TV5040 - Epidemiology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | Aust Inst of Tropical Vet & Animal Sciences |
Available to graduate students.
This subject includes a consideration of epidemiological terms; methods used to describe occurrence of disease and measure morbidity and mortality; sources of epidemiological data; the concept and measurement of cause and effect; validity and types of diagnostic tests; design of epidemiological studies; and economics of disease.
Learning Outcomes
- be aware of sources of bias in designing experiments and interpreting data;
- design surveys, case control studies and cohort studies, and experiments using between subject, factorial and repeated measures designs;
- know sources of epidemiological data and how to describe and prepare data for analysis;
- understand concepts of sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of diagnostic tests;
- understand the often complex patterns of causes and effects of disease.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | HS1000 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%); tutorial attendance and participation (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.