MPH1040

Introductory epidemiology

(MED)

Associate Professor M Abramson

6 points + 2 contact hours per week + First semester + Alfred

Synopsis: This unit is taken concurrently with MPH1041. Together they are prerequisites for clinical epidemiology elective units. Content includes rates, sources of data, descriptive & analytical epidemiology, epidemiological study designs, critical appraisal of literature, screening, prevention, exposure assessment, outbreak investigation, confounding & sources of bias.

Assessment: Assignments + Examination