BMS1042 - Public health and preventive medicine

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Overview

Applications of epidemiological and statistical concepts and methods to typical problems in population health and in the biomedical literature. This will include consideration of fundamental ethical issues pertaining to the conduct of biomedical research and population health interventions. Much emphasis is placed on a population view of health and disease, … For more content click the Read More button below.

Applications of epidemiological and statistical concepts and methods to typical problems in population health and in the biomedical literature. This will include consideration of fundamental ethical issues pertaining to the conduct of biomedical research and population health interventions. Much emphasis is placed on a population view of health and disease, social determinants of health, epidemiological principles, research study design and statistical analyses of data.

Offerings

S2-01-CLAYTON-ON-CAMPUS

Rules

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Contacts

Chief Examiner(s)

Associate Professor Julia Choate

Unit Coordinator(s)

Dr Tess Tsindos

Ms Penelope Robinson

Notes

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Scheduled teaching activities and/or workload information are subject to change in response to COVID-19, please check your Unit timetable and Unit Moodle site for more details.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you should be able to:

Demonstrate and show application of core public health principles including epidemiology, biostatistics and ethics in health research.

Explain how disease is measured in populations and critically analyse the strengths and weaknesses of different epidemiological study designs which are used in public health research.

Critically appraise the popular and biomedical literature in public health.

Identify fundamental ethical considerations that underpin health research.

Identify and apply the importance of statistical methods in the design, analysis and presentation of the results of research studies in health and biomedicine, and in reports of health-related matters in general.

Interpret statistical results presented and identify limitations in the biomedical literature and other media and convey the interpretation in simple language.

Assessment

1 - 2 x Online quizzes

2 - Public health critical review and oral presentation

3 - Public health data analysis

4 - Written examination (2 hours and 10 minutes)

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Biomedical science