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Department: Department of Public Health and Epidemiology
Credit points / ECTS:2 / 3
Course supervisor:Indra Liniņa
Study type:Full time
Course level:Master's
Target audience:Public Health
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Public Health

Objective

To introduce the principles of epidemiological surveillance of various infectious diseases and the measures to be taken to control epidemiological emergencies.

Prerequisites

Environmental health, biology, microbiology, infectious diseases, epidemiology, public health.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

To describe and systematise the chain of transmission of certain infectious diseases.
To outline and discuss the procedures for registration of epidemiological surveillance of infectious diseases.
To identify and justify the basic principles of managing epidemiological emergencies.

Skills

To carry out and explain the registration of cases of infection in accordance with the established registration procedures.
To analyse examples of epidemiological emergencies, assess the gravity of the situation and make recommendations.

Competence

To systematise and critically evaluate all available information on the epidemiological situation, develop and justify the most appropriate epidemiological control measures and an action plan to deal with the epidemiological emergency. To plan and carry out evaluation of the measures implemented.

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