Epidemiology for Advanced Practice

Course aim

Students will critically evaluate and apply epidemiological concepts, principles and study designs relevant to the advanced clinical practice or Nurse Practitioner context and client populations.

Course content

Determinants of health / Risks factors; priority population & age groups, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, national health priorities; principles and practices of epidemiology and social epidemiology: public health and primary health care; population datasets and health data sources, incidence and prevalence; burden of disease; health outcomes; reading survey data; Common epidemiological research designs- Descriptive, cross sectional, analytical, cohort studies; relative risks/odds ratio, confidence intervals, p values , descriptive statistics.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
EXTERNAL, CITY EAST, ONLINE
Online (online content)	- x 13 weeks
Tutorial (Online virtual classroom)	1 hour x 13 weeks
Online (Discussion forum)	- x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Contribution, Presentation, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.