Epidemiological Methods (Open Educational Resource)

Purpose
The purpose of this module is to enable learners to synthesize and apply the information learned in the previous two
modules, EPIDEM-1 and EPIDEM-2.

Objectives and Competencies
The objectives of the Epidemiological Methods module are to enable the learner to:

• Describe the primary objectives of epidemiologic studies.
• Identify a variety of designs in epidemiological studies.
• Identify and describe sources of error in study designs.
• Describe the role and dimensions of the three primary variables of person, place and time in descriptive epidemiology.
• Outline the steps in an outbreak investigation.
• Provide examples of important epidemiological concepts in your own work, and interpret them in hypothetical contexts.