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Phone: +61 8313 0116
Email: vivienne.moore@adelaide.edu.au 
Location: Level 1, Helen Mayo North Building

Timetable details are located on MyUni.

	Understand the role of epidemiology as a science
	Understand sources of epidemiological data
	Understand and calculate measures of disease occurrence and measures of effect
	Understand how a variety of experimental and observational study designs are used in epidemiological research
	Understand and identify sources of bias in epidemiological research
	Manipulate and describe data with simple summary statistics, tables and graphs, using statistical software where relevant
	Understand the principles of hypothesis testing and apply basic statistical techniques in statistical software
8.	Use epidemiological knowledge to critique the quality of evidence provided in published studies

There are two required resources for this course. Access to other supporting materials will be provided throughout the course.

The following two texts are used in this course.  Electronic access is available through the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide library.

Buttner P, Muller R.  Epidemiology.  (2nd edition)  Oxford: Oxford 最新糖心Vlog Press, 2015.

Bland M.  An introduction to medical statistics.  (3rd edition)  Oxford: Oxford 最新糖心Vlog Press, 2000.

[If students wish to purchase a copy of the Bland text, we recommend the 4th edition published in 2015.  Most of the sections to be read in this course are identical.]

The primary means of communication outside of formal contact hours will be via MyUni. Announcements and discussion boards will be the main method of communicating with the student cohort. Course material will be supported by online resources via MyUni. Material will be sequentially released in line with the teaching and learning activities in each week.

• Lectures will introduce the key concepts supported by the readings and will provide opportunities for interaction, discussion and questions.   
• Practicals will provide opportunities for hands-on skill development and problem solving related to the concepts introduced in the lectures, and will be largely computer-based.   
• Interactive tutorials will help to further develop and clarify topics covered in the lectures. These will generally be problem-solving  sessions designed to develop capacity for critical thinking and clarify uncertainties in a supportive environment. 

There will usually be three contact hours each week for this course: a lecture, a practical, and a tutorial.  In general, students should expect to prepare for the lectures, the tutorials and for some practicals (from 1 to 3 hours), and spend another 5 to 6 hours on  independent learning that may involve completing assignments and revision. 

There will also be quizzes that aid student learning and provide feedback on knowledge and skill development but are not part of the formal assessment.

In this course there are five areas of focus, emphasising evidenced-based practice in health care and health promotion:

1.       Surveys and sampling – what is important for results of a survey to be trustworthy?
2.       Registries – what sorts of information about health do they provide?
3.       Randomized controlled trials – how can the risk of bias be reduced?
4.       Descriptive and inferential statistics – how are they useful in epidemiology?
5.       Observational studies – how are they designed and interpreted?

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ASSESSMENT TASK	TASK TYPE	WEIGHTING	COURSE LEARNING OUTCOME(S)
Practical and tutorial participation and quizzes	Summative	15%	1-8
Assignment 1	Summative	25%	1-3
Assignment 2	Summative	30%	4-7
Exam	Summative	30%	1-8

Participation in practicals and tutorials and quizzes are worth 15% of the marks for the course.

Assignment 1 worth 25% of the marks will focus on use and interpretation of epidemiological data. 

Assignment 2 worth 30% of the marks will focus on understanding, producing and interpreting epidemiological research.

A 2-hour exam worth 30% of the marks will draw on material from across the course, including lectures, readings, practicals, and tutorials.

Full details of the assessments are available on MyUni.

For this course, this information is located in Canvas.

Extensions
All extensions for assignments must be requested, at the latest, by the last working day before the due date of submission. 
Extensions will generally be granted only on medical or genuine compassionate grounds. Supporting documentation must be provided at the time a student requests an extension. Without documentation, extensions will not be granted. Late requests for extension will neither be accepted nor acknowledged.

Only the Course Co-ordinator(s) may grant extensions.

Supporting documentation will be required when requesting an extension. Examples of documents that are acceptable include: a medical certificate that specifies dates of incapacity, a police report (in the case of lost computers, car & household theft etc.), a letter from a Student Counsellor, Education and Welfare Officer (EWO) or Disability Liaison Officer that provides an assessment
of compassionate circumstances, or a letter from an independent external counsellor or appropriate professional able to verify the student’s situation. The length of any extension granted will take into account the period and severity of any incapacity or impact on the student. Extensions of more than 10 days will not be granted except in exceptional circumstances.

Late submission
Marks will be deducted when assignments for which no extension has been granted are handed in late.

All assignments, including those handed in late, will be assessed on their merits. In the case of late assignments where no extension has been granted, 5 percentage points of the total marks possible per day will be deducted. If an assignment that is 2 days late is awarded 65% on its merits, the mark will then be reduced by10% (5% per day for 2 days) to 55%. If that same assignment is 4 days late, the mark will be reduced by 20% (5% per day for 4 days) to 45%, and so on.

The School of Public Health reserves the right to refuse to accept an assignment that is more than 7 days late.

Assignments submitted after the due date may not be graded in time to be returned on the listed return dates.

Students submitting examinable written work who request (and receive) an extension that takes them beyond the examination period are advised that there is no guarantee that their grades will be processed in time to meet usual 最新糖心Vlog deadlines.

Resubmission
If a student is dissatisfied with an assessment grade they should follow the Student Grievance Resolution Process </student/grievance/process/>. Students who are not satisfied with a particular assessment result should raise their concerns with Course Co-ordinator(s) in the first instance. This must be done within 10 business days of the date of notification of the result. Resubmission of any assignment is subject to the agreement of the Course Co-ordinator(s) and will only be permitted for the most compelling of reasons.