This unit provides students with an introduction to the key infectious agents which may pose a public or environmental health threat to the community. The unit covers surveillance and notifiable disease, water and air quality, food processing and micro-organisms from soil/air/food/water sources involved in outbreaks of disease. The laboratory methods introduce students to the detection of microbes in food processing. Guest lecturers from the Departments of Health and Water will present a contemporary view of public health infectious disease in Western Australia. A unique feature of the unit is the involvement of PathWest, which has a strong reputation in public and environmental health... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Charlene Kahler
Prerequisites: enrolment in the Graduate Diploma in Infectious Diseases or Master of Infectious Diseases
