Postgraduate Course: Global Health: Mortality (EMND11030)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Biomedical Sciences	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	This course examines mortality from a global health perspective - how deaths are investigated and how the information forthcoming is published and used.
Course description	Not entered

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information
Not being delivered

Learning Outcomes
* To identify the sources of officially published mortality data and understand how these are compiled. * To know and understand the main causes of natural and non-natural death and the criteria used to ascertain the manner of death. * To identify trends and make comparisons between different medico-legal jurisdictions and suggest reasons and explanations for any observed differences.