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Unit of Study CMM73010 - Epidemiology (2017)

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Unit description

Enhances knowledge of biostatistics and pathogenesis of disease as they relate to epidemiology and population health and disease.  Students will study the principles, methods and application of epidemiology in the identification, control and prevention of disease in the community.

Unit content

Topic 1: General principles in epidemiology

Topic 2: Measuring health

Topic 3: Observational and experimental studies in epidemiology

Topic 4: Biostatistics

Topic 5: Causation and causal inference

Topic 6: Inter-relationships between host, agent, and environment in infectious disease epidemiology

Topic 7: Screening and the prevention of disease

Topic 8: Communicable disease and epidemics

Topic 9: Social, psychological, behavioural, cultural and environmental determinants of health

Topic 10: Future directions and current challenges in epidemiology

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Not currently available in 2017

Learning outcomes and graduate attributes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

GA1: Intellectual rigour, GA2: Creativity, GA3: Ethical practice, GA4: Knowledge of a discipline, GA5: Lifelong learning, GA6: Communication and social skills, GA7: Cultural competence
Learning outcome count Learning outcome description GA1 GA2 GA3 GA4 GA5 GA6 GA7
1 evaluate the current health status of Australians in the context of population health history
2 explain the role of epidemiology in the determination of causation in communicable and non-communicable disease, and the relevance of environmental, social and cultural determinants of health
3 perform basic methods of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis
4 source scientific literature related to common questions on health and disease and critically evaluate different types of epidemiological studies
5 evaluate the approaches to disease surveillance and the underlying strategies for disease prevention
6 critically review the principles required to investigate outbreaks and conduct screening to detect early disease

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

  1. evaluate the current health status of Australians in the context of population health history
    • GA4:
  2. explain the role of epidemiology in the determination of causation in communicable and non-communicable disease, and the relevance of environmental, social and cultural determinants of health
    • GA4:
    • GA7:
  3. perform basic methods of qualitative and quantitative data collection and analysis
    • GA1:
  4. source scientific literature related to common questions on health and disease and critically evaluate different types of epidemiological studies
    • GA1:
    • GA5:
  5. evaluate the approaches to disease surveillance and the underlying strategies for disease prevention
    • GA1:
  6. critically review the principles required to investigate outbreaks and conduct screening to detect early disease
    • GA1: