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Lecturer(s)
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Lány Petr, doc. MVDr. Ph.D.
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Zendulková Dagmar, prof. MVDr. CSc.
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Tesa Keyra, MVDr. Ph.D.
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Treml František, prof. MVDr. CSc.
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Course content
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Lectures: Definition and subject of epidemiology Health and social impact of infectious diseases Relationships between infectious diseases of animals and humans Epidemiological process Epidemiological structure of animal populations Specifics of infectious agents Environment and its influence Sources and ways of spreading etiological agents Outbreaks of transmissible diseases Diagnosis of mass diseases Descriptive epidemiology, analytical epidemiology, experimental epidemiology Risk assessment. Analysis of epidemiological status. Surveillance - epidemiological vigilance. Contingency plans Clinical epidemiology: active creation of health and protection of collective health Evaluation of the effectiveness of treatment and prevention. Prognosis as a result of survival analysis Practical lessons: Organization of epidemiological activities, the job description of the inspector for disease notification system and epidemiological documentation Evaluation of the effectiveness of diagnostic procedures - sufficient size and number of samples, the validity of diagnostic methods and procedures - practical examples Risks, their estimation, evaluation and impact on the population - practical examples Investigation of infectious disease on farms, epidemiological anamnesis, principles of sampling for laboratory examination Determining the effectiveness of treatment and preventive measures, errors in evaluation - practical examples Credit example: calculation of risks on a model example and evaluation of the impact on the health and economic sphere
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lectures, Seminars
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Learning outcomes
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The seventh semester (4th year) is devoted to the subjects and methods of epidemiology with emphasis on the epidemiological characteristics of collective health and mass animal diseases. In practical lessons, students learn to understand the general principles of the epidemiological process. They learn the general methodological procedures of diagnosis, prevention and control, including risk analysis and economic consequences of infectious diseases. On the basis of modelling epidemiological situations and risk analyses, they learn to predict and evaluate given situations and assess the suitability and effectiveness of epidemiological measures.
1) theoretical knowledge The student is able to: - define epidemiological concepts, - describe the epidemiological process, sources and ways of spreading etiological agents and the relationships between infectious diseases of animals and humans, - explain the health and social impact of infectious diseases. 2) practical skills The student is able to: - search, based on knowledge of disease notification systems, in available electronic domestic and foreign databases of resolved or currently ongoing infectious animal diseases in the Czech Republic and abroad and obtain the necessary data, - analyze the epidemiological situation and can evaluate the effectiveness of diagnostic procedures, - determine the effectiveness of treatment and preventive measures. 3) competences The student is able to: - calculate the parameters of a diagnostic test (sensitivity, specificity, prognostic value) from the entered values and is able to interpret the results, - perform a risk assessment on a model example and is able to interpret the obtained results with regard to health and economic impact.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written credit test
credit (test) Completion of the course by credit based on the successful result of a written credit test - the student will demonstrate their acquired knowledge and skills by answering questions and elaborating on the assigned topics in the credit test
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Recommended literature
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KOUBA, V. General Epizootiology. Published by VVŠL Košice 1994:209 p..
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THRUSFIELD, M. V. Veterinary epidemiology. 3rd ed.. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 2007. ISBN 978-1-405-15627-1.
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THRUSFIELD, M. Veterinary epidemiology. Blackwell Science, Oxford, 1995, 357 p..
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