EPIDEMIC! A Fred Friendly Seminar PBS Online

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Please check all responses that seem appropriate to you and add any additional opinions in response E or F.

1. How did you use this Web site?
A. To discuss the topic before and after the program.
B. To design role playing activities using the scenarios from the program.
C. To get more information about infectious disease.
D. To find out more about the television special, Epidemic! A Fred Friendly Seminar.
 

E.

 

2. By viewing this program, I learned:

A.That issues around infectious disease involve a complex relationship between personal experience, science, politics, and economics.

B. That antibiotic resistance is a pressing health concern.
C. That global trade and travel has increased the risks of transmitting infectious diseases.
D. That different backgrounds shape different points of view on a subject.
 

E.

 

3. How has viewing this program changed your views on infectious disease?

A. I have a responsibility to think about the impact of my personal decisions on the larger community.

B. I realize that infectious diseases are a global concern and people need to work together to find solutions.
C. Human behavior is responsible for many disease outbreaks and, therefore, we are capable of preventing them.
D. The program did not change my views.
 

E.

 

4. I will apply what I learned from the program by:

A. Discussing the use of antibiotics with my physician before taking them.

B. Getting involved in community health initiatives.
C. Following my government representative's position on national and international health policy more closely.
D. Actively educating and informing others about the issues surrounding infectious disease and public health.
E. Advocating for informative & relevant media coverge of public health issues.
 

F.

 

5. What elements of the program best helped you understand the issues discussed?

A. Seeing the panelists assume different roles.

B. The dialogue that took place.
C. Arthur Miller's facilitation of the discussion using the Socratic Dialogue.
D. The use of hypothetical scenarios that become more complicated and elaborate.
 

E.

 

6. How would you best describe the program?

A. It is an innovative way to present different dimensions of complex issues.

B. It is entertaining, but did not have a lasting impact on my point of view.
C. The subject was not relevant to my life.
D. The scenarios did not seem realistic enough.
 

E.

 

7. What else would you have like to have included in this kind of program or Web site format?
 

 

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