Applied Epidemiology (5 cr)

Learning outcomes

The student is able:
• to analyze symptoms, transmissions and spread of infectious
diseases
• to enhance preparedness, surveillance, and response to
infectious disease outbreaks
• to analyze, implement and communicate surveillance data in
infection prevention and control
• to critically assess contextual influences on infectious disease
management

Materials

European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control. Handbook on implementing syndromic surveillance in migrant reception/detention centres and other refugee settings. Stockholm: ECDC; 2016. https://www.ecdc.europa.eu/en/publications-data/handbook-implementing-syndromic-surveillance-migrant-receptiondetention-centres.

McDonald J.H. 2016 Handbook of biological statistics. http://www.biostathandbook.com/HandbookBioStatThird.pdf

Framework and toolkit for infection prevention and control outbreak preparedness, readiness and
response at the national level. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2021. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO A


Relevant articles will be introduced in the e-tivities.

Teaching methods

Epidemiology is the method used to find the causes of health outcomes and diseases in populations. In epidemiology, the patient is the community and individuals are viewed collectively. By definition, epidemiology is the study (scientific, systematic, and data-driven) of the distribution (frequency, pattern) and determinants (causes, risk factors) of health-related states and events (not just diseases) in specified populations. During this study unit we will focus on applied epidemiology and outbreak management.

Learning methods: e-tivities, Outbreak management workshop.

Exam schedules

15th Feb 2024 Outbreak management workshop at Tikkurila Campus. N.B. the pre-assignments.

Please note that we have compulsory presence at the outbreak management workshop 15th February 2024.
Also make sure you follow the deadlines for the e-tivities, as they will facilitate your learning throughout the course.


Other studies online.

Completion alternatives

None

Student workload

8 hours contact learning for Outbreak management work shop at Tikkurila Campus. App. 127 hours of independent learning.

Content scheduling

Content for the study unit:
• introduction on health care statistics and tools and their application in community and clinical practice in global and
public health
• basics on epidemiology and its application in community and clinical practice in global and public health
• epidemiological and intervention study processes, designs and their implementation in public and global health
• public health emergency preparedness and outbreak management,

Evaluation scale

H-5