Masters Programme - Handbook of Modules 2011 - 2012
SECTION 2 - Course Descriptions
MSc VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGY
OBJECTIVES
On completion of the course, students will be able to:
- demonstrate an understanding of the key concepts underpinning the discipline of veterinary epidemiology;
- select an appropriate study design when confronted with an epidemiological research question and develop a detailed study protocol capable of answering the research question;
- analyse and interpret epidemiological data derived from cross-sectional, case-control and follow-up studies;
- review critically the published epidemiological literature;
- apply epidemiological principles to surveillance and infection and disease control within animal and human populations;
- communicate effectively with researchers from different disciplinary backgrounds; and
- communicate effectively with other people with an interest in human and animal health, including the general public and key policymakers.
Term 1: All students take the core modules and usually take the recommended modules. Students are advised to take at most one optional module unless they are very familiar with the content of several core or recommended modules.
Core: Epidemiological Aspects of Laboratory Investigations; Epidemiology in Practice; Extended Epidemiology; Statistics for EPH; Surveillance of Animal Health & Production.
Recommended: Global Health Lecture Series.
Optional: Molecular Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases, Introduction to Computing.
Terms 2 and 3: Students take one module from each timetable slot.
C2: Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
D1: Modelling & the Dynamics of Infectious Diseases
