Unit of Study PBHL2001 Epidemiology (2024)

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Unit Snapshot

Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

12
Faculty & College

Faculty of Health
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

STAT2001 - Foundations of Evidence for Health Science Practitioners AND HLTH1004 - The Reflective Learner and Health Science Scholar OR EDUC1001 - Language and Learning in your Discipline

Unit description

Epidemiology is the study of diseases at a population level. Students examine how disease occurrence is measured and studied in a population, how they are linked to causal agents and how they can ultimately be managed or prevented.

Unit content

Introduction to health and disease
Epidemiological studies and biostatistics
Causation and prevention of disease
Non-communicable and communicable diseases
Environmental and occupational epidemiology
Clinical epidemiology and health policy and planning

Availabilities

Location	Domestic	International
Online	Term1	Term1

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

demonstrate competence in performing calculations associated with measurements of disease burden used in epidemiology

apply appropriate methodologies to identify and assess the causes of disease

relate the natural history of disease to models for disease screening and prevention

evaluate the environmental, social and cultural determinants of health in the Australian context

Teaching and assessment

Teaching method

Workshop 1 hour (Weekly)

Tutorial 2 hours (Weekly)

Assessment
Quiz	25%
Workbook	35%
Report	40%

Prescribed learning resources

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Fee information

Domestic

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