Public Health: Learn the Principles of Epidemiology

The fundamentals of epidemiology will be well understood by learners, who will also comprehend the principles of public health science and use their understanding to examine potential disease outbreak scenarios. Every lecture follows a straightforward format, much like a Khan Academy course.

Public Health: Learn the Principles of Epidemiology course is divided into three main sections, each of which builds the groundwork for your future in epidemiology. The first introduces you to epidemiology as a science and covers elements of disease transmission you must understand in order to look into outbreaks. The uses, categories, and procedures of efficient disease surveillance are described after the principles of disease surveillance are explained. The CDC-mandated 13 Step method is followed in a section specifically devoted to the examination of a disease outbreak. In order to increase your interest in the material, each lecture includes examples, external resources, and quizzes.

The most thorough start-to-finish course on epidemiology and epidemic investigation available is offered in this course, which is geared for complete beginners. Public Health: Learn the Principles of Epidemiology course is jam-packed with tests, outside sources, articles, terminology, and actual public health case studies! From total novice to disease outbreak investigator!

What you will learn

• Define and comprehend the many branches of epidemiological science.
• Know risk variables' effects on illness susceptibility.
• The steps involved in gathering, analyzing, and interpreting public health data
• The various control and prevention techniques; determining whether intervention is necessary
• Common illnesses and their causes (cause)
• Examine both hypothetical and actual outbreak scenarios.
• The three triads of disease
• How to read epidemiological charts and graphs
• How to form, test, and establish causal relationships
• Quantitative epidemiology using ratios and rates
• Biases and mistakes

Who this course is for

• This course is intended for those who want to gain a solid foundation in the fundamentals of epidemiology and epidemic investigation. By the end of the course, students will have advanced from complete beginners to being able to completely conduct an outbreak investigation.

Instructor: Cheng Zhou

Udemy rating: 4.2/5.0, 5 ratings

Enroll here: https://www.udemy.com/course/public-health-learn-the-principles-of-epidemiology/