Question

1) What is the most enjoyable part of taking an introduction to epidemiology course in college?

2) What are the expectations for that class and what interesting topics are covered in the course?

3) Of the following, What is the most challenging concept to learn in epidemiology?

1. Concepts of disease occurrence and causality,

2. History of the field of epidemiology,

3. Measures of disease occurrence,

4. Measures of association,

5. Study design – ecologic, cross-sectional, and cohort,

6. Study design - case-control studies; and bias in study design

Answer 1

1) Epidemiology course makes us learn and investigate the patterns and the cause of disease. Through this course, one can research, investigate the disease occurrence and plan health policy.

2) The classes are taken in the field area to focus on the health problems of the population. It provides training in the method, design, and interpretation of studies. The various topics covered in this course are

• Disease causation
• transmission
• Disease outbreak
• Disease surveillance
• Disease screening and
• Research

3). The measure of disease occurrence is more challengeable because it is associated with identification of new cases. Identifying the risk of population and the probability of disease in the specific population is more challengeable. Another risk is the follow up of new cases for specific period of time.