56 Cashir
4 Saacadood
Epidemiology
Offered by
Benaadir Research, Consultancy & Evaluation Center (BRCE)
Course Description
An epidemiology course provides foundational knowledge on studying the distribution, frequency, and determinants of health-related states in populations. Students learn to identify disease causes, risk factors, and evaluate public health interventions through research methods like study design, surveillance, and data analysis
This epidemiology for health Provisional and medical students’ course is designed to equip students with the basic concepts of epidemiology, communicable disease epidemiology, measures of disease occurrence, establishment of disease causation, epidemiological study designs, outbreak investigation and management, screening in disease control and epidemiological surveillance. Introduces quantitative measures to determine risk, association and procedures for standardization of rates.
What Will Be Learned?
By the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe concepts of public health
- Understand the principles of epidemiology
- Describe concepts of disease causation
- Calculate the measures of disease and mortality and morbidity
- Understand types of epidemiological study designs
- Investigate and control outbreaks and epidemics
- Describe the purpose and types of surveillance
- Understand the factors that affect validity of studies
Who Can Learn This Course?
Healthcare Professionals:Nurses, doctors, pharmacists, and veterinarians.
- Scientists & Researchers:Microbiologists, environmental scientists, and those in bio medicine.
- Data Analysts & Statisticians:Professionals skilled in analyzing large data sets and using statistical software
- Public Health Practitioners:Health educators, policy analysts, and non-profit employees.
- Students:Those with backgrounds in social sciences, public policy, public health who take introductory coursework
Course Duration
4–6 weeks (self-paced learning with assignments and mentorship support).
Certification
Upon successful completion, participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from Laambad e-Learning Platform / Benadir Research Center, recognizing their applied skills in Health service management
Course Curriculum
Section 1. Introduction to Epidemiology
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Lesson 1.1 Definition of Epidemiology
03:13 -
Lesson 1.2 History of Epidemiology
08:28 -
Lesson 1.3 Use/applications of Epidemiology
10:50 -
Lesson 1.4 Scope of epidemiology
05:19 -
Lesson 1.5 Basic assumptions of epidemiology
11:39
Section 2. Epidemiological concepts of disease causation
Section 3. Natural history of disease and levels of prevention
Section 4. Measuring the Occurrence of Disease: Morbidity
Section 5. Measuring the Occurrence of Disease: Mortality
Section 6. Epidemiological study designs
Section 7. Epidemic and outbreak Investigation
Section 8. Public health surveillance
Section 9. Screening in disease control
Section 10. Survey
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About the instructors
Amina Mohamud Ga’al
Amina Mohamud Ga’al holds a Bachelor's Degree in Public Health, a Postgraduate Diploma in Project Management, and a Master of Public Health (Hospital Management).
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