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Videos: Part 2. Mosquito-Borne Threat

2022

This multimedia segment, Part 2. Mosquito-Borne Threat, includes three videos. In addition to the videos, materials include an instructor's note, companion slides, a glossary, an annotated bibliography, and sample exercises. A hypothetical outbreak of a mosquito borne viral infection results in a risk of encephalitis. Students are asked to assume the role of running a department of a health in a city of 100,000 people. They are provided data on the risk of an epidemic, probability of severe encephalitis, and mortality.

Students build a decision tree, integrate the data provided on probabilities and outcomes, and calculate the expected value of each alternative. They calculate the expected value of perfect information, and conduct sensitivity analyses and threshold analyses to gain insight into how the results would change if the values assumed were higher or lower than initially believed.

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Multimedia segment Part 2. Mosquito-Borne Threat (Videos 2.1, 2.2, 2.3) was designated to follow Part 1. A Father's Decision (Videos 1.1, 1.2). 

This teaching pack was developed by Sue J. Goldie at the Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. The multimedia components were developed as part of a series of pilots in the CHDS Media Hub, led by Jake Waxman, where media-based pedagogy experiments contribute to new ways of thinking about short form content.

 

Source:

Videos. Part 2. Mosquito-Borne Threat (Videos 2.1, 2.2, 2.3). Teaching Pack: Building Decision Trees. Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 2022. https://repository.chds.hsph.harvard.edu/repository/2504