Epidemiology

3 credits

Learners develop and apply epidemiologic reasoning to analyze health inequities, while building skills for effective collaboration to evaluate strategies that improve health outcomes across diverse populations. Learners analyze and interpret population health data and epidemiologic evidence to inform clinical decision-making, quality improvement, and systems-based practice. Emphasis is placed on humanizing health and illness through culturally responsive, person-centered approaches that recognize the lived experiences and social determinants influencing health. Learners develop skills to collaborate within interprofessional teams to use epidemiologic reasoning to reduce health inequities and improve health and health care outcomes across diverse populations.