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Apr 25, 2024
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CHS 712 - Epidemiology in Public Health (3 units)
Principles and methods of descriptive and analytic epidemiology with an emphasis on critical examination of current public health research.
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Fall and Summer
Student Learning Outcomes:
Upon completion of this course:
1. Students will be able to describe key sources of data for epidemiologic purposes.
2. Students will be able to demonstrate the principles and limitations of public health screening programs.
3. Students will be able to illustrate a public health problem in terms of magnitude, person, time, and place.
4. Students will be able to explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic and political discussion of health issues.
5. Students will be able to describe the basic terminology and definitions of epidemiology.
6. Students will be able to calculate basic epidemiology measures.
7. Students will be able to summarize epidemiologic information for lay and professional audiences.
8. Students will be able to apply causal inference and hypothesis testing.
9. Students will be able to illustrate the purposes, strengths, and weaknesses of various study designs.
10. Students will be able to illustrate random error and systematic error (bias).
11. Students will be able to demonstrate whether confounding and/or effect modification is present.
12. Students will be able to illustrate the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic reports.
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