What to know
Project Firstline’s Health Professions Infection Control Education Toolkit makes it easier for faculty to bring infection control concepts into the classroom. This toolkit offers ready-to-use, adaptable resources that can be integrated into a variety of educational programs and settings.
About this toolkit
Teaching faculty play a critical role in preparing the next generation of healthcare and public health professionals. Created specifically for the classroom, the resources in this toolkit can help faculty teach the basics of infection control in ways that best fit your programs and needs.
By using this toolkit, you can help equip the next generation of healthcare workers with the infection control knowledge and realities of practice they need to keep themselves and their patients safe.
How to use this toolkit
Download ready-to-use, adaptable resources on a variety of infection control topics to supplement your existing course material and program goals. See below for ideas on how to plug these materials into your curricula and co-curricular activities:
- Integrate into teaching plans: Incorporate journal club discussions and learning activities into existing lesson plans or training modules
- Adapt for different settings: Use materials in classrooms, clinical training environments, or informal learning settings
- Encourage critical thinking: Use journal club discussion guides or learning activities to help students gain practice in addressing complex infection control topics
- Promote interprofessional learning: Use resources across disciplines to highlight infection control as a team effort
What's included
Project Firstline Journal Club
The Project Firstline Journal Club is a collection of ready-to-use discussion guides that link to corresponding research articles on infection control topics. These discussion guides can be used in the classroom or in co-curricular spaces to explore important topics in infection control.
Getting started is easy. Select a discussion guide and article, then use the prompts to lead a discussion – or have students lead discussions – on a range of complex infection control topics.
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Project Firstline Learning Activities
The Project Firstline Learning Activities are designed to supplement existing infection control content in your course and to help bring infection control concepts to life.
These activities cover a range of infection control topics and employ different instructional methods. Choose the activities that align with your course goals, review the activity instructions, and guide students through the activity.
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Resources
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