INTRODUCTION TO VETERINARY EPIDEMIOLOGY
Learn basic concepts and approaches to population problems in veterinary medicine. Methods appropriate to investigation of disease outbreaks, surveillance of animal disease and production and the design of epidemiological studies of the determinants of disease are presented.
Prerequisites & course information
Requisites: Declared in Doctor of Veterinary Medicine with second year standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2025 Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply the principles of causal inference to health-related outcomes Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize the effects of bias, confounding and interaction on medical research Audience: Graduate 3. Assess and evaluate health-related risk Audience: Graduate 4. Measure and analyze patterns of health-related outcomes in populations Audience: Graduate 5. Interpret diagnostic test results Audience: Graduate 6. Evaluate the validity of medical information Audience: Graduate 7. Communicate medical and scientific information to clients and the public. Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Apply the principles of causal inference to health-related outcomes Audience: Graduate 2. Recognize the effects of bias, confounding and interaction on medical research Audience: Graduate 3. Assess and evaluate health-related risk Audience: Graduate 4. Measure and analyze patterns of health-related outcomes in populations Audience: Graduate 5. Interpret diagnostic test results Audience: Graduate 6. Evaluate the validity of medical information Audience: Graduate 7. Communicate medical and scientific information to clients and the public. Audience: Graduate
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027