Outbreak Management

About this subject

• What you'll learn

  Upon completion of this subject , the student should be able to:

  1. Utilise a risk assessment framework to verify the existence of an outbreak.
  2. Plan an outbreak investigation.
  3. Apply appropriate methods for the epidemiological, environmental and laboratory components of an outbreak investigation.
  4. Synthesize all evidence gathered during an outbreak investigation to determine the source of the outbreak.
  5. Communicate to relevant stakeholders using risk communication principles and appropriate documentation.

• Topics covered

• Description

• Assessments

• Textbooks

• About University of Tasmania

Entry requirements

Part of a degree

To enrol in this subject you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:

Core

• TAS-HLP-GCE-2026 - Graduate Certificate in Health Protection
• TAS-CDP-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)
• TAS-CDP-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Communicable Disease Prevention)

Elective

• TAS-AOR-GDI-2026 - Graduate Diploma of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)
• TAS-AOR-MAS-2026 - Master of Advanced Practice (Organisational Resilience)

Additional requirements

• Other requirements - Teaching Arrangement: Independent Learning 8 hours weekly; Tutorial (Online) 1.5 hours (5 times)

Study load

0.125 EFTSL

This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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