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SESC8071 — Safety Health and Environmental Epidemiology
| Coordinator : | Prof Chris Winder [Bio] | | Contact Details : | Tel : 0293855370 • Fax : 0293856190 • Email : c.winder@unsw.edu.au |
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| COURSE DETAILS |
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| Units of Credit : |
6 |
| Assumed Knowledge : |
This is a core course in the Occupational Medicine program and an elective course for all other programs. |
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| Description : | This course will be delivered only in off campus (distance) mode by Dr John Frith.
This course introduces students to safety, health and/or environmental (SHE) epidemiology. The course has a preparatory component where basic statistical and epidemiological concepts and measures, epidemiological study designs and their application in a variety of SHE contexts are introduced. This is followed by a more in depth analysis of the SHE literature using reviews of epidemiological papers and analysis of epidemiological case studies to explore course issues and themes.
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| ASSESSMENT |
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| Details | Due Date | Weight | | Continuing assessment exercises for Units 1 to 6 | Check coursepack for deadlines | 25% | | Evaluation of three (of seven) epidemiology papers | Check coursepack for deadlines | 25% | | Three (of five) case studies | Check coursepack for deadlines | 50% |
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| COURSE SCHEDULE |
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| Week 1 : | Basics of Statistical Analysis | | Week 2 : | Basics of Epidemiology | | Week 3 : | Study Types and Design Aspects
| | Week 4 : | Critical Appraisal of Epidemiological Studies | | Week 5 : | Occupational Epidemiology | | Week 6 : | Environmental Epidemiology | | Week 7 : | Assessment Case Study 1: Organophosphates in Food | | Week 8 : | Assessment Case Study 2: Arsenic in Drinking Water | | Week 9 : | Assessment Case Study 3: Asbestos and Mesothelioma | | Week 10 : | Assessment Case Study 4: Legionnaires disease | | Week 11 : | Assessment Case Study 5: NHL and Herbicides |
LEARNING RESOURCES |
| The University of New South Wales provides a
range of resources to help students develop their skills and to realise
their full potential.
The Learning Centre, located at the entrance to the
Library provides guidance material, which is also available on-line. |
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The University also provides academic orientation
programs called
MyStart and ReStart for both new and returning students to help them
in their transitions into academia.. |
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