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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Biomedical Sciences : International Animal Health

Postgraduate Course: Animal disease survey design and analysis (INAH11019)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)
Course typeOnline Distance Learning AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course aims to build on the concepts introduced in the year 1 course Applied epidemiology and surveillance to provide greater understanding of animal disease survey design and analysis.
Course description Not entered
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations Other requirements None
Additional Costs Students will be required to have regular access to a networked computer and will be responsible for providing their own computing equipment/consumables.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Flexible
Timetable Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 10, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10, Online Activities 25, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 53 )
Assessment (Further Info) Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment) Formal summative written assessment will constitute 60% of the student's grade. Online discussion in both a synchronous and asynchronous environment will contribute further to the final mark. In combination with the submission of electronic course assignments, these elements will provide the remaining 40% of the final mark.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this course, the candidate should:
- Know the effects of sampling variability, clustering, stratification and weighting on survey design and analysis, and know how to adjust for them;
- Be able to use CSurvey and Epi Info software to design a veterinary field survey;
- Be able to analyse data from a veterinary field survey, using Epi Info and WinPepi software.
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.internationalanimalhealth.ed.ac.uk/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
KeywordsNot entered
Contacts
Course organiserDr Ewan Macleod
Tel: 0131 242 9379
Email:
Course secretaryMiss Lauren Sandford
Tel: (0131 6)51 5470
Email:
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