Certificate in Public Health: Principles of Epidemiology

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Certificate in Public Health: Principles of Epidemiology, Learn the basics of epidemiology to solve disease outbreak scenarios from start to finish!.

Course Description

By enrolling in this course, you’ll have access to the multi-country network of Simply Epidemiology resources. Communicate with world public health leaders, all while experiencing the forefront of research in public health education.

Learners will get a strong base of epidemiologic principles, understand the spread of disease, understand what epidemiology truly is, understand the basis of public health science, and use their knowledge to analyze disease outbreak scenarios. Each lecture is structured in an easily-understandable package similar to a Khan Academy course.  If any help is needed, I can be contacted through email free of charge.

This course consists of three main sections, each of which lays down the foundation of your epidemiological journey. The first introduces you to epidemiology as as science, and brings in aspects of disease spread that are essential to be familiar with in order to investigate outbreaks. Next, the principles of disease surveillance are introduced, where the uses, types, and steps of effective disease surveillance are detailed. Most importantly, there is a section dedicated to the actual investigation of a disease outbreak, following the CDC-Mandated 13 Step process. Each lecture provides you with examples, along with external resources and quizzes in order to solidify your engagement to the course.

This course is targeted at complete novices and provides the most comprehensive start-to-finish course on epidemiology and outbreak investigation on the market.

The course is packed with quizzes, external resources, articles, vocabulary, and real-world examples of public health scenarios! Go from complete beginner to disease outbreak detective!


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