This online training provides an overview of epidemiology, key terms, and examines the role of epidemiologists in public health practice. It includes some case studies and a discussion of how epidemiological studies are related to public health issues.

How to Use this Training

• As an educational tool for public health professionals, health care providers, health journalists, and others.

Continuing Education

This training offers 1 contact hour (0.1 CEU) of participation in a structured continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship and qualified instruction. A certificate of completion for each module will be awarded upon completion.

Acknowledgments

Module Author
Melanie Peterson-Hickey
MDH Community Health Division, Center for Health Statistics & Adjunct Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

This module was developed by the Midwest Center for Life-Long Learning in Public Health (MCLPH), funded in part by grant #D20-HP00021-06-01 from the Health Resources and Services Administration, DHHS, Public Health Training Center Program. Debra Olson, DNP, MPH, RN, COHN-S, FAAOHN, Principal Investigator, and Rhonda Jones-Webb, Dr. PH, MSPH, Co-Investigator.

Registration

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