MPH5218 Infectious diseases: Epidemiology and prevention

When you finish this unit, you should be able to:

1. 1

   Argue the importance and dynamic nature of infectious diseases;

2. 2

   Identify the unique aspects of infectious disease epidemiology and evaluate these aspects in practice;

3. 3

   Critically evaluate strategies in the prediction, detection and control of infectious disease outbreaks;

4. 4

   Critically evaluate the epidemiologic principles underlying disease surveillance programs;

5. 5

   Critically evaluate the epidemiologic principles underlying disease control and prevention strategies;

6. 6

   Describe the role of mathematical modelling in relation to infectious diseases.