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Teaching research and epidemiology to undergraduate students in the health sciences
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posted on 2006-12-01, 00:00 authored by E James, Melissa GrahamMelissa Graham, P Snow, B WardObjective: 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.
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Australian and New Zealand journal of public healthVolume
30Issue
6Pagination
575 - 578Publisher
Public Health Association of AustraliaLocation
Canberra, A.C.T.Publisher DOI
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1326-0200eISSN
1753-6405Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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