340.764.01
Professional Epidemiology Methods II

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
M, W, 9:00 - 10:20am
Lab Times
Friday, 8:30 - 10:20am (01)
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Carlos Castillo-Salgado
Carla Zelaya
David Dowdy
Course Instructor(s)
Susan Tonascia
Contact Name
Carlos Castillo
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

340.763 Professional Epid Methods I or consent of instructor

Description
Trains future leaders using advanced epidemiological methods applied in modern public health practice. Provides students with the key epidemiological competencies for mid-level and senior-level epidemiologists. Focuses on epidemiological methods and tools used in key health situation analyses. Covers examples of health priority assessments, health needs assessments, epidemiological stratification of public health problems, measuring health inequalities and evaluation of effectiveness of public health programs, using real public health scenarios and available health information datasets. Also covers selected methods for translating epidemiologic data for decision-making. Additionally, addresses the role of available epidemiological evidence and translational research for public health programs.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Recognize the framework of essential public health functions and services for developing prospective epidemiological scenarios
  2. Identify and apply main epidemiological metrics and tools for health priority selection and health needs assessments
  3. Describe and apply the main epidemiological risk measures (RR, RAp) in developing epidemiological profiles of critical populations and areas at local and national levels
  4. Identify and critically evaluate and use of epidemiologic measures of effectiveness in public health program evaluation
  5. Review and use basic geospatial statistics for recognizing health surveillance clusters and epidemiological threshold levels for outbreak alerts
  6. Identify key methodological aspects in using epidemiological evidence and discuss as translational research in public health programs
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

Second of two classes designed to train future leaders using advanced epidemiological methods applied in modern public health practice.