Epidemiology

Catalog description

This course provides students with a basic understanding of morbidity and mortality rates, incidence and prevalence; the characteristics of persons, place and time as they relate to disease; cohort analysis; risk factors and the calculation of relative risk factors and the calculation of relative risk; and screening methods and the sensitivity and specificity of diagnostic tests. The laboratory exercises with computer applications are field based and designed to give the students practical experience in elements of community health assessment. 15 lect., 20 lab, 2.5 hr./wk.; 1cr.