Health Administration (HADM) 379

Overview

This introductory course in epidemiology provides an analysis of the epidemiologic approach to problems of health and disease. The basis principles and methods of epidemiology are presented in three sections of this course. The sections are designed to provide the student with a basic understanding of epidemiologic methods and study design and the place of epidemiology in preventive and clinical medicine. This course is designed for students from a wide variety of backgrounds: health services, administrators, policymakers, practitioners, and clinicians.

Outline

HADM 379 is structured for independent study with interactive tutoring. The course comprises the following eleven units:

Unit 1: Introduction to Epidemiology and Dynamics of Disease Transmission

Unit 2: Measuring Disease Occurrence

Unit 3: Diagnostic Test Validity and Reliability

Unit 4:The Natural History of Disease

Unit 5: Assessing the Efficacy of Preventive and Therapeutic Measures

Unit 6: Cohort, Case-control, and Cross-sectional Studies

Unit 7: The Epidemiological Approach to Risk

Unit 8: The Epidemiological Approach to Causation

Unit 9: Evaluation of Health Services

Unit 10: Evaluation of Screening Programs

Unit 11: Epidemiology: Public Policy, Ethical and Professional Issues

Evaluation

To receive credit for HADM 379, you must achieve a course composite grade of at least “D” (50 percent), and a mark of at least 50 percent on each examination.

Assignment 1	Assignment 2	Mid-term Exam	Final Exam	Total
20%	20%	25%	35%	100%

To learn more about assignments and examinations, please refer to Athabasca University's online Calendar.

Course Materials

Textbooks

Other Materials

All other course materials will be accessed online.

Challenge for Credit Course Overview

The Challenge for Credit process allows students to demonstrate that they have acquired a command of the general subject matter, knowledge, intellectual and/or other skills that would normally be found in a university level course.

Full information for the Challenge for Credit can be found in the Undergraduate Calendar.

• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Policy
• Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Procedures

Challenge Evaluation

To receive credit for the HADM 379 challenge registration, you must achieve a grade of at least "C-" (60 per cent) on the examination.

Undergraduate Challenge for Credit Course Registration Form

• Challenge for Credit Form