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Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:2.00
Study Course Accepted:24.08.2020 08:57:11
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_119 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge in epidemiology and infectious diseases. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To learn specific epidemiology (including field epidemiology) issues related to infectious diseases. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Infection surveillance, infection control programmes. Epidemiological indicators of infection, quantification of epidemic. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Vaccine trials, epidemiology of vaccination, phenomenon of collective immunity. Infections and oncological diseases. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Outbreak investigation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Emerging infections. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Outside the classes, if necessary (if the student has not understood or has forgotten something from the class, if the student wants to study a topic in more depth), work with the materials provided on the e-platform and specified literature. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Class attendance and final examination. 100% class attendance is required for successfully passing the course. If 1–2 classes are missed, one extra question is added to the final examination for each missed topic. If 3 or more classes are missed, i.e. more than 50%, the study course is failed. Successful completion of the course requires a passing grade (at least 4 points) in the final examination. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | * will know the microbiological and epidemiological classification of infections, * will know the historical aspects of infection research, * will know the modes of transmission of infections and the appropriate preventive measures, * will know the components of infection surveillance, * will know the components of infection control programmes, * will describe good practices in infection control, * will name the basic epidemiological indicators of infections and know the formulae for calculation thereof, * will define a pandemic, epidemic, outbreak, endemic, * will describe the process and essence of vaccine efficacy studies, * will explain the concept of herd immunity, * will describe the connection of infections to oncological diseases, * will know the objectives and steps of outbreak investigations, * will describe the most important emergency infections. | ||||||||
| Skills: | * will be able to classify infections according to the microbiological or epidemiological characteristics, * will be able to determine the appropriateness of specific infection control measures and programmes, * will be able to solve problems on epidemiological indicators of infections, * will know how to inform, educate and motivate the public about infection prevention measures, * will be able to participate in the steps of an outbreak investigation. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | * will be able to classify infections according to their microbiological or epidemiological characteristics, * will develop a set of specific infection control measures, * will be able to independently calculate epidemiological indicators in the field of infectious diseases, * will be able to develop an outbreak investigation plan, * will argue for the need for vaccination, coverage and herd immunity. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Giesecke J. Modern infectious disease epidemiology. Hodder Education, London, 2017. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Nelson K.E., Williams C. Infectious Disease Epidemiology: Theory and Practice.Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2004 | ||||||||
| 2 | Abubakar I., Stagg H.R., Cohen T., Rodrigues L.C. Oxford specialist handbook of infectious disease epidemiology. Oxford University Press, 2016. | ||||||||
| 3 | Krämer A., Kretzschmar M., Krickeberg K. Modern Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Springer, 2012. | ||||||||
