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Epidemiology and Principles of Research (8580.3)

Level:	Level 3 - Undergraduate Advanced Unit
Credit Points:	3
HECS Bands:	2
Faculty:	Faculty of Health
Discipline:	Discipline of Public Health

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UC - Canberra, Bruce

Year	Teaching Period	Convener		Mode of Delivery
2019	Semester 1	DR Indira SAMARAWICKREMA	(Ph: +61 2 62015442 )	ONLINE
2020	Semester 1	DR Indira SAMARAWICKREMA	(Ph: +61 2 62015442 )	ONLINE
2020	Semester 2	DR Indira SAMARAWICKREMA	(Ph: +61 2 62015442 )	ONLINE

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Semester 1, 2019, ONLINE, BRUCE (188649) - View
Semester 1, 2018, ONLINE, BRUCE (176175) - View
Semester 1, 2017, ONLINE, BRUCE (163995) - View
Semester 1, 2016, ONLINE, BRUCE (149638) - View
Semester 1, 2015, ONLINE, BRUCE (148477) - View

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Syllabus

This unit will cover the application of epidemiological techniques, especially measures of disease frequency and association and research designs to collect data on public health issues. Students will be introduced to critical appraisal of the research literature in public health.

This unit is co-taught with unit 9594 Epidemiology and Principles of Research PG

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

1. Interpret evidence based information to apply within policy and practice in public health contexts;

2. Identify research approaches and specific designs to the collection and use of data to better understand public health issues;

3. Interpret, manage and analyze health data;

4. Apply some of the principles and techniques of epidemiology to public health issues;

5. Identify a public health issue, seek relevant evidence on the topic and interpret the available evidence;

6. Understand issues relating to the application of research methods and public health ethics.

Assessment Items

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UC - Canberra, Bruce
- Semester 1, 2019
  - All Content is Delivered Online (ONLINE)
    - Online oral presentation. This presentation is about using basic epidemiological tools and understanding the quality of the available evidence on your chosen topic. Students must individually  prepare a brief presentation related to the available evidence of a public health intervention. Students doing Honours are encouraged to use their project topic as a basis for their presentation.   It is expected that students will develop a power-point presentation or use a related presentation format  to assist the audience to understand their topic of interest. The presentation should: Be succinct and last only 10 minutes Include the reason(s) for choosing the topic Burden of the issue The search strategy used to retrieve the information The level of the available evidence The quality of the evidence The sources of bias The reported outcomes Lesson learned from the review of the literature. The presentation must be submitted on-line into the workshop module on the Canvas . Students will be randomly allocated presentations to peer mark. If using youtube or Prezi,  ensure that the link is limited to only the class members,  you need to click private when creating the presentation on youtube. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that the presentation can be accessed easily, has sound and  vision. Lack of access or sound will result in a mark of zero.     (40% total; 5% for peer marking and  35% for presentation.   )
    - Quizzes: there are  3 quizzes, worth 20% each.  The quizzes will either be true /false; MCQ or short answers, the detail of each quiz is on the Canvas site, all quizzes must be completed by end of week 13.     Other short quizzes are formative and not assessed. The Canvas site makes it clear which quizzes are assessed. (Quizzes 2, 5 and 6  are each worth 20 %.   )
- Semester 1, 2018
  - All Content is Delivered Online (ONLINE)
    - Online oral presentation. This presentation is about using basic epidemiological tools and understanding the quality of the available evidence on your chosen topic. Students must individually  prepare a brief presentation related to the available evidence of a public health intervention. Students doing Honours are encouraged to use their project topic as a basis for their presentation.   It is expected that students will develop a power-point presentation or use a related presentation format  to assist the audience to understand their topic of interest. The presentation should: Be succinct and last only 10 minutes Include the reason(s) for choosing the topic Burden of the issue The search strategy used to retrieve the information The level of the available evidence The quality of the evidence The sources of bias The reported outcomes Lesson learned from the review of the literature. The presentation must be submitted on-line into the workshop module on the Canvas . Students will be randomly allocated presentations to peer mark. If using youtube or Prezi,  ensure that the link is limited to only the class members,  you need to click private when creating the presentation on youtube. It is the student's responsibility to ensure that the presentation can be accessed easily, has sound and  vision. Lack of access or sound will result in a mark of zero.     (40% total; 5% for peer marking and  35% for presentation.   )
    - Quizzes: there are  3 quizzes, worth 20% each.  The quizzes will either be true /false; MCQ or short answers, the detail of each quiz is on the moodle site, all quizzes must be completed by end of week 13.     Other short quizzes are formative and not assessed. The Canvas site makes it clear which quizzes are assessed. (Quizzes 2, 3 and 4  are each worth 20 %.   )

Contact Hours

A 1 hour lecture and a 2 hour tutorial session per week.

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Assumed Knowledge

Broad knowledge of Australian health care.

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