Postgraduate Course: Epidemiology for Public Health Practice (PUHR11068)

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)
Course type	Online Distance Learning	Availability	Not available to visiting students
SCQF Credits	10	ECTS Credits	5
Summary	The course provides grounding in some of the areas of applied epidemiology that are part of public health practice. It provides an introduction to the principles underlying public health practice, such as identifying and utilising appropriate data sources, screening and surveillance for infectious and non-communicable diseases, and assessment of health programmes.
Course description	Introduction to module Principles of surveillance Using routine data for research Surveillance of infectious diseases including monitoring and evaluation (Polio, measles, and influenza as student-led case studies) Risk factor surveillance for non-communicable diseases Principles of epidemic field investigation Principles of screening & Screening for non-communicable diseases (cancer- breast, colon and cervix as student-led case studies) Screening for infectious diseases (HIV / TB as examples) Needs assessment for public health programme Evaluation of health programmes Health impact assessment and healthy public policy Q & A session regarding assignment The course provides grounding in some of the areas of applied epidemiology that are part of public health practice. It provides an introduction to the principles underlying public health practice, such as identifying and utilising appropriate data sources, screening and surveillance for infectious and non-communicable diseases, and assessment of health programmes.

Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
Pre-requisites		Co-requisites
Prohibited Combinations		Other requirements	None

Course Delivery Information

Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)		Quota: None
Course Start	Flexible
Timetable	Timetable
Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info)	Total Hours: 100 ( Lecture Hours 5, Seminar/Tutorial Hours 1, Online Activities 35, Feedback/Feedforward Hours 5, Formative Assessment Hours 5, Revision Session Hours 1, Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2, Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours 46 )
Assessment (Further Info)	Written Exam 0 %, Coursework 100 %, Practical Exam 0 %
Additional Information (Assessment)	Written Exam 0% Coursework 100% Practical Exam 0%
Feedback	Not entered
No Exam Information

Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to: Critically understand principles and practice of screening, surveillance, outbreak response, use of routine data and health impact assessment Apply these principles to different contexts using appropriate tools and skills Deal with complex public health issues and make informed judgments in situations in the absence of complete or consistent data Communicate public health information to a range of audiences with different levels of knowledge/expertise