13555 (v.3) Field Epidemiology 684

Area:

School of Public Health

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

8.0

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Fieldwork:

1 x 8 Hours Weekly

Prerequisite(s):

    11547 (v.3) Epidemiology 781 or any previous version
    OR
    6103 (v.8) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 582 or any previous version
AND
    13152 (v.3) Health Research Methods 681 or any previous version
    OR
    13554 (v.3) Epidemiology and Biostatistics 782 or any previous version

Syllabus:

Review of the epidemiological principles underlying field investigations and surveillance principles, methods of conducting field investigations, study design, describing and analysing data, methods of communicating results, investigations in health care settings and developing interventions.

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Field of Education:

061311 Epidemiology

Funding Cluster:

06 - Computing, Built Environment, Health

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Not Online
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Pass/Fail

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External