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EPID 571. Principles of Epidemiology. 3 Hours.
Semester course; 3 lecture hours. 3 credits. Offers the theoretical foundations, concepts and principles of epidemiological research methods utilized to examine the distribution and determinants of diseases or other health problems. Entails understanding of measures of disease frequency and association, descriptive and analytic studies, community surveys, sampling, bias, confounding surveillance, outbreak investigation, screening and research proposal writing. Also provides basic foundations for data analysis and its translation into health care planning, management and policy formulation.
Public Health, Master of (M.P.H.)/Social Work, Master of (M.S.W.) [dual degree]
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...3 EPID 571 Principles of Epidemiology 3 EPID 600 Introduction to Public Health 3 EPID...
Medicine, Doctor of (M.D.)/Public Health, Master of (M.P.H.) [dual degree]
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...of the M.P.H. core course, EPID 571; Patient Safety and Quality Improvement satisfies...