Introduction to Epidemiology

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this subject, the student should be able to:

  1. Distinguish between different epidemiological study designs in relation to their major features, strengths and limitations.
  2. Identify and discuss how to address sources of error and bias in epidemiological research.
  3. Critically appraise epidemiological research in relation to validity and inference of causality.
  4. Communicate academic arguments effectively.
  5. Identify, calculate and interpret basic epidemiological measures of disease frequency and relative risk.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• TAS-MPH-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Public Health

Elective

• TAS-CPH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Clinical Pharmacy
• TAS-CDP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-CUC-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-APD-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-ADH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-APG-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-AHE-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
• TAS-HSI-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-AMS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AOP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AOR-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-ASC-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
• TAS-SCL-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AWP-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
• TAS-AQS-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)
• TAS-ADP-GCE-2025 - Graduate Certificate in Advanced Practice
• TAS-CUC-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Community and Urgent Care)
• TAS-CCR-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Critical Care and Retrieval)
• TAS-APD-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Dementia)
• TAS-ADH-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Digital Health)
• TAS-APG-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Governance)
• TAS-AHE-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Economics)
• TAS-HSI-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Health Service Improvement)
• TAS-APH-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Healthcare Education)
• TAS-AMS-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Medication Safety)
• TAS-AOP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Performance)
• TAS-AOR-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-ASC-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Strategic Communication)
• TAS-SCL-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Supply Chain and Logistics)
• TAS-AWP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Workplace Psychology)
• TAS-SCM-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Strategic Communication
• TAS-CDP-MAS-2025 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-AQS-GDI-2025 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice ( Applied Quality and Safety)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Independent Learning 8 hours weekly; Tutorial (Online) 1 hour fortnightly

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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