Disaster Epidemiology (Short Course)

Synopsis

This short course will be lead by staff from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters.  This Centre maintains the world's pre-eminent disaster epidemiology data base known as ‘CRED'

This short course will introduce participants to:

• The structure of the CRED data base
• Accessing and questioning the CRED data base
• An overview of the global trends in disaster epidemiology
• The specific epidemiology of the trends in disasters of the Oceania and Asia regions
• Utilising the CRED data base in epidemiological analyses of disasters
• An overview of other relevant epidemiological data bases and the principles of epidemiological methods in disasters

Keynote Speakers

Staff from the WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters.

Who should attend?

Health care professionals, emergency managers, disaster epidemiologists, humanitarian workers, researchers, students and those wishing to develop skills in accessing and utilising the world’s foremost disaster epidemiology data base.

Fees

$995

(Discounts apply for WADEM members, full-time students, and group registrations)

QA&CPE

The RACGP offers 30 QA&CPE points for this short course.

For further Information

Workshop Brochure

Registration Form

Contact

Dr Caroline Spencer

T     +61 3 9904 4092
E     caroline.spencer@med.monash.edu.au
W  http://www.med.monash.edu.au/cehpp/seminar

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