MPH5305 Epidemiology: Concepts and applications
Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences
MPH5305 Epidemiology: Concepts and applications is a level 5, 6-credit-point, postgraduate unit from the Faculty of Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences. It isn't offered in 2021. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2021
- Other periods
- Monash Online
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
This is the 2021 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before MPH5305
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After MPH5305
No unit lists MPH5305 as a prerequisite in the 2021 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Overview
This unit will provide students 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.
Students are expected to be competent at mathematics to a year 7 level
Offerings in 2021
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| Teaching period 2 | Monash Online | Mo |
Assessment
- Concept and application tasks (4 x weekly activities)Threshold hurdle40%
- Online quiz (30 minutes)10%
- Critical appraisal (3,000 words)Threshold hurdle50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Explain and contextualise the purposes of descriptive and analytical epidemiology
- 2
Analyse the strengths and weaknesses of different epidemiological study designs
- 3
Critically analyse epidemiological papers from the medical research and OHS literature
- 4
Evaluate the adequacy of exposure assessment in epidemiological studies
- 5
Interpret and communicate the results of epidemiological studies
- 6
Solve complex problems relating to the use of epidemiological concepts and study designs.
Workload and teaching
- Teaching approachOnline learning
Off-campus: 20 hours per week for 6 weeks.
For full details of the teaching approach to this unit, please refer to Moodle.
Learning resources
Required resources
See Moodle for details about required resources.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Professor Flavia Cicuttini
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Nazmul Karim
- Dr Danijela Gasevic
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for MPH5305?
MPH5305 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is MPH5305 offered?
MPH5305 has no offerings listed in the 2021 handbook.
Does MPH5305 have an exam?
No. MPH5305 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.