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Assignment details

Learning Outcome 1: Apply evidence-based responses when planning for a communicable disease outbreak scenario

Assignment overview

Public health professionals are increasingly required to plan and deploy outbreak responses under time pressure, imperfect information, and intense public scrutiny-often alongside decision-support tools, including generative Al.

This assessment evaluates your ability to:
Systematically develop an outbreak response plan
Use generative Al responsibly and critically during planning the planning stages of a communicable disease outbreak
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Translate evidence into operational response actions

Case Scenario
You have been tasked with leading the initial planning phase of an outbreak response for the communicable disease you selected and analysed in the previous assignment. At this stage, data are incomplete and time-critical decisions are required. You must use generative Al responsibly to assist the intelligence gathering during the planning stages of a communicable disease outbreak response.

Assignment tasks

Step 1. Outbreak definition and Assumpti
(The Use of Generative Al not Permitted for this step)
Clearly define:
The communicable disease and setting (e.g. geographic, population, institutional)
Known and assumed transmission pathways
Key uncertainties and data gaps

Step 2. Al Supported Intelligence Gathering (Mandatory) - The Use of Generative Al Permitted for this step under the defined restrictions

For this A2 assisted intelligence gathering for the planning of a communicable disease outbreak, you are required to use only Microsoft Copilot with Enterprise Data Protection (i.e., with their ECU credentials). The use of any other generative Al software is strictly prohibited. To gain access to Microsoft Copilot with Enterprise Data Protection follow this link: Access Gen Al with MS Copilot -Generative Al and Copilot - LibGuides at Edith Cowan University.

Using the generative Al tool ONLY to gather intelligence for use in the planning of a communicable disease outbreak response , you must request assistance to:

Identify standard outbreak response components for this disease

Summarise relevant national and international response guidelines

Suggest likely priority control measures (e.g. isolation, vaccination, environmental controls)

Identify ethical or equity considerations

For this Step 2 and also for Step 5, you are

REQUIRED to use this template, HST 6337 Assignment 2 - Generative Al Use Record to record and then appraise the Al output you got

Step 3. Critical Appraisal of Al Output (No use of Generative Al permitted for this Step)
You must explicitly:
Evaluate the accuracy and completeness of Al-generated suggestions
Identify recommendations that are contextually inappropriate
Explain where Al lacks situational, cultural, or jurisdictional nuance
Justify which Al suggestions you accept, adapt, or reject

Step 4. Draft Outbreak Response
Framework (No use of Al permitted for this Step)
Using your own judgement, develop a draft response framework, including:
Surveillance and case definition approach
Initial control measures
Stakeholder and interagency coordination
Risk communication strategy (high level)

Step 5. Al Transparency Statement (Required)

Append a statement detailing:
AI tools used
Prompts issued
Verification sources
Professional accountability declaration