Postgraduate Course: Genetic Epidemiology (PUHR11013)

Course Outline
School	Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health 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 will provide an introduction to the basic principles of genetic epidemiology applied to complex diseases of public health importance. The course will introduce sufficient basic concepts in genetics to motivate the later explanations, and then consider the range of study designs used in practice and the rationales for these. Appropriate statistical methods will be outlined and other issues such as public on-line sources of genetic data and ethical principles will also be discussed.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites	Students MUST have passed: Statistics and Analysis (PUHR11037)	Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Block 4 (Sem 2)
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 19, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 2, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 77 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 100 %, Coursework 0 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Written examination, consisting of short answer questions.
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Exam Information
Exam Diet	Paper Name		Hours & Minutes
Main Exam Diet S2 (April/May)			2:00

Learning Outcomes
¿Understand basic concepts in genetics such as recombination, PCR, microsatellite markers, etc. ¿Understand the concept of complex, as opposed to Mendelian, diseases. ¿Be familiar with commonly used study designs, such as association and nuclear family designs, and understand strengths and weaknesses of these. ¿Understand the principles of the appropriate methods of statistical analysis for these designs. ¿Be able to evaluate and assess published literature in genetic epidemiology. ¿Have exposure to on-line sources of genetic data.