TV5040 - Epidemiology 1

Credit points:	03
Year:	2012
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	School of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences

Available to graduate students.

Available to graduate students. Pre-requisite for epidemiology course based Masters in Tropical Veterinary Science 75203. An introductory module in veterinary epidemiology designed to provide a sound foundation in epidemiology that can be applied in practice and upon which further studies in various disciplines can be built. It is presented as a multi-mode learning module, which will enable students to complete it at their own pace and primarily off campus. The module covers epidemiological terms, aspects of population medicine, disease outbreak investigation, clinical epidemiology, disease causation, experimental studies, surveys, analytical tools, serological tests and making sense of data.

Learning Outcomes

• have a thorough knowledge of epidemiological terms and be able to classify disease factors into determinants and variables;
• be able to apply the concepts of spatial, temporal and population patterns to veterinary practice and disease outbreak investigations;
• Be able to evaluate clinical data using epidemiological tools and be able to hypthesise the causes of disease based on an understanding of the concepts of causality;
• be able to design surveys, cross-sectional, case control, cohort and experimental studies and interpret their results using the correct epidemiological tools;
• have an understanding of the concepts of sensitivity, specificity and predictive value of diagnostic tests; and the concepts of association, confounding, effect modification validity, misclassification, reliability and standardisation with respect to population data and diagnostic tests.

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 22-Mar-2012
Coordinator:	Assoc. Professor Bruce Gummow
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures - distance-based delivery lectures 13 hours tutorials - distance-based delivery tutorials 24 hours - 24 contact hours case studies
Assessment:	end of semester exam (60%); tutorial attendance and participation (40%).

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