- Are you a student of medicine or a practicing physician?
- Do you want to get educated on the branch of medicine dealing with the spread and control of diseases?
- Are you looking to take some in-depth online courses in this regard?

If this is the case then you have most certainly reached the right place. This package contains a course that has been designed to make introduction to epidemiology easy for users. If you are facing problems in grasping the basics then this course will turn out to be useful in accomplishing the goal of comprehending the essence of the course.

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

The first part of a longer course, this online course consists of transcripts from lectures originally given in 2010 introducing the topic of epidemiology, or the branch of medicine dealing with the spread and control of diseases. This course is meant for medical practitioners and administrators already working in the health care field, and addresses specific issues such as:

- What constitutes a public health problem
- The DOTS program
- Disease prevalence rates and a general understanding of the specific vocabulary and concepts in epidemiology
- A supplementary textbook is available through the university which is for the convenience of the users

This course sets out to increase your capacity to deal with health and disease information. It aims to assist you in applying epidemiological knowledge and skills to a variety of public health problems such as:

- Is this a Public Health problem or not?
- What is the “burden of disease” in different communities?

Author Bio

This course will be taught by Neil Myburgh and Debra Jackson. There experience in this field will surely make this subject more interesting for the users.