Epidemiology

This course introduces the basic principles and methods of epidemiology, the study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states and events in populations and the application of this study to the control of health problems. Critical thinking, analytic skills, and application to public health practice are emphasized as students engage in active learning bio individual and group activities, project, case studies, discussions, and critical review and analysis of scientific literature. Topics covered include data collection, measurement, presentation, analysis, and interpretation; disease occurrence; descriptive and analytic epidemiology; association and causation; screening; outbreak investigations; epidemiology in policy-making; and special epidemiologic applications.