Undergraduate Course: Global health and infectious diseases (IPHP10005)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Social and Political Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
International Public Health Policy |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None |
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| Course description |
This course will provide students with an understanding of infectious disease in a global policy context and with an awareness of the theory and practice of their control and prevention. It examines the theory underlying infectious disease control, including the agents and their transmission routes, infectivity, host susceptibility, transmission dynamics, incidence, and prevalence. It will examine the epidemiology of infectious diseases and their global disease burden, and assess major contemporary strategies for the control of these diseases. The course will examine key principles in infectious disease control including outbreak management and surveillance methods. It will assess both the principles underlying vaccination and immunisation and the methods for monitoring and evaluating immunisation programmes. The course will enable students to develop strategies for the control of infectious disease, and to plan and evaluate infectious disease control programmes. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of the course students will be able to:
- demonstrate a detailed understanding of the significance of infectious diseases in global public health and of the transmission methods and epidemiology of key infectious diseases
- access key data resources for infectious disease control
- evaluate the principles of investigation, control and prevention of infectious diseases
- understand the principles and role of surveillance in identifying infectious disease priorities for a population and monitoring control strategies
- understand the principles of investigating an outbreak
- assess the different options for the control of infectious diseases
- understand the principles underlying vaccination and immunisation and critically assess methods for monitoring and evaluating immunisation programmes
- develop strategies for the control of infectious disease and evaluate infectious disease control programmes.
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Assessment Information
| Essay (70%), oral presentation (30%) |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Jeff Collin
Tel: (0131 6)51 3961
Email: jeff.collin@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
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