Teaching research and epidemiology to undergraduate students in the health sciences James, Eric, Graham, Melissa, Snow, Pamela and Ward, Bernadette 2006, Teaching research and epidemiology to undergraduate students in the health sciences, Australian and New Zealand journal of public health, vol. 30, no. 6, pp. 575-578, doi: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00790.x. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Teaching research and epidemiology to undergraduate students in the health sciences Author(s) James, Eric Graham, Melissa orcid.org/0000-0002-0927-0002 Snow, Pamela Ward, Bernadette Journal name Australian and New Zealand journal of public health Volume number 30 Issue number 6 Start page 575 End page 578 Publisher Public Health Association of Australia Place of publication Canberra, A.C.T. Publication date 2006-12 ISSN 1326-0200 1753-6405 Summary Objective: To identify and address particular challenges in the teaching of epidemiological concepts to undergraduate students in non-clinical health disciplines. Methods and Results: Relevant pedagogical literature was reviewed to identify a range of evidence-based teaching approaches. The authors also drew on their experience in curriculum development and teaching in this field to provide guidelines for teaching epidemiology in a way that is engaging to students and likely to promote deep, rather than surface, learning. Discussion of a range of practical strategies is included along with applied examples of teaching epidemiological content. Conclusions and Implications: Increasingly, there is a greater emphasis on improved learning outcomes in higher education. Graduates from non-clinical health courses are required to have a core understanding of epidemiology and teachers of epidemiology need to be able to access resources that are relevant and useful for these students. A theoretically grounded framework for effective teaching of epidemiological principles to non-clinical undergraduates is provided, together with a range of useful teaching resources (both paper and web-based). Implementation of the strategies discussed will help ensure graduates are able to appropriately apply epidemiological skills in their professional practice. Language eng DOI 10.1111/j.1467-842X.2006.tb00790.x Field of Research 111706 Epidemiology HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal Copyright notice ©2006, Public Health Association of Australia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30009033 Document type: Journal Article Collection: School of Health and Social Development Related Links Link Description Connect to published version (restricted access) Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Wed, 07 Jan 2009, 10:14:20 EST Thu, 30 Apr 2009, 10:25:06 EST Thu, 30 Apr 2009, 10:30:35 EST Fri, 23 Oct 2009, 10:44:00 EST Mon, 16 Jun 2014, 09:53:38 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 4 times in TR Web of Science Cited 6 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 635 Abstract Views, 0 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 13 Oct 2008, 15:49:10 EST

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