This unit covers developing research questions, focusing on measures of disease frequency and association, design of descriptive, case-control, cohort studies and randomised controlled trials, bias, chance and confounding, outbreak investigation, screening, causal inference, consumer participation and ethical issues in epidemiological research.<br/><br/>The unit constitutes part of the Bachelor of Health Science degree at The University of Western Australia. This Level 3 unit was originally developed in 2003 by staff in the UWA School of Population Health. Epidemiology is essential to both clinical and public health research and practice, providing the evidence for decision making in... -- Course Website
Instructor: Professor David Preen and Professor Jane Heyworth
