Postgraduate Course: Communicable Disease Control and Environmental Health (PUHR11008)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Molecular, Genetic and Population Health Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
| Summary | The course provides an introduction to communicable diseases and an appreciation of the theory and practice of their control and prevention. |
| Course description |
Not entered
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | None |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
| Not being delivered |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Understand the significance of communicable disease as a public health issue both in the UK and internationally
- Describe the epidemiology of important communicable diseases in the UK and internationally
- Describe the principles of surveillance, investigation, control and prevention of communicable disease in the UK and internationally
- Outline the different methods available for the control of communicable diseases
- Apply the principles of investigating an outbreak of communicable disease, and outline the principles underlying vaccination and immunisation and the methods for monitoring and evaluating immunisation programmes.
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Margaret Douglas
Tel:
Email: margaret.douglas@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Charlotte Munden
Tel: (0131 6)51 318
Email: cmunden2@ed.ac.uk |
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