• Basic concepts in infectious disease epidemiology.
• Natural history, clinical presentation, methods of diagnosis and control of infections of national and international public health importance including emerging diseases and untoward release of infectious agents.
• Use of surveillance systems nationally and internationally to monitor infectious disease activity.
• The design, evaluation, and management of immunisation programmes.
• The steps in outbreak investigation including the use of relevant epidemiological methods and organisation of infection control.
• Basic concepts of infectious disease genomics for communicable disease control.
• International aspects of communicable disease control including International Health Regulations.
• Ethical aspects of communicable disease control.
Learning and Teaching
Teaching and learning methods
A variety of methods will be used including lectures, problem-based learning sessions, group work, practical exercises, guided reading, group study and individual study. Some of the lectures and participatory sessions will be facilitated by clinicians and scientists from the University of Southampton, NIHR Southampton Biomedical Research Centre and University Hospital Southampton as well as external centres such as the UK Health Security Agency. Delivery will be face-to-face. In the event this is not possible delivery will be through MS Teams or similar.