IDV 213 Introduction to Disease Surveillance

Course outline

The topics this course covers, in teaching order.

1. Principles of disease surveillance
2. Types of surveillance
3. Surveillance data collection
4. Data analysis and interpretation
5. Reporting systems
6. Epidemic preparedness
7. Use of surveillance in disease control
8. Feedback and response mechanisms
9. Concept of disease surveillance
10. Objectives and types of surveillance
11. Components of surveillance systems
12. Role of surveillance in outbreak detection and control
13. Integrated Disease Surveillance and Response (IDSR) strategy
14. Structure, levels and core functions of IDSR
15. Priority diseases and public health events under IDSR
16. Disease detection and reporting procedures
17. Surveillance tools and standard case definitions
18. Data collection, analysis and presentation in surveillance
19. Use of surveillance data for public health response
20. Outbreak investigation and response strategies
21. Role of laboratories in disease surveillance
22. Specimen collection and laboratory reporting
23. Community participation and risk communication in surveillance

A sample from this course

One topic, as StudyPath teaches it.

What you get for IDV 213

• Every topic above, split into sessions and dated against your exam.
• Practice questions per session, with answers that explain themselves.
• Offline reading — the whole course is a few hundred KB on your phone.
• An AI tutor that answers questions using this course's own material.