Syllabus
Building upon the lessons below, learners will also critique assigned articles, participate in discussion boards, and complete assigned application exercises. All weekly assignments are due by Sunday at midnight.
Week One: Introduction to Epidemiology
Lesson 1: What Is Epidemiology
Lesson 2: Epidemiology and Public Health
Lesson 3: Achievements in Epidemiology
Week Two: Measuring Health and Disease
Lesson 1: Defining Health and Disease
Lesson 2: Using Available Information
Lesson 3: Morbidity and Disability
Week Three: Epidemiology Studies
Lesson 1: Observational Epidemiology
Lesson 2: Experimental Epidemiology
Lesson 3: Potential Errors in Epidemiological Studies
Week Four: Basic Biostatistics Concepts, and Causation in Epidemiology
Lesson 1: Displaying Statistical Information
Lesson 2: Summary Numbers
Lesson 3: Statistical Inference
and
Lesson 1: The Concept of Cause
Lesson 2: Establishing the Cause of a Disease
Week Five: Epidemiology of Non-Communicable Diseases
Lesson 1: Scope of Prevention
Lesson 2: Levels of Prevention
Lesson 3: Screening for Disease
Week Six: Epidemiology of Communicable Diseases
Lesson 1: Burden of Communicable Diseases
Lesson 2: Chain of Infection
Lesson 3: Investigation and Control of Epidemics
Week Seven: Clinical Epidemiology, and Environmental and Occupational Epidemiology
Lesson 1: Normality and Abnormality
Lesson 2: Effectiveness of Treatment
and
Lesson 1: Environment and Health
Lesson 2: Exposure and Dose
Lesson 3: Assessing Risk
Epidemiology Week Eight: Health Policy and Planning
Lesson 1: Health Policy in Practice
Lesson 2: Health Planning Cycle
* A detailed syllabus will be sent to each participant prior to the start of the course.
