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HS1000:03

Epidemiology

Townsville

HECS Band 3

36 hours lectures, 6 hours tutorials, 24 hours practicals. Semester 1.

Available to level 1 and subsequent year students.

Staff:

Dr L Skerritt.

The subject includes a consideration of terms and methods used to describe the occurrence of disease; the concept and measurement of cause and effect; factors affecting validity and types and choice of diagnostic tests; the design and interpretation of clinical trials and economics of disease. Practical classes will be conducted on the application of biostatistical software which supports these topics.

Learning Objectives:

know the meaning of specialised terms used in epidemiology;

understand the complex patterns of cause and effect of disease;

know sources of epidemiological data and be able to apply basic exploratory statistical methods to such data using statistical software;

understand the concepts of sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of diagnostic tests;

be able to design and analyse results of surveys, case control and cohort studies and randomised controlled trials;

understand the concept and know the causes of bias in designing biomedical experiments and interpreting data.

Assessment by a three-hour end-of-semester examination (50%); tutorial and practical assignments (50%).