340.766.11
Professional Epidemiologic Methods: Surveillance
Cancelled
- Location:
- East Baltimore
- Term:
- Summer Inst. term
- Department:
- Epidemiology
- Credits:
- 2 credits
- Academic Year:
- 2022 - 2023
- Instruction Method:
- TBD
- Auditors Allowed:
- No
- Grading Restriction:
- Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
- Course Instructor:
- Contact:
- Ayesha Khan
- Resources:
- Prerequisite:
340.601 or 340.721, or professional experience in applied epidemiology
- Description:
-
Covers epidemiological methods and analyses for public health surveillance, including novel measurement approaches for “real and near real time” surveillance, syndrome surveillance and surveillance of public health events. Students learn interpretation of analytic strategies including descriptive and inferential epidemiological methods for surveillance data.
- Learning Objectives:
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Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe different design in basic surveillance including active and passive surveillance programs
- Identify the essential components of the surveillance cycle
- List the attributes of a functional public health surveillance program
- Identify the methods and use of descriptive epidemiology for surveillance data
- Describe methods for presentation of surveillance data
- Methods of Assessment:
Labs- 60%; and final exam - 40%.
- Enrollment Restriction:
Students who have taken 340.763.01 or 340.873.18 may not register for this course
- Instructor Consent:
No consent required