Course info

Welcome to  Epidemiology  course for  Public health 3rd year   students! 

This is a Blended e-learning learning  (online and face-to-face teaching) Epidemiology course designed for you

Objective of the course 

Upon the completion of this course, you will be able to:

1. Define epidemiology and discuss its importance in medicine and public health
2. Understand and make use of the principles of Epidemiology
3. Describe concepts of disease causation
4. Calculate the measures of disease and death
5. Differentiate types of study design
6. Investigate and control outbreaks and epidemics
7. Describe the purpose and types of surveillance
8. Identify the factors that affect validity of studies

The teaching-learning methods in this course include self-directed online learning activities, face-to-face sessions, and discussions.During the self-directed online activities, you must complete all of the given online learning activities at your own pace and within the time frame specified, as preparation for face-to-face sessions.In the discussion forum sessions, you will have the opportunity to collaborate and learn with other students. You must participate in the discussion forum to answer the given questions and/or collaboratively solve a problem.

The face-to-face sessions are devoted to the discussion of complex concepts, questions and answers, and/or the practice of some important skills (if any).To ensure that you get the most out of this course, you must devote at least 3  hours per week (1 hours for self-directed online activities, 1 hour for collaborative learning, and 1 hour for face-to-face sessions) for approximately 16 weeks.

At the end of the course, there will be a summative assessment to determine whether or not the learning objectives were met. This assessment consists of a written knowledge test, your participation in the discussion forum and the quality of your responses to the discussion questions, and a review of your completed and submitted work. 

I hope you enjoy your learning experience!