Busitema University

This is a foundation course for public health. The course covers general principles of epidemiology, and introduces the student to the design, conduct, and analysis of observational and interventional studies.

Course aim

The course aims to provide the student with the ability to use key epidemiological concepts in the analyses of epidemiological issues and the design and analysis of epidemiological studies

Intended Learning Outcomes
By the end of this course unit, the student should be able to:

• Describe principal epidemiological concepts
• Apply principal epidemiological concepts 
• Implement observational epidemiological studies 
• Implement interventional epidemiological studies