Postgraduate Course: Introduction to disease modelling (EMND11013)
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 introduce the basic methods for setting up models and to illustrate some of the insights into the dynamics of infectious diseases that models can provide. |
| Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed
Emerging and Neglected Infectious Diseases (MIBM10046)
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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
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course the candidate should be familiar with the basic methods for setting up mathematical models (i.e. difference and differential equations) and apply this knowledge to:
* Set up simple (deterministic) models using difference or differential equations in Excel and Berkeley Madonna (?)
* Understand how models can provide insights into disease transmission and the impact of interventions
* Set up simple stochastic models of outbreaks in small populations
* Read and appreciate scientific modelling papers and evaluate their underlying assumptions
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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 Lauren Sandford
Tel: (0131 6)51 5470
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