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Apr 20, 2025
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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, students will be able to:
1. describe key sources of data for epidemiologic purposes.
2. demonstrate the principles and limitations of public health screening programs.
3. illustrate a public health problem in terms of magnitude, person, time, and place.
4. explain the importance of epidemiology for informing scientific, ethical, economic and political discussion of health issues.
5. describe the basic terminology and definitions of epidemiology.
6. calculate basic epidemiology measures.
7. summarize epidemiologic information for lay and professional audiences.
8. apply causal inference and hypothesis testing.
9. illustrate the purposes, strengths, and weaknesses of various study designs.
10. illustrate random error and systematic error (bias).
11. demonstrate whether confounding and/or effect modification is present.
12. illustrate the strengths and limitations of epidemiologic reports.
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