Week 4 Outbreak at Watersedge: A Public Health Discovery Game

1. Go to the website using this link: Outbreak at Watersedge
(http://www.mclph.umn.edu/watersedge/)
2. Click the Play button to start the game.
3. Follow the instructions. They will lead you on a search for an infected organism.
4. Once you have found the infected organism, write a three- to four-page review of the process
you went through and the results you obtained. You must identify the disease found and define
the epidemiological process you used. Make sure to describe how you used it. This paper must
be written in APA format, typed in Times New Roman with 12-point font, and double-spaced
with 1” margins. Use at least two references that support your findings.

This game was developed by the Midwest Center for Life-Long-Learning in Public Health (MCLPH) funded in part by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS, Public Health Training Center Program. MCLPH is part of the Centers for Public Health Education and Outreach at the University of Minnesota School of Public Health