Data
Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2023-2024
Course director
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Dr. István Zoltán KISS
professor,
Department of Public Health Medicine -
Number of hours/semester
lectures: 9 hours
practices: 3 hours
seminars: 0 hours
total of: 12 hours
Subject data
- Code of subject: OPF-FEA-T
- 1 kredit
- Pharmacy
- Optional modul
- autumn
OPO-I2E-T completed
Course headcount limitations
min. 5 – max. 15
Topic
However the morbidity and mortality caused by infectious diseases has significantly declined in the developed countries in the last century due to the effective prevention methods, their complete elimination is not possible, infectious diseases are still part of our everyday life. The spread of infectious diseases could be controlled by timely identification, proper investigation and by targeted interventions. Aim of the course is to present the special characteristics of infectious diseases, and of infectious disease epidemiology; basics and functioning of surveillance systems, the basics and steps of an outbreak investigation, and epidemiological methods used during the investigation.
Lectures
- 1. Special characteristics of infectious diseases - Dr. Prantner Ida
- 2. Basics of infectious disease epidemiology I - Dr. Prantner Ida
- 3. Basics of infectious disease epidemiology II - Dr. Prantner Ida
- 4. Methods used in infectious disease epidemiology - Dr. Prantner Ida
- 5. Basic principles of surveillance - Dr. Prantner Ida
- 6. Infectious disease surveillance - Dr. Prantner Ida
- 7. Basics and steps of outbreak investigation I - Dr. Prantner Ida
- 8. Basics and steps of outbreak investigation II - Dr. Prantner Ida
- 9. Investigation of a food-borne outbreak - Dr. Prantner Ida
Practices
- 1. Use of epidemiological knowledge in practice I (definitions, surveillance data interpretation, analysis)
- 2. Use of epidemiological knowledge in practice II (Data collection, analysis, graphical interpretations)
- 3. Use of epidemiological knowledge in practice III (analytic studies)
Seminars
Reading material
Obligatory literature
Literature developed by the Department
Notes
Recommended literature
Heymann (ed.): Control of Communicable Diseases Manual
Mikanatha, Lynfield, Van Beneden, de Valk (eds.): Infectious Disease Surveillance
Conditions for acceptance of the semester
The participation in the lectures, seminars, practises is obligatory (a catalogue should be signed), a maximum of 2x45 min absence is acceptable, above the signature will be rejected.
Mid-term exams
-
Making up for missed classes
None
Exam topics/questions
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Examiners
Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars
- Dr. Prantner Ida