Study Guide

Learning outcomes

The student is able to
- analyse the pathogenesis of infectious diseases
- analyse and implement infection surveillance data in infection prevention
- implement epidemiological tools in infection prevention and outbreak management

Teaching methods

Methods: Online e-tivities, online workshop.

Location and time

Teams work space + Canvas.

Learning materials and recommended literature

McDonald J.H. 2016 Handbook of biological statistics. Available at: http://www.biostathandbook.com/HandbookBioStatThird.pdf
https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-readers/publications/epidemiology-uninitiated

https://www.bmj.com/about-bmj/resources-readers/publications/statistics-square-one

https://www.nice.org.uk/process/pmg6/resources/the-guidelines-manual-appendicesbi-2549703709/chapter/appendix-e-methodology-checklist-casecontrol-studies

https://www.nice.org.uk/process/pmg6/resources/the-guidelines-manual-appendices-bi-2549703709/chapter/appendix-d-methodology-checklist-cohort-studies

Important dates

Assignments:
1 e-tivity: Definition for Epidemiology. By 31st Jan 2021
2 e-tivity: Definition for Biostatistics. By 31st Jan 2021
3 e-tivity: Global Health statistic concepts and parameters. By 31st Jan 2021
4 e-tivity: Basics of Outbreak. 2nd Feb 2021.
5 e-tivity: Outbreak report. 28th Feb 2021.
6 e-tivity: Research table of epidemiological studies. By 31st March 2021
7 e-tivity: Quality of epidemiological studies. 31st March 2021
8 e-tivity: Syndromic surveillance in migrant centers. 4th May 2021.

Students workload

Online lectures workshops 12 hours
Individual and pair work by completing e-tivities123 hours.

Content and scheduling

The student is able to
• to analyze the pathogenesis of infectious diseases
• to analyze and implement surveillance data in infection prevention
• to implement epidemiological tools in infection prevention and outbreak management

Content:
• introduction on health care statistics and their application in clinical practice and public health
• basics on epidemiology and biostatistics and their application in clinical practice and public health
• epidemiological and intervention study process
• outbreak management

Methods: Online lectures, e-tivities, workshops.

Grading scale

H-5

Evaluation methods and criteria

CRITERIA BASED EVALUATION OF A STUDY UNIT ASSIGNMENT
IN MASTER STUDIES at National Framework of Degrees 7-level (NQF 7)

Foci of assessment: Knowledge base, Problem solving, Development: and Communication.

Evaluation criteria, fail (0)

The student is not able to complete the study unit at EQF 7-level.

Evaluation criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Satisfactory (1)
To gather, process, produce and evaluate information about epidemiology and biostatistics in health care widely.
To use concepts of the area of expertise systematically.

Satisfactory (1)
To solve problems in epidemiology in health care development and/or innovation activities.

Satisfactory (1)
To recognize and analyze focuses of epidemiology in health care development making use of the knowledge base.

Satisfactory (1)
To communicate about epidemiology and biostatistics in health care clearly both orally and in writing.

Evaluation criteria, good (3-4)

Good (3)
To gather, process, produce and evaluate information about epidemiology and biostatistics in health care critically and widely making use of both national and international scientific sources.
To use concepts of the area of expertise fairly.

Good (3)
To solve problems in epidemiology in health care development and/or innovation activities by applying and combining information from different fields.

Good (3)
To create target-oriented, justified development plans for epidemiology in health care considering the community.

Good (3)
To communicate about epidemiology and biostatistics in health care in a competent, clear and consistent manner both orally and in writing.

Evaluation criteria, excellent (5)

Focus of assessment: Knowledge base Excellent (5)
The student is able
To create a consistent knowledge base for epidemiology and biostatistics in health care context making use of both national and international scientific sources in a critical analytic fashion.

Focus of assessment: Problem solving: Excellent (5)
The student is able
To solve demanding problems in development and/or innovation activities in epidemiology in health care where new knowledge and competence is created
as well as to apply and combine information from different fields.
Focus of assessment:
Development:

Excellent (5)
The student is able
To develop the activities of the epidemiology in health care competence area in a target-oriented and communal fashion.

Focus of assessment: Communication: Excellent (5) The student is able
To communicate about epidemiology and biostatistics in health care convincingly both orally and in writing to audiences within and exterior to the field.