- Are you a medical student or a professional?
- Are you looking to understand and explore the fundamentals of the study of epidemiology?
- Are you seeking an online course regarding the study of this topic?

If this is the case then you have certainly reached the right place. This package contains a course that has been designed to give you the basic information regarding the fundamentals of epidemiology. If you are facing problems in understanding the basic knowledge about this particular field then this course will turn out to be very helpful.

What is this course and what are the benefits of taking it?

This health information management online course will introduce you to the fundamentals of the study of epidemiology – that is, the cause and distribution of various diseases. During this open courseware, you will examine topics including:

- Infectious and chronic diseases
- The spread and frequency of disease and human infection risks

You will learn how to measure the level of disease occurrence and be given the opportunity to analyze data collected from research and studies regarding disease outbreaks, morbidity and mortality.

Medical students, professional doctors and nurses can benefit from this course.

Table of Contents:

- Fundamentals of epidemiology including measures of morbidity and mortality
- Descriptive epidemiology
- Principles of epidemiologic study design
- Selected topics related to infectious disease
- Chronic disease
- Environmental epidemiology
- Disease frequencies
- Analytic studies (case-control, cohort, experimental)
- Injury 
- Traditional infectious disease

Author Bio

The instructor for this course is Dr. Christine Gabel, who has a veterinary degree (from the U of MN, St. Paul Veterinary college), a doctorate in environmental epidemiology (from the U of MN, Minneapolis campus, school of Public Health). Her teaching experience expands over 15 years which will certainly make this course a treat for users looking to learn from the best.