MPH1040H

Introductory epidemiology ( 0 points, SCA Band 2, 0.000 EFTSL)

Leader: Dr D Magliano

Offered:
Clayton First semester 2006 (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 and analytical epidemiology, epidemiological study designs, critical appraisal of literature, screening, prevention, exposure assessment, outbreak investigation, confounding and sources of bias.

Assessment: Assignments + Examination

Contact Hours: 2 contact hours per week

Corequisites: MPH1041H