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HELTH201-23B (HAM)
Epidemiology and Bio-statistics
15 Points
Staff
Convenor(s)
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Ross Lawrenson
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ross.lawrenson@waikato.ac.nz
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Lecturer(s)
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Lynne Chepulis
lynne.chepulis@waikato.ac.nz
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What this paper is about
How this paper will be taught
This course is structured in 12 lectures covering topics:
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- Health and Disease
- Causation and Risk
- Cohort studies
- Case control studies
- Experimental studies/Intervention studies
- Using epidemiology to explore ethnic disparities
- Cancer epidemiology
- Rural health
- Clinical epidemiology and critical appraisal
- Principles of screening
- Epidemiology and health services planning
All lectures will be delivered face to face and you are expected to attend class wherever possible. There will also be a weekly face to face tutorial. Both the lectures and the tutorials will be recorded via panopto and they will be uploaded onto Moodle for students to view.
Required Readings
Farmer, R., & Lawrenson, R. (2004). Lecture Notes: Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine (5th ed.). Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishing
Penelope, W., Bain, C., & Page, A. (2019). Essential Epidemiology (4th ed.). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press
Learning Outcomes
Students who successfully complete the course should be able to:
Assessments
How you will be assessed
A multiple choice quiz will be uploaded onto Moodle every 4 weeks. These quizzes will start during week 4 and will continue through until week 12. There will be a specific time limit set for each quiz. You will generally have two days to to complete these, and they will be open Friday to Sunday (or by arrangement). Once you start taking your test, you are required to finish it and then submit it.
Also, there is one assignment where you will prepare a 2000 word paper that describes the epidemiology of a common disease or health condition of your choice. You will be expected to describe clearly about the disease/ health condition and the likely aetoeological factors for the same.
The internal assessment/exam ratio (as stated in the University Calendar) is 60:40. The final exam makes up 40% of the overall mark.