HS1000 - Epidemiology
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2011 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences |
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.
Learning Outcomes
- know the meaning of terms used in epidemiology and be able to classify disease factors into determinannts and variables;
- understand and apply the concepts of spatial, temporal and population patterns to disease investigations and control;
- know the types of epidemiological data and be able to apply basic exploratory statistical methods to such data;
- understand the relationships between cause and effect of disease;
- be able to design and analyse results of surveys, cross-sectional, case control, cohort studies and randomised controlled trials; and understand the concepts of gold standard, sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of diagnostic tests.
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | MI1000 TV5040 MI5000 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 24-Mar-2011 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Assoc. Professor Bruce Gummow. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (60%); other exams (25%); assignments (15%). |
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.