eLearning Course Feedback Survey

CDC Microbiology-Oriented eLearning Courses Learner Feedback Survey

Thank you for taking this voluntary survey to help us understand how well the microbiologyoriented eLearning courses produced by the Division of Laboratory Systems, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention have been serving the needs of our learners. The feedback you provide will
also inform updates to these courses and future course development.
The survey questions will take approximately 10 minutes to complete. Your responses will be
anonymous and no unique identifying information will be sought or kept. The feedback we receive
will be used by our programs in aggregate only.
INSTRUCTIONS
The courses are grouped into three sections for this survey:
Biothreat Preparedness for Sentinel Laboratories courses
Basic Microbiology courses
Methods of Antimrobial Susceptibility Testing Educational Resource (M.A.S.T.E.R.) courses
Survey formatting will direct you to the appropriate section(s). For example, if you indicate you did
not complete any of the Biothreat Preparedness courses, you will skip directly to Basic
Microbiology courses section.
The survey contains the following two questions for each course.
1. To what extent did you apply the course knowledge and/or skills to your personal or facility's
work practices? Please respond by clicking on the button beside the option that best reflects your
opinion. If you did not take the course, select "I did not complete this course."
2. Please share examples, challenges or comments related to how you may have applied the
course information to your personal or facility's work practices.

Please select "next" to begin the survey.

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Learning Objectives

Learning objectives are provided for your reference.
Please click "Next" to proceed to the survey questions.
Biothreat Preparedness for Sentinel Laboratories
Bacillus anthracis, Brucella spp., Burkholderia spp., Francisella tularensis, Yersinia pestis
Summarize the basic epidemiology and ecology of the organism
Discuss the role of the LRN sentinel laboratory
Describe how to use sentinel laboratory protocols to rule out or refer potential biothreat agents from isolates
Review media and laboratory tests used in the sentinel laboratory protocols
Basic Microscopy
Identify the major components of the microscope and their function.
Identify how to maintain a microscope.
Discuss the role of Kohler illumination in microscopy.
Describe the process to correctly focus on the appropriate field of view.
Use the ocular micrometer to measure an object under the microscope.
Demonstrate the ability to troubleshoot encountered problems with the microscope.
Routine Microscopy Procedures
Outline the steps of preparing a smear.
Express the purpose, reagents and steps of the Gram stain procedure.
Interpret the results seen in the bacterial cells, with the effects of the various reagents during the Gram stain procedure.
Outline the potassium hydroxide (KOH) procedure and its uses.
Identify how to prepare and interpret a wet mount.
Identify the steps and results obtained in the India ink procedure.
Identify and resolve commonly encountered problems
Basic Culture Media
Distinguish enrichment, differential, and selective media.
Review the principles of the most commonly used media.
Contrast various culture media.
Describe the steps of streaking a plate.
Interpret results on various culture media.
Recognize the different types of colonial morphology.
Identify commonly encountered problems
Biochemicals and Gram Positive Organisms and
Biochemicals and Gram Negative Organisms
Identify different types of bacterial morphology seen on a Gram stain
Identify different types of colonial characteristics
Use flowcharts and identification charts to identify some common aerobic (Gram positive or Gram Negative) microorganisms
Associate various biochemical tests with their correct applications
Interpret the results of biochemical methods
M.A.S.T.E.R. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods
Identify the steps required to perform the clinical and Laboratory Standard Institute (CLSI) disk diffusion and Minimal Inhibitory
Concentration (MIC) reference procedures.
Identify the key steps that must be modified when performing disk diffusion or MIC procedures for fastidious organisms.
Recognize CLSI's standards on commercial antimicrobial susceptibility test systems.

