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DRPS : Course Catalogue : Deanery of Biomedical Sciences : Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases

Postgraduate Course: Emerging Infectious Diseases (EMND11006)

Course Outline
SchoolDeanery of Biomedical Sciences CollegeCollege of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
Credit level (Normal year taken)SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) AvailabilityNot available to visiting students
SCQF Credits10 ECTS Credits5
SummaryThis course aims to promote an understanding of the emergence of infectious diseases, the risk factors of disease emergence and the implications for disease surveillance and control in public health. The content will include a review of current legislation aimed at monitoring and controlling these diseases.
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 and consumables.
Course Delivery Information
Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1) Quota:  None
Course Start Flexible
Course Start Date 07/08/2017
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 assessment will incorporate a variety of activities will constitute 40% of their overall course grade and is taken to represent a formative assessment of learning throughout the programme.
Feedback Not entered
No Exam Information
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
  1. Understand the process of disease emergence and be able to assess the risk factors for disease emergence.
  2. Understand the effect of globalisation, increasing human population pressure and habitat encroachment on the host range of existing animal diseases.
  3. Understand the importance of disease detection, identification and monitoring in public health and the gaps in current health systems approaches.
  4. Understand the importance of public perception and political commitment for the surveillance and control of emerging diseases.
  5. Understand the factors influencing whether an emerging disease is controlled or becomes endemic/epidemic as illustrated by different emerging diseases (STDs, HIV/AIDS, avian influenza, SARS, Ebola).
Reading List
None
Additional Information
Course URL http://www.enid.mvm.ed.ac.uk/
Graduate Attributes and Skills Not entered
Special Arrangements This course will be taught entirely by distance learning, using the virtual learning environment of Learn as the delivery platform. Course materials are protected by a secure username and password. These access details are made available to registered users only.

Additional Class Delivery Information This course will be delivered online through Learn.
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Contacts
Course organiserDr Kim Picozzi
Tel: (0131 6)50 6257
Email:
Course secretaryMiss Sarah Fraser
Tel: (0131 6)50 3289
Email:
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