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2021/22 Taught Postgraduate Module Catalogue

NUFF5590M Communicable Disease Control

15 creditsClass Size: 50

Module manager: John Walley
Email: j.d.walley@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: 1 Apr to 31 May View Timetable

Year running 2021/22

This module is not approved as an Elective

Objectives

On completion of the module, the student should be able to:
- select the appropriate interventions for common communicable diseases, including vector borne disease such as schistosomiasis;
- plan and implement disease control integrated with district health systems (eg, tuberculosis);
- control disease outbreaks;
- assess surveillance systems;
- review and plan for a disease control programme;
- understand key issues in planning and implementing disease control programmes in a broad context of health sector reform and decentralisation.

Skills outcomes
Burden of disease, policy, strategy, implementation of communicable disease prorammes - including within general health systems and the wider public health interventions.

In assignment, review of the problems, strategies and interventions most appropriate for a specific disease in their home country/work context.


Syllabus

- Selecting appropriate interventions for communicable disease control eg schistosomiasis and helminthiasis
- Plan and implement disease control integrated with district health systems eg tuberculosis
- Diarrhoea disease control
- Communicable disease control
- Surveillance
- Programming of national control programmes
- Outbreak control.

Teaching methods

Delivery typeNumberLength hoursStudent hours
Lecture83.0024.00
Private study hours126.00
Total Contact hours24.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)150.00

Private study

Private study time will include:
- set pre and post class session reading, such as WHO documents and published papers;
- preparation and writing notes on questions/issues related to topic of the set reading and to the forthcoming class group work/exercises;
- other reading related to references given in general reading list/books, and in handouts given out during the class sessions.

Students are expected to spend 91 hours on these activities.

Reading and preparation of the assignment: 35 hours.

Opportunities for Formative Feedback

Progress monitoring during class sessions will be by observation of:
- reading and observing their presentation of the key issues they have been asked to consider during private study of the set reading), and
- their understanding displayed during participation in class and group work discussion and exercises.

Methods of assessment


Coursework
Assessment typeNotes% of formal assessment
Assignment3,000 words100.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)100.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 30/06/2021 16:22:54

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