Introudction & Benefits of this Epidemiology Course in Terms Of Career Advancement
What is Epidemiology?
Epidemiology is a broad scientific discipline, addressing the occurrence of disease and the distribution of health status in populations. The study of the distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations, and the application of this study to control of health problems.
Epidemiology is used to determine, describe, and report on the natural course of disease, disability, injury, and death, to aid in the planning and development of health services and programs and to provide administrative and planning data
How This Course Will Help You?
The main objective of the BioTecNika is to inculcate the knowledge on Epidemiology and Public Health in budding researchers and young student community. This includes the training of students to generate and interpret epidemiologic information, to synthesize it with other information, and to apply it to reduction of the disease burden.
By integrating causal concepts at the molecular, cellular, clinical, and social-environmental levels, our Team of experts work to maintain an intellectual environment that facilitates the integration of biological, social, and analytic approaches. This course on Epidemiology attempts to better understand the burden and causes of health problems in human populations, and to make changes that decrease risk and improve health.
Now, lets understabd first – Uses of Epidemiology
It is widely used-
- to study the cause (or etiology) of disease(s), or conditions, disorders, disabilities, etc.
- to determine the primary agent responsible or ascertain causative factors
- to determine the characteristics of the agent or causative factors
- to determine the mode of transmission
- to determine contributing factors and
- to identify and determine geographic patterns
Epidemiologists are scientists who study diseases within populations of people. These public health professionals analyze what causes disease outbreaks in order to treat existing diseases and prevent future outbreaks. Thanks to this, epidemiologists are considered “disease detectives” of the public health world.
Epidemiologists examine how and where disease outbreaks start, how diseases are transmitted among individuals in a population and how to effectively treat those diseases. The information gathered and analyzed by epidemiologists is then used to develop or improve clinical and medical research, as well as improve preventative healthcare. It is safe to say that countless lives have been saved due to the work of epidemiologists.
How To Become An Epidemiologist?
- In order to become an epidemiologist, a master’s degree is the minimum educational requirement.
- The most common master’s degree is in public health with a specialization in epidemiology
- Many epidemiologists have doctorate and/or medical degrees, especially if they plan on teaching at the post-secondary level or overseeing medical research studies.
- On the undergraduate level, most epidemiologists have backgrounds in public health, biology, medicine and statistics.