Public Health and Epidemiology (ZHAS_025)
About Study Course
Objective
The course aims to provide knowledge and understanding of modern Public Health and Epidemiology core issues as well as to build students' scientific, critical, systematic and analytical thinking.
Prerequisites
Not required.
Learning outcomes
As a result of the study course, students acquire basic knowledge in public health and epidemiology guidelines and strategy, and in the organization of the health care system.
Students will be able to:
• apply public health concepts, terms;
• use the concepts and terms of epidemiology;
• apply appropriate knowledge in patient education;
• choose the most appropriate health care recommendation for the patient.
Upon completion of the study course students will be able to apply practically acquired knowledge in patient care, will be able to formulate public health definitions, concepts, will be able to develop preventive recommendations for patients and logically formulate and explain the meaning of epidemiology.
Study course planning
Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
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Dental Hygiene, ZFH | 3 | First level | Required | Laura Isajeva, Ilze Lūse |