Postgraduate Course: Emerging Infectious Diseases (EMND11006)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Biomedical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | This 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.
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| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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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
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| Academic year 2017/18, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Flexible |
| Course Start Date |
07/08/2017 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Lecture Hours 10,
Seminar/Tutorial Hours 10,
Online Activities 25,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
53 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| 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 |
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| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the process of disease emergence and be able to assess the risk factors for disease emergence.
- Understand the effect of globalisation, increasing human population pressure and habitat encroachment on the host range of existing animal diseases.
- Understand the importance of disease detection, identification and monitoring in public health and the gaps in current health systems approaches.
- Understand the importance of public perception and political commitment for the surveillance and control of emerging diseases.
- 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).
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Additional Information
| Course URL |
http://www.enid.mvm.ed.ac.uk/ |
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| 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.
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
This course will be delivered online through Learn. |
| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Kim Picozzi
Tel: (0131 6)50 6257
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Course secretary | Miss Sarah Fraser
Tel: (0131 6)50 3289
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