Don't Just Tick the Box: Encouraging Dialogue on Complex Animal and Human Health Issues - Workshop Survey

Role-play simulation (RPS) description

RPS is a dynamic experiential activity in which a diverse group of stakeholders play specific roles to simulate a real-life negotiation and/or make decisions about complex social-environmental issues. During this RPS workshop, participants will play the role of a forest stakeholder (i.e., government agency, family forest landowner, outdoor recreation agent, or local organic farmer) to make decisions on the type of forest management methods and tick control methods that they would like to suggest to the local government. The RPS is a simulated negotiation in which participants will represent a role different from their real-life role.

Workshop survey

All workshop participants receive a pre- and post-workshop paper survey in a packet already identified with an ID number (for keeping track of same participant’s pre and post workshop responses). ID numbers are linked to participant’s occupation and affiliation only. Workshop surveys are anonymous, and participants take about 20 minutes to respond to them during the facilitated workshop schedule. Surveys are used to assess workshop participants’ knowledge of ticks, Lyme disease, and forest management practices, the likelihood of implementing forest management practices that impact tick density and TBD prevalence and learning outcomes of using RPS for forest management. The surveys combine Likert-type scale, multiple option, open-ended, and demographic questions.