| CODE | MLS3012 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Epidemiology | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 2 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Applied Biomedical Science | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This is a taught study-unit. This study-unit is an introduction to Epidemiology and to the epidemiologic approach to problems of health and disease. Epidemiology is the study of how disease is distributed in populations and of the factors that influence this distribution. The basic principles and methods of epidemiology are presented. Content: • Introduction to Epidemiology • Measures of Occurrence • Measures of Effect • Overview of Study Design • Surveillance • Confounding • Bias • From Association to Causation • Transmission of Infection • Outbreak investigations • Size of an Epidemiological Study • Sampling Methods • Methods of Data Collection Learning Outcomes By the end of this study-unit, students should be able to: • Calculate measures of occurrence and measures of effect and know when to use each one of them; • Design a simple epidemiological study/surveillance system and recognise the possible bias that can be present in each; • Investigate outbreaks and transmission of infection; • Compute sample size calculation for an epidemiological study and select random samples from the total population; and • Decide on which data collection method/s are best for the data needed in different studies. Reading List: Bonita R, Beaglehole R and Kjellstrom T, Basic Epidemiology 2nd Edition 2006, WHO ISBN: 978-9241547079 |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Julian Mamo Tanya Melillo |
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