Unit name | Non-communicable Disease Epidemiology |
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Unit code | BRMSM0012 |
Credit points | 20 |
Level of study | M/7 |
Teaching block(s) |
Teaching Block 1 (weeks 1 - 12) |
Unit director | Dr. Theresa Redaniel |
Open unit status | Not open |
Pre-requisites |
None |
Co-requisites |
None |
School/department | Bristol Medical School |
Faculty | Faculty of Health Sciences |
The aims of this unit are to:
The unit will cover both risk-factor epidemiology (e.g. the epidemiology of health-related behaviours such as alcohol use, social epidemiology, life course epidemiology, environmental epidemiology), and outcome-based epidemiology (including the epidemiology of obesity, ageing, cardiovascular disease, cancer, mental health).
By the end of this unit, students should be able to:
Critically appraise published studies of non-communicable disease epidemiology
There will be 10 teaching weeks, plus reading week and revision week.
Face to face teaching for a total of 50 hours will include lectures and tutorials. Directed and self-directed learning (150 hours) will include activities such as reading and preparation for assessment
Formative assessment will support student learning by using informal questioning, quizzes and group exercises in lectures and tutorials. These form an assessment for learning and will not contribute to the final unit mark (ILOs 1-6). Students will be given the opportunity to work through a mock exam (ILOs 1-5): short answer questions – same format as summative exam. Students will also complete a (formative) critical appraisal exercise of a published study (ILO 6)..
The summative assessment will consist of a 1.5 hour, closed book short answer questions (100% of the Unit marks), at the end of teaching block 1 (ILOs 1-6).
A mark of 50% will be required to pass the unit.
There is no compulsory unit text book.
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