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Epidemiology: Concepts and applications
MPH5305
Synopsis
This unit will provide you with an introduction to key concepts and applications in epidemiology.
Key concepts of epidemiology will be delivered throughout the unit, including; rates, sources of data, descriptive and analytical epidemiology, epidemiological study designs, critical appraisal of literature, screening, prevention, exposure assessment, outbreak investigation, confounding and bias.
You are expected to be competent at mathematics to a year 7 level
Sourced from the Monash Handbook 2026.
Quick facts
- Credit points
- 6
- Level
- 5
- Audience
- Postgraduate
- Type
- Coursework
- School
- Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
- Faculty
- Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine
- Handbook year
- 2026
Prerequisites
No prereqs in the handbook graph.
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Offerings (1)
- Teaching period 2Monash Online · MO