HS1000 - Epidemiology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Microbiology & Immunology |
Available to level 1 and subsequent year students.
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 Outcomes
- be able to design and analyse results of surveys, case control and cohort studies and randomised controlled trials;
- know sources of epidemiological data and be able to apply basic exploratory statistical methods to such data using statistical software;
- know the meaning of specialised terms used in epidemiology;
- understand the complex patterns of cause and effect of disease;
- understand the concept and know the causes of bias in designing biomedical experiments and interpreting data;
- understand the concepts of sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of diagnostic tests.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | MI1000 and TV5040 and MI5000 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 30-Mar-2007 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Lee Skerratt. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50%); assignments (50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.