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Course Description: This course introduces the epidemiological principles and their application in the occurrence of health-related events in the population. An introductory overview of biostatistics concepts and skills that are necessary for epidemiological practice will also be addressed. Epidemiology works through studies that try to identify, describe and measure the distribution of health and disease, and their determinants, in a specific population.
The student will be able to:
Recognize, describe and discuss the basic public health science facts and principles;
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The student will be able to:
General SLO 1. Identify health-related problems or phenomena in communities and describe their epidemiological distribution and possible determinants
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1.1. Define and discuss the purpose and goals of Epidemiology and its use 1.2. Describe some examples of the use of epidemiological concepts in health settings 1.3. Discuss the application of epidemiology principles in quantitative health research 1.4. Describe and discuss the concept of determinants and causation 1.5. Describe the four stages of the natural history of disease 1.6. Define the concepts of “normality” and “abnormality” in the context of clinical Epidemiology 1.7. Briefly discuss the concept of diagnostic testing and the relationship between diagnostic test results and the occurrence of disease 1.8. Describe the different levels of prevention and explain what stage of disease each level of prevention aims to address |
Group discussions and oral reports to be graded according to a specified rubric. Individual assignments Direct and multiple choice questions in examinations and quizzes |
General SLO 2. Describe basic measures of morbidity and mortality and calculate them
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2.1. Describe basic methods of health measurements 2.2. Define and calculate commonly used morbidity (incidence and prevalence) and mortality rates (crude and specific death rates) 2.3. Discuss factors that influence rates in an observed disease occurrence
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Group discussion and oral reports to be graded according to a specified rubric. |
General SLO 3. Employ appropriate statistical methods in health data analysis; organize and present analyzed data in logical and meaningful ways
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3.1. Define statistics and explain the role of statistics in health care 3.2. List the categories of statistics and what they are used for 3.3. Explain the types of data 3.4. Calculate and interpret the measures of central tendency and measures of dispersion of different quantitative data sets 3.5. Estimate population dynamics using samples 3.6. Explain hypothesis testing 3.7. Identify appropriate data display techniques to present analyzed data
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Groups discussions to be graded according to a specified rubric. Individual assignments. Problem solving or practice sets Direct and multiple choice questions in examinations and quizzes |
General SLO 4. Discuss the importance of basic concepts and principles of public health surveillance systems, including screening programs, in monitoring the health status of a population.
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4.1. Explain the concept of Public Health Surveillance (PHS) 4.2. Describe the different types of PHS 4.3. Describe the criteria for deciding which diseases to place under surveillance 4.4. Identify sources of bias/ error in surveillance data and how these can be minimized 4.5. Use a 2 x 2 table contingency and calculate screening test indices 4.6. Explain what the indices of a screening test validity mean
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Group discussions to be graded according to a specified rubric Individual assignments Problem solving or practice set Direct and multiple choice questions in examinations and quizzes |
General SLO 5. Describe and discuss the concept of disease outbreak and its detection, investigation and control.
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5.1. Discuss the importance of surveillance data and its relation to outbreak detection 5.2. Define and confirm an outbreak 5.3. Describe the steps of an outbreak investigation and its management 5.4. Explain the importance of establishing a case definition before the counting of cases 5.5. Describe with examples the classification of case definitions 5.6. Interpret the various components of an epidemic curve 5.7. Calculate and interpret attack rates 5.8. Initiate an environmental assessment and guide the setting up of relevant epidemic control measures 5.9. Assist with an epidemic report and manage an epidemic checklist
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Group discussions and oral reports to be graded according to a specified rubrics Problem solving or practice set Direct and multiple choice questions in examinations and quizzes |
General SLO 6. Explain how epidemiological studies contribute towards the overall health and well being of population groups and communities.
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6.1. Describe and differentiate the epidemiological principles of descriptive, ecological, cross-sectional, case-control and cohort studies; randomized controlled, field and community trials 6.2. Discuss advantages and disadvantages of these study designs 6.3. Explain different rates used in these studies 6.4. Explain the use of the 2x2 contingency table in each study design 6.5. Calculate and interpret odds ratio (OR) and measures of risk [e.g. relative risk (RR); risk difference/ absolute risk (RD or AR); population attributable risk (PAR), and others] 6.6. Define environmental Epidemiology and give examples of environmental hazards associated with adverse human health effects 6.7. Explain with examples the ‘dose-effect’ and ‘dose-response’ relationships and their importance 6.8. Describe with examples the steps of risk assessment and risk management 6.9. Discuss how to use epidemiological principles for planning, evaluating and monitoring health services
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Group discussions and oral reports to be graded according to a specified rubric Problem solving or practice set Direct and multiple choice questions in examinations and quizzes |
Beaglehole R., Bonita R., Kjellstrom T. (2007). Basic epidemiology, (2nd Ed.). Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization. (or most recent edition
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