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POPH8310 Applied Epidemiological Methods

POPH8310 is only available under certain award programs.

Offered By National Ctre for Epidemiology & Population Health
Academic Career Graduate Coursework
Course Subject Population Health
Offered in POPH8310 will not be offered in 2012
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
Academic Contact NCEPH Student Office

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