During this course, the candidate will complete one (or two) of the following core projects:
1. Participate as a member of a team and/or lead an investigation of a health problem requiring timely investigation and/or public health action;
2. Conduct an analysis of a health dataset;
3. Establish or evaluate a surveillance system for a disease or condition of relevance to their field placement; or
4. Design and implement a epidemiological study to examine an issue of public health importance to the field placement, then analyse and interpret the data.
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:
At the end of this course students will be able to:
- Demonstrate the ability to apply the skills learnt in coursework to the field;
- Demonstrate critical thinking and professional epidemiologic skills relevant to the needs of the public health system; and
- Demonstrate effective writing and presentation skills.
Depending on which project is completed, the following project specific outcomes may also be met:
- Demonstrate an understanding of the “real life” difficulties associated with a rapid response; the ability to make epidemiologic decisions in the field and experience in conducing outbreak investigations.
- Demonstrate the ability to perform descriptive statistics (essential), and where appropriate, analytical statistical methods (desirable); and interpret and summarise the results of the analysis.
- Demonstrate an understanding of public health surveillance and critically analyse a surveillance system using the United States CDC guidelines or similar instrument; OR
- Demonstrate an understanding of the research process as it relates to operational, field-based research and demonstrate the ability to design and implement a applied epidemiology project and to analyse and interpret the results.
Indicative Assessment
A report of the field project(s), written in an academic style, including a preface with the following elements: role of the student in the project; lessons learnt; public health impact; and a structured abstract.
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Workload
Full time placement in a State or Territory health department or similar organisation for at least 35 hours per week. Regular contact with academic and field supervisors via email and phone is expected.
Requisite and Incompatibility
You will need to contact the Research School of Population Health to request a permission code to enrol in this course.
Prescribed Texts
David Heymann (ed). Control of Communicable Disease Manual. 18th Edition. American Public Health Association, Washington, 2004. ISBN: 0-87553-034-6
Assumed Knowledge
Completion of Masters level courses on Epidemiology and Biostatistics from a recognised School of Public Health (either in Australia or internationally), or completion of Fundamentals of Epidemiology and Fundamentals of Biostatistics short courses held at the ANU.Fees
Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.
If you are a domestic graduate coursework or international student you will be required to pay tuition fees. Tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.
- Student Contribution Band:
- 2
- Unit value:
- 0 to 24 units
If you are an undergraduate student and have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). You can find your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. Where there is a unit range displayed for this course, not all unit options below may be available.
| Units | EFTSL |
|---|---|
| 0.00 | 0.00000 |
| 1.00 | 0.02083 |
| 2.00 | 0.04167 |
| 3.00 | 0.06250 |
| 4.00 | 0.08333 |
| 5.00 | 0.10417 |
| 6.00 | 0.12500 |
| 7.00 | 0.14583 |
| 8.00 | 0.16667 |
| 9.00 | 0.18750 |
| 10.00 | 0.20833 |
| 11.00 | 0.22917 |
| 12.00 | 0.25000 |
| 13.00 | 0.27083 |
| 14.00 | 0.29167 |
| 15.00 | 0.31250 |
| 16.00 | 0.33333 |
| 17.00 | 0.35417 |
| 18.00 | 0.37500 |
| 19.00 | 0.39583 |
| 20.00 | 0.41667 |
| 21.00 | 0.43750 |
| 22.00 | 0.45833 |
| 23.00 | 0.47917 |
| 24.00 | 0.50000 |
Course fees
- Domestic fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $682 per unit |
- International fee paying students
| Year | Fee |
|---|---|
| 2017 | $909 per unit |
Offerings, Dates and Class Summary Links
ANU utilises MyTimetable to enable students to view the timetable for their enrolled courses, browse, then self-allocate to small teaching activities / tutorials so they can better plan their time. Find out more on the Timetable webpage.
Class summaries, if available, can be accessed by clicking on the View link for the relevant class number.
Summer Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1535 | 01 Jan 2017 | 20 Jan 2017 | 20 Jan 2017 | 31 Mar 2017 | In Person | N/A |
First Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3235 | 20 Feb 2017 | 27 Feb 2017 | 31 Mar 2017 | 26 May 2017 | In Person | N/A |
Autumn Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5485 | 01 Apr 2017 | 21 Apr 2017 | 21 Apr 2017 | 30 Jun 2017 | In Person | N/A |
Winter Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6529 | 01 Jul 2017 | 21 Jul 2017 | 21 Jul 2017 | 30 Sep 2017 | In Person | N/A |
Second Semester
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8207 | 24 Jul 2017 | 31 Jul 2017 | 31 Aug 2017 | 27 Oct 2017 | In Person | N/A |
Spring Session
| Class number | Class start date | Last day to enrol | Census date | Class end date | Mode Of Delivery | Class Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9472 | 01 Oct 2017 | 20 Oct 2017 | 20 Oct 2017 | 31 Dec 2017 | In Person | N/A |
