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.
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Teaching research and epidemiology to undergraduate students in the health sciences
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 andImplications: 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.
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