- NURSNG697 Special Topics in Nursing: Principles of Epidemiology
- Course Description
- This course builds on prior knowledge of the basic principles of epidemiology while introducing methods of epidemiologic analysis and its application to the field of advanced practice nursing. The course is intended to introduce students to the basic skills needed to critically interpret epidemiological literature and to perform analyses of epidemiologic, biostatistical, environmental, and other scientific data to address questions related to individual, aggregate, and population health. Students will analyze public use datasets and interpret published government reports describing population health status and the occurrence of diseases in populations at the local, state, and national levels.
Prerequisite: Permission of program director. For further information about how to register, please click here. - Course Video
- Video IntroductionClosed Captioned
- Academic Information
- Credits: 3
- Schedule & Fee
- Dates: Jul 19 - Aug 26
Class #: 3979
Course Fee: $1335
Lab Fee: $0
Total Course Fee: $1335 - Instructor
- Suzanne Leveille
Suzanne.Leveille@umb.edu - Wimba Requirement
- UMB online courses use Wimba classroom (a live discussion tool) at least twice during the semester. Information about Horizon Wimba can be found at www.dlvpc.umb.edu/wimbasupport.htm. Your course instructor will inform you about dates and times of course meetings in Wimba Classroom.
