Learning Outcomes

In this free course, you will learn how to:

• Define ‘Epidemiology’
• Outline the uses of Epidemiology
• Recall some classifications of study design
• Discuss aspects of epidemiological study design
• Identify disease types
• Explain the importance of studying disease variations
• Define ‘disease clusters’
• Outline the steps involved in investigating disease outbreaks
• Identify some measures of risk and disease frequency
• Discuss some methods for disease prevention
• Explain the role of Epidemiology in public health and disease prevention
• Summarise the epidemiological concept of population