Basics of Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Data

Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2021-2022

Course director

Number of hours/semester

lectures: 9 hours

practices: 3 hours

seminars: 0 hours

total of: 12 hours

Subject data

  • Code of subject: OPF-FEA-T
  • 1 kredit
  • Pharmacy
  • Optional modul
  • autumn
Prerequisites:

OPO-I2E-T completed

Course headcount limitations

min. 5 – max. 15

Topic

However the morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases has significantly declined in the developed countries in the last century due to the effective prevention methods, their complete elimination is not possible, infectious diseases are still part of our everyday life. The spread of infectious diseases could be controlled by timely identification, proper investigation and by targeted interventions. Aim of the course is to present the special characteristics of infectious diseases, and of infectious disease epidemiology; basics and functioning of surveillance systems, the basics and steps of an outbreak investigation, and epidemiological methods used during the investigation.

Lectures

  • 1. Special characteristics of infectious diseases - Dr. Prantner Ida
  • 2. Basics of infectious disease epidemiology I - Dr. Prantner Ida
  • 3. Basics of infectious disease epidemiology II - Dr. Prantner Ida
  • 4. Methods used in infectious disease epidemiology - Dr. Prantner Ida
  • 5. Basic principles of surveillance - Dr. Prantner Ida
  • 6. Infectious disease surveillance - Dr. Prantner Ida
  • 7. Basics and steps of outbreak investigation I - Dr. Prantner Ida
  • 8. Basics and steps of outbreak investigation II - Dr. Prantner Ida
  • 9. Investigation of a food-borne outbreak - Dr. Prantner Ida

Practices

  • 1. Use of epidemiological knowledge in practice I (definitions, surveillance data interpretation, analysis)
  • 2. Use of epidemiological knowledge in practice II (Data collection, analysis, graphical interpretations)
  • 3. Use of epidemiological knowledge in practice III (analytic studies)

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Notes

Recommended literature

Heymann (ed.): Control of Communicable Diseases Manual
Mikanatha, Lynfield, Van Beneden, de Valk (eds.): Infectious Disease Surveillance

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

The participation in the lectures, seminars, practises is obligatory (a catalogue should be signed), a maximum of 2x45 min absence is acceptable, above the signature will be rejected.

Mid-term exams

-

Making up for missed classes

None

Exam topics/questions

-

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

  • Dr. Prantner Ida