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.