalissuesarisingfromtheuseofpersonalhandhelddevises.

NB:iPadtechnologyisnotofficiallysupportedduetothefacttheLessonSeries(lectures)arebasedinFLASHtechnologywhichisnotsupportedbyAppleontheiPaddevice.

Office365ProPlusAppsonaMobileDevice:http://www.queensu.ca/its/microsoft-office-365/office-365-proplus/tutorials/install-mobile-device#iphone

TROUBLE SHOOTING/ SUPPORT Technical Support: If you are having difficulties using any of the course tools, please contact onQ Technical Support at 1-877-325-7778 (Mentionthatyouhavea‘guestaccount’andaredoinganonlinecoursethrough“onQ”.)or contact

CynthiaMangan(AvailableMondaytoFriday—9a.m.to5p.m.)Anafter-hourscontactnumberwillbepostedwithinthecourse.

Phone:613.533.6000(Ext.77621)Email:manganc@queensu.ca

System Maintenance: Please note that on the 3rd Sunday of each month there will be System Maintenance which means the system will not be available 1am - 7am EST.

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Appendix A:

Directions to access online, the APIC text; 4th edition: (Author: Patti Grota, PhD, RN, CNS-M-S, CIC (ed.), et al/Publisher: APIC/Date of Publication: 2014—updated periodically online)

1.LogontotheQueen’sUniversity’sLibrary(http://library.queensu.ca)andselectthe‘OffCampus’buttononthetoprightofthewebpage.

2. Typethisaddress http://queens-only.library.queensu.ca/access/how-to-access-apic-text-of-infection-control-and-epidemiologyintothespaceprovided.

Thenextscreenwillaskyouto‘Connectto:“APICTextofInfectionControlandEpidemiology”(http://text.apic.org/)’NB:Remember,youmustconnecttotheAPICurlthroughthe‘Off-Campus’connectionfrom

theQueen’sLibrary(http://library.queensu.ca/).

3.Onceyouareconnectedto“APICTextofInfectionControlandEpidemiology”youmustlogin(upperrighthandcorner)usingtheUSERNAME(BRAPIC2)andPASSWORD(Brlib3).YoudoNOTusethecoursenetidandpasswordtoaccesstheAPICtext.

ThisshouldbringyoutotheAPIConlinetext.