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Review the importance and limitations of commercial antimicrobial susceptibility test systems.
M.A.S.T.E.R. Antimicrobial Susceptibility and CLSI Standards
Recognize the role of CLSI in developing standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria isolated from clinical specimens.
Identify CLSI standards for antimicrobial susceptibility testing of bacteria isolated from clinical specimens.
Given a particular organism, select antimicrobial agents appropriate for testing and reporting from the correct CLSI table.
Outline a strategy for selective reporting of antimicrobial agents using CLSI tables

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CDC Microbiology-Oriented eLearning Courses Learner Feedback Survey
Biothreat Preparedness for Sentinel Laboratories eLearning Courses

* 1. Did you complete one or more of the following Biothreat Preparedness Training for Sentinel Laboratories
eLearning Courses?
Bacillus anthracis (Anthrax)
Brucella spp.
Burkholderia spp.
Francisella tularensis (Tularemia)
Yersinia pestis (Plague)
Yes
No - you will skip to the next section

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Biothreat Preparedness for Sentinel Laboratories eLearning Courses

* 2. To what extent have you applied the information and/or skills presented in the course to your personal or
facility's work practices?
Please select the option that best describes how you used the course information.
If you did not complete the course, select "I did not complete this course."
I reviewed my
I recommended or
personal or my
initiated changes to
facility's work
my personal or
practices to
my facility's work determine if they are
practices
up to date

I improved my
awareness or
understanding of
this topic

This course did not
improve
my understanding
or provide
information relevant
to my work

I did not complete
this course

Bacillus anthracis
(Anthrax)
Brucella spp.
Burkholderia spp.
Francisella tularensis
(Tularemia)
Yersinia pestis (Plague)

3. Please share examples, challenges or comments related to how you may have applied the course
information to your personal or facility's work practices:
Bacillus anthracis
Brucella spp.
Burkholderia spp.
Francisella tularensis
Yersinia pestis

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CDC Microbiology-Oriented eLearning Courses Learner Feedback Survey
Basic Microbiology eLearning Courses

* 4. Did you complete any of the following Basic Microbiology eLearning courses?
Basic Microscopy
Routine Microscopy Procedures
Basic Culture Media
Biochemicals and Gram Positive Organisms
Biochemicals and Gram Negative Organisms
Yes
No - you will skip to the next section

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CDC Microbiology-Oriented eLearning Courses Learner Feedback Survey
Basic Microbiology eLearning Courses

* 5. To what extent have you applied the information and/or skills presented in the course to your personal or
facility's work practices?
Please select the option that best describes how you used the course information.
If you did not complete the course, select "I did not complete this course."
I recommended or
initiated changes to
my personal or
my facility's work
practices

I reviewed my
personal or my
facility's work
practices to
determine if they
are up to date

I improved my
awareness or
understanding of
this topic

This course did not
improve
my understanding
or provide
information relevant
to my work

I did not complete
this course

Basic Microscopy
Routine Microscopy
Procedures
Basic Culture Media
Biochemicals and Gram
Positive Organisms
Biochemicals and Gram
Negative Organisms

6. Please share examples, challenges or comments related to how you may have applied the course
information to your personal or facility's work practices:
Basic Microscopy
Routine Microscopy
Procedures
Basic Culture Media
Biochemicals and Gram
Positive Organisms
Biochemicals and Gram
Negative Organisms

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CDC Microbiology-Oriented eLearning Courses Learner Feedback Survey
M.A.S.T.E.R. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing eLearning Courses

* 7. Did you complete any of the following Methods in Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Education Resource
(M.A.S.T.E.R.) Courses?
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing Methods
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing and CLSI Standards
Yes
No - you will skip to the end of the questionnaire.

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CDC Microbiology-Oriented eLearning Courses Learner Feedback Survey
M.A.S.T.E.R. Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing eLearning Courses

* 8. To what extent have you applied the information and/or skills presented in the course to your personal or
facility's work practices?
Please select the answer that best describes how you used the information for each course.
If you did not complete the course, select "I did not complete this course ."
I reviewed my
This course did not
I recommended or
personal or my
improve
initiated changes to
facility's work
I became more
my understanding
my personal or
practices to
aware or improved
or provide
facility's work
determine if they are understanding of information relevant
practices
up to date
this topic
to my work

I did not complete
this course

Antimicrobial
Susceptibility Testing
Methods
Antimicrobial
Susceptibility Testing
and CLSI Standards

9. Please share examples, challenges or comments related to how you may have applied the course
information to your personal or facility's work practices:
Antimicrobial Susceptibility
Testing Methods
Antimicrobial Susceptibility
Testing and CLSI

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Thank You

We appreciate your feedback - thank you for your time.
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