VET641: Principles of Epidemiology

This unit will provide students with the theoretical knowledge of epidemiology. It will cover disease frequency and monitoring, risk factor analysis, survey design and analysis of survey results, diagnostic test evaluation and interpretation, investigation of disease outbreaks and geographical information systems.

Points

Enrolment Options

Murdoch: S1-internal, S1-external, S2-internal, S2-external

Contact Time

Lectures, workshops and seminars as required.

Prerequisites

Enrolment in Masters of Veterinary Studies (Veterinary Surveillance), Master of Veterinary Studies (Conservation Medicine) or permission of the Program Chair.
Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.

School

School of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences

Unit Coordinator

Associate Professor Ian Robertson

Position:	Head of Dept VeterinaryandClinical Sc
E-mail:	I.Robertson@murdoch.edu.au
Location:	Murdoch Campus Veterinary Clinical Sciences Room 1.050
Phone: Prefix: +618	9360 2459

Unit Contacts

Contact	Phone Prefix: +618	Location Explanation of Location Codes	Teaching Period(s)
Associate Professor Ian Robertson Head of Dept VeterinaryandClinical Sc (I.Robertson@murdoch.edu.au)	9360 2459	Murdoch Campus Veterinary Clinical Sciences Room 1.050	MURDOCH S1: Internal (16/02/2009 - 12/06/2009) MURDOCH S1: External (16/02/2009 - 12/06/2009) MURDOCH S2: Internal (03/08/2009 - 27/11/2009) MURDOCH S2: External (03/08/2009 - 27/11/2009)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations:
APMISIN	Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore)
CEJTOKYO	Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo)
JKURASHIKI	NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan)
KDUPG	KDU College (Penang, Malaysia)
KDUPJ	KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
SGP-REPOLY	Republic Polytechnic (Singapore)
SMANUFED	Singapore Manufacturing Federation
ZHENGZHOU	Zhengzhou University (China)