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IDV 131 Computer Applications in Infectious Diseases and Vaccinology

ND1 level15 topics

IDV 131 covers 15 topics. StudyPath paces them into daily study sessions that finish before your exam date, with practice questions and worked answers for each one.

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Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

  1. Electronic Data Capture systems in vaccine trials
  2. Adverse event reporting in vaccine safety monitoring
  3. Data import and management with statistical software
  4. Descriptive statistics for antibody titre data
  5. GIS for disease surveillance
  6. Spatial analysis for clusters and hotspots
  7. QGIS installation and use
  8. Importing epidemiological data and shapefiles into QGIS
  9. Thematic mapping of disease incidence
  10. Hotspot identification and mapping
  11. Global infectious disease databases and surveillance platforms
  12. Search strategies for epidemiological data retrieval
  13. Accessing WHO, CDC and GISAID databases
  14. Advanced outbreak data and metadata searches
  15. Downloading and organizing datasets for analysis

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Electronic Data Capture systems in vaccine trials

Electronic Data Capture (EDC) systems are the backbone of modern vaccine trials, enabling real‑time, accurate, and secure collection of clinical data. Mastering EDC concepts—data flow, validation, audit trails, and regulatory compliance—is essential for NUC CCMAS, NBTE, and NCCE exams because they test knowledge of trial integrity and data management best practices.

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