Undergraduate Course: Medical and Veterinary Epidemiology (MIBM10024)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biomedical Sciences | 
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine | 
 
| Course type | Standard | 
Availability | Not available to visiting students | 
 
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 4 Undergraduate) | 
Credits | 10 | 
 
| Home subject area | Microbiology and Infection (Biomedical Sciences) | 
Other subject area | None | 
   
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Taught in Gaelic? | No | 
 
| Course description | This Special Topic will provide the students with an in-depth understanding of some of the key epidemiological issues of concern today, including the potential scale of the BSE and vCJD epidemics, the control of foot-and-mouth disease, the prevention of E. coli O157 infections, and the reduction of the public health burden of rabies. Each subject will be introduced by a lecturer doing research in the field, the students will then carry out directed reading and a critical evaluation the available literature. Student presentations will form the basis for general discussion of each subject. Each student will be asked to present on a topic of (as far as possible) their choice. | 
 
 
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites | 
 It is RECOMMENDED that students have passed   
Medical Microbiology 3 (BIME09002)  
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| Prohibited Combinations |  | 
Other requirements |  None | 
 
| Additional Costs |  None | 
 
 
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |   
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes 
| Increased understanding of biological processes.  Detailed learning outcomes will be provided later. | 
 
 
Assessment Information 
| 100% ICA. |  
 
Special Arrangements 
| None |   
 
Additional Information 
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Contacts 
| Course organiser | Dr Douglas Roy 
Tel: (0131) 242 6279 
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Course secretary | Mrs Patricia Law 
Tel: (0131 6)50 3161 
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