NUR 38200 Epidemiology
Epidemiology is the science of identifying causal factors that can be modified or eliminated in order to prevent or control adverse outcomes in human populations. The course will provide an introduction to basic epidemiologic principles and methods including measures of disease/outcome frequency, disease/outcome distribution, disease/outcome surveillance, measures of association, causal inference, and epidemiologic study design. Health management and clinical applications of epidemiology will be explored. Students will have the opportunity to apply epidemiologic methodology to evaluate the effectiveness of a health management or clinical issue.
Credits
3