UNSW Handbook Course - Occupational Epidemiology

Occupational Epidemiology - SESC9640


	Faculty: Faculty of Science
	School: School of Safety Science
	Campus: Kensington Campus
	Career: Postgraduate
	Units of Credit: 3
	Contact Hours per Week: 3
	Offered: To be advised
	Fee Band: 2

Description

This course provides an introduction to epidemiology of the workplace. The course covers concepts of epidemiology, including relative risk, odds ratio, confidence limits, confounding, bias, types of epidemiological studies and their design. Interpretation of the results of epidemiology studies. A significant feature of the course is the study of case studies in various occupational health and safety areas.

Assumed knowledge: SESC9600. Medical or allied health background desirable.

Note: Short course mode. This course may not run every year.

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