POPH8310 Applied Epidemiological Methods
POPH8310 is only available under certain award programs.
| Offered By | NCEPH |
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| Academic Career | Graduate Coursework |
| Course Subject | Population Health |
| Offered in | First Semester, 2010, Second Semester, 2010, First Semester, 2011, and Second Semester, 2011 |
| Unit Value | 6 units |
| Course Description | Basic, descriptive and field epidemiology, analytic epidemiology, public health surveillance, biostatistics, public health communication, computer technology and information systems, research methods and evaluation techniques, Indigenous health, environmental health, health economics, social determinants of health. In addition, each candidate will be required to present the results of an investigation to fellow candidates and NCEPH academic staff and, in the second year, to participate as an instructor in an epidemiological training course. |
| Indicative Assessment | An ongoing, regularly scheduled assessment of the candidate's work. Epidemiology exam in Semester 2 of first year. At the end of each of three semesters, the course is deemed to have been completed satisfactorily and a 'continuing unit' recorded. At the end of the fourth semester the result is either 'Course Requirement Satisfied' or 'Fail'. |
| Workload | Up to four weeks full time, once per semester. Attendance at intensive residentials is mandatory and only in exceptional circumstances, and with the approval of the Delegated Authority, will absence be permitted. Each candidate will be required, during the course, to attend one residential in each of four semesters at NCEPH. |
| Course Classification(s) | SpecialistSpecialist courses are designed for students having reached 'first degree' level of assumed knowledge, which provide for the acquisition of specialist skills; or 'second degree' and higher level of knowledge; or for transition to research training programs; or knowledge associated with professional accreditation. |
| Areas of Interest | Health, Medicine and the Body |
| Corequisites | POPH 8311 Field Placement; POPH 8399 Bound Volume |
| Programs | Master of Applied Epidemiology |
| Academic Contact | NCEPH Student Office |
The information published on the Study at ANU 2010 website applies to the 2010 academic year only. All information provided on this website replaces the information contained in the Study at ANU 2009 website.
