Course description
Disease surveillance and public health concepts; methods and procedures of case and outbreak investigations; issues related to public health surveillance data, data source, data standard, modern methods for early recognition of epidemics and early warning system; disseminating and communicating public health surveillance information; information technologies to assist public health surveillance practices; ethical concerns related to outbreak investigation and data dissemination
Prerequisites
Graduate in Bachelor degree in Health sciences, computer sciences, and ICT
LO: Learning Outcome
- LO1: Summarize concepts of public health surveillance
- LO2: Discuss the roles of health personnel during disease investigation
- LO3: Classify common types of public health surveillance
- LO4: Identify key indicators for public health surveillance evaluation
- LO5: Discuss the importance of early epidemic detection and warning system
- LO6: Criticize how technology can influence the practice of public health surveillance
Course Features
- Lectures 35
- Quizzes 2
- Duration 30 hours
- Skill level All levels
- Language English
- Students 79
- Certificate No
- Assessments Yes
