MPH1040

Introductory epidemiology (6 points)

(MED)

Leader: Associate Professor M Abramson

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2003 (Day)
Clayton First semester 2004 (Day)

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