Disease Detectives B/C

[Rittiville]

Hey!
This is going to be my very first time doing Science Olympiad and one of my events is Disease Detectives.
I was just wondering, how do you guys prepare for this event? What things do you study or what do you practice?
Thanks!

[AlphaTauri]

The wiki (Disease Detectives Wiki) is a good place to start, and the test exchange has some, well, tests to help you practice. And then you can usually google whatever else you need to know.

Or ask. The more specific the question, the more specific the answer.

[Rittiville]

So if I am understanding this correctly, you are given a scenario(s) and using information given for the scenario you have to draw conclusions as to how the disease outbreak occurred, where it started, what the disease is, risk, prevention, etc.?
Is there a second part to this, or is it solely based on the scenario?
Oh and thanks for the wiki link. I didn't even know that existed

[denmarksoccer]

So if I am understanding this correctly, you are given a scenario(s) and using information given for the scenario you have to draw conclusions as to how the disease outbreak occurred, where it started, what the disease is, risk, prevention, etc.?
Is there a second part to this, or is it solely based on the scenario?
Oh and thanks for the wiki link. I didn't even know that existed

For me, at least, it wasn't solely a scenario in either competition last year. For regionals, I think it was pretty much multiple-choice with a scenario at the end where you had to calculate a bunch of different risks, ratios, and so on. For states, it was a page or two of objective questions (matching, multiple-choice, short answer), and then two short scenarios with some questions that needed to be answered on each.
Hope this helps, :p

[bubbles2]

what is jhon snow and why is it called that

[denmarksoccer]

what is jhon snow and why is it called that

John Snow was an epidemiologist, presumably called that because that's the name his parents decided on.

[ktrujillo52]

Sometimes on tests, they will ask you stupid multiple choice questions. It is good to know that John Snow is considered the Father of Epidemiology, as it may come up on a test.

[hutson]

Sometimes on tests, they will ask you stupid multiple choice questions. It is good to know that John Snow is considered the Father of Epidemiology, as it may come up on a test.

I took a practice test and you had to know all the fathers and what each one did.

[ktrujillo52]

Lol point proven.

[Bassir]

Do you guys recommend the reading of an introductory Epidemiology textbook?