Postgraduate Course: Epidemiology and Modelling (VESC11027)

Course Outline
School	Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies	College	College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)	SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate)	Availability	Available to all students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	The course will be an introduction to epidemiology, modelling approaches and the principles of statistics for control of infectious diseases. The course will use a problem-solving approach to facilitate learning and practice basic epidemiological concepts and use of statistics.
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Information for Visiting Students
Pre-requisites	n/a

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2015/16, Available to all students (SV1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Semester 2
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 12, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 12, Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 8, Fieldwork Hours 3, Summative Assessment Hours 3, Revision Session Hours 4, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 58 )
Additional Information (Learning and Teaching)	MCQ 25% practical 25% written essay 50%
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 25 %, Coursework 50 %, Practical Exam 25 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	- Written assignments (60%) - Class presentations and problem solving exercises (40%)
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Learning Outcomes
Students will develop an understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of different epidemiological and statistical methods, the links to modelling of disease with exemplars of how the approaches may be employed to undertake disease research and how they are used for prediction and risk analyses: ż general concepts of epidemiology and principles applied during investigations of infectious diseases ż molecular epidemiology ż the use of modelling approaches for research investigation ż statistical applications in analysis and interpretation of scientific data.