Course provides cross-cutting competencies needed to practice as an epidemiologist. Topics covered include outbreak and cluster investigations, proper analysis of outbreak data, and communication of findings. In covering these areas, students will use and enhance competencies in epidemiologic investigations, data management, survey analysis, and public health communication.
Athena Title
Field Epidemiology I
Equivalent Courses
Not open to students with credit in EPID 7410E
Prerequisite
EPID 7010 or EPID 7010E
Semester Course Offered
Offered spring
Grading System
A - F (Traditional)
Student learning Outcomes
Studenta will integrate scientific knowledge from diverse sources in the planning and conduct of field investigations.
Students will demonstrate knowledge of the basic principles of human biology, disease pathology, and its related social determinants of health in the development of a field investigation.
Students will describe the key phases of planning and conducting an outbreak or cluster investigation and define the key aims of the investigation.
Students will critically assess survey data collection instruments, apply best practices for data entry, and use data management techniques to analyze data from a field investigation or surveillance data.
Students will conduct analysis and develop inferences supported by the study findings including the use of appropriate statistical methods.
Students will communicate public health information in a clear and concise manner to lay audiences with diverse health literacy levels and policymakers.
