Introduction to Epidemiology (old course)

Introduction to Epidemiology

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What's in it for you?

Get real skills

This course has been designed to give you real skills. Each lesson has been carefully planned to build your set of capabilities, one step at a time. Think of this course as an investment in yourself.
Progress your career

Get excited about taking the next step in your career. You’ll get a certificate at the end of this course that highlights your new skill set and your ability to add value in a professional setting.
Enjoy learning

You’ll love the teaching style used in this course. Learning should be fun and engaging. You’ll really enjoy those “Aha!” moments when it all comes together for you.

Course curriculum

1. Epidemiology the backbone of public health
2. Epidemiological transition
3. Understanding risk
4. Risk, rate and odds
5. Incidence and prevalence
6. Age standardisation
7. R0 and vaccine coverage
8. Causality
9. Sensitivity and specificity
10. Public health surveillance
11. Science communication
1. Outbreaks - investigation and control
2. Pandemics - A worrying global public health threat
3. The next pandemic
4. Using R0 and vaccine coverage
5. Contact tracing
6. How to create an epidemic curve
7. How to interpret an epidemic curve
1. Research methods - An introduction
2. Case control and cohort studies
3. Randomised control trials
4. Statistics
5. Hypothesis testing
6. Missing data
7. Systematic literature review and meta analysis
8. How to do a literature review
9. How to write a scientific paper
10. Data visualisation
1. We're always striving to improve our courses and we value your input. Please let us know what you liked and what we can do better.
1. Epidemiological studies cheat sheet
2. Statistics cheat sheet
3. GH JOBS cheat sheet
4. Useful Resources - QR codes

About this course

$49.99
33 lessons
3 hours of video content

Instructor

Instructor Bio:

Greg Martin

Dr Greg Martin is a medical doctor with a Masters in Public Health and an MBA degree. His professional experience includes working as the Head of Science and Research at the World Cancer Research Fund and the Director of Elimination of Mother to Child Transmission at the Clinton Health Access Initiative. He is also the founder and Editor-in-Chief of the peer-reviewed journal Globalization and Health.

Testimonial

Alicia Cortright

I'm Alicia, an epidemiologist living in Canada. My career path took me into field work in East Africa for a number of years and after recently starting a new position with a research focus, I was looking for a refresher course on research methodology. Dr Martin’s course was an ideal fit. The videos were well-paced and engaging. Dr Martin gave just the right amount of detail – enough to refresh my memory and add to my understanding, and to point me in the right direction for things that may need a deeper dive. I particularly enjoyed the discussions of study design and research ethics. I left the course feeling confident that I could design, implement, and share research at a professional level. I’ve already recommended the course to others and plan on taking more courses myself.

Jeff M

If you’re new to Epi - then start here. This course will give you a good overview. Each video will help switch the lights on (so to speak). I found epi a little confusing but doing this course left me with a solid understanding of the concepts that underpin epidemiology. Great value for money!

Thabo

If you're looking to master epidemiology and elevate your public health career, I cannot recommend this course highly enough.

Sara

Highly recommended. Love Dr Martin’s teaching style. I’m not thinking of becoming an epidemiologist!! This course will take you through the basics and then some. At the end you’ll feel like an epi rock star. Trust me.