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Leader: A/Prof F Cicuttini
Offered:
MMS-ALFRED First semester 2006 (Day)
Synopsis: An introduction to descriptive and analytical epidemiology, demography, case-control studies, cohort studies, clinical trials, risk and causation, bias, confounding, health program evaluation and measurement theory.
Objectives: On completion of this unit, students should be able to: 1. explain the purposes of descriptive and analytical epidemiology; 2. explain the strengths and weaknesses of different epidemiological study designs; 3. critically appraise epidemiological papers from the epidemiological literature; 4. solve problems relating to the use of the principal epidemiological concepts, parameters and study designs; 5. explain the uses of epidemiology in the practice of public health.
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Assessment: Written Assignments
Contact Hours: 2 contact hours per week
Corequisites: MPH1031