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At the end of the module students will understand disease rates and know how to compare rates across populations and over time; understand the concepts of association and causation; be able to determine an appropriate study design for a research question; understand bias, measurement and estimation of risk; be able to critically appraise the scientific literature; understand data; know the basics of descriptive and interferential statistics; understand the application of epidemiology and biostatistics to population health issues. Students will know how to interrogate the scientific literature to research public health issues and will understand the sociological basis of health and illness,
Indicative Module Content:Populations and demographic trends; occurrence and distribution of disease; sources of data on health, disease and disability; determinants of disease including social determinants; observational and experimental study designs and sampling strategies; measurement, bias and estimation of risk from epidemiological studies. Students will learn the principles of biostatistics, understanding data and variables, descriptive statistics, presenting data, confidence intervals, statistical tests for two-group comparisons, correlation and linear regression. Public health and Sociology topics will cover the impact of socioeconomic factors, lifestyle and emerging threats on health and disease occurrence, the changing patterns of disease occurrence and the potential for prevention and intervention on a population basis.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 24 |
Small Group | 18 |
Seminar (or Webinar) | 6 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 60 |
Total | 108 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: In person exam including: 1. Write short notes on Public Health, Epidemiology and Sociology topics and answer Statistical questions - choice provided. 2. MCQ exam paper on all of the above topics. |
2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 80 |
Group Project: Small-group Seminars x 3: Attendance, orientation to and oral presentation of Group Project on assigned Public Health topic, personal reflection and evaluation, Biostatistics tutorial | Throughout the Trimester | n/a | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 20 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Group project: Group feedback Exams: Individual Feedback (Post Results Release by request/appointment)
Name | Role |
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Assoc Professor Mary Codd | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Patricia Fitzpatrick | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Mr John Loughrey | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Ronald Moore | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Assoc Professor Carla Perrotta | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Ricardo Piper Segurado | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Professor Patrick Wall | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Dr Peter Holloway | Tutor |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Thurs 12:00 - 12:50 |
Lecture | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 | Tues 11:00 - 11:50 |
Small Group | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 1 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 2 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 3 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 4 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 5 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 6 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 6 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 7 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 7 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 8 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 8 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 9 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 9 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 10 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 10 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 11 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 11 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 12 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 12 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 13 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 13 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 14 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 14 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 15 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 15 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 16 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 16 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 17 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 17 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 18 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 18 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 20 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 20 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |
Small Group | Offering 21 | Week(s) - 21, 31 | Tues 16:00 - 17:50 |
Small Group | Offering 21 | Week(s) - 29 | Tues 16:00 - 18:50 |