NAME | Bioterrorism Preparedness- Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Public Health Surveillance |
COURSE STARTS | Open Enrollment |
COURSE ENDS | 7 weeks to complete from date of registration |
LEVEL OF TRAINING | Aware |
CEU ELIGIBILITY | Not eligible for CEUs |
CONTACT HOURS | 6 |
COURSE DESCRIPTION |
This course will introduce participants to basic concepts and terminology of infectious disease epidemiology and public health surveillance. Course topics include: key characteristics of microbial agents and their common modes of transmission; measures of association between disease and exposure; common study designs in observational research; sensitivity and specificity and its application to infectious disease diagnosis; types and sources of data, and uses of infectious disease surveillance systems. |