Disease Screening in Public Health
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Disease Screening in Public Health at Coursera Overview
Duration | 22 hours |
Start from | Start Now |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Beginner |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
Disease Screening in Public Health at Coursera Highlights
- Shareable Certificate Earn a Certificate upon completion
- 100% online Start instantly and learn at your own schedule.
- Flexible deadlines Reset deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
- Beginner Level
- Approx. 22 hours to complete
- English Subtitles: French, Portuguese (European), Russian, English, Spanish
Disease Screening in Public Health at Coursera Course details
- Current and future public health is characterized by the increase of chronic and degenerative diseases, corresponding to the worldwide ageing of the population. The increasing prevalence of these conditions together with the long incubation period of the chronic diseases and the continual technological innovations, offer new opportunities to develop strategies for early diagnosis.
- Public Health has an important mandate to critically assess the promises and the pitfalls of disease screening strategies. This MOOC will help you understand important concepts for screening programs that will be explored through a series of examples that are the most relevant to public health today. We will conclude with expert interviews that explore future topics that will be important for screening.
- By the end of this MOOC, students should have the competency needed to be involved in the scientific field of screening, and understand the public health perspective in screening programs.
- This MOOC has been designed by the University of Geneva and the University of Lausanne.
- This MOOC has been prepared under the auspices of the Ecole romande de santé publique (www.ersp.ch) by Prof. Fred Paccaud, MD, MSc, Head of the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine in Lausanne (www.iumsp.ch), in collaboration with Professor Antoine Flahault, MD, PhD, head of the Institute of Global Health, Geneva (https://www.unige.ch/medecine/isg/en/) and Prof. Gillian Bartlett-Esquilant (McGill University, Quebec/ Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine, Lausanne).
Disease Screening in Public Health at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to Key Concepts in Screening
Welcome Message & General Introduction_ new video
Definition of Screening
Definition of a Screening Program
Natural History of Diseases
Lead Time, Diagnosis and Treatment
Risk of Overdiagnosis
Screening Tests and Biomarkers
The Prevention Paradox
Target Populations for Screening
Course Instructors
Development Team
Course Description: Modules & Themes
Course design
Grading policy
Discussion Forum Guidelines
Getting started: Break the ice !
Suggested discussion
Reading List for Concepts
Introduction to Key Concepts in Screening
Screening Metrics
Module 2 Introduction_new video
Robustness of Tests
Validity
Sensitivity and Specificity
Predictive Values
Outcomes and Study Design
Number Needed to Screen
Presentation of the 2-by-2 Table
Ethics
Shared Decison Making_ new video
Suggested discussion
Metrics
Screening Metrics
Screening in Pregnancy and Newborns
Module 3_Introduction_new video
Key Concepts for Genetic Screening Tests
Overview of Prenatal and Perinatal Screening
Example of an Improved Screening Test: Down Syndrome
Example of Screening to Improve Prognosis: Congenital Hearing Loss
Example of Genetic Screening: Cystic Fibrosis
Suggested discussion
Genetic conditions
Prenatal and perinatal conditions
Screening in Pregnancy and Newborns
Screening for Cardiometabolic Conditions
Module 4 Introduction_new video
Case 1: Hypertension
Case 2: Diabetes
Case 3: Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children
Suggested discussion
Cardiometabolic conditions
Screening for Cardiometabolic Conditions
Cancer Screening
Module 5 Introduction_new video
Colorectal Cancer
Prostate Cancer
Cervical Cancer
Lung Cancer
Skin_Cancer_Part I _new video
Skin_Cancer_Part II_new video
Breast_Cancer_new video
Suggested discussion
Cancer
Cancer Screening
Public Mental Health and Screening in Ageing
Module 6 Introduction_new video
Introduction to Public Mental Health
Public Mental Health and Disabilities
Dementia and Related Disorders
Old-Age Depression_new video
General Screening in the Elderly_new video
Suggested discussion
Neuropsychiatric conditions
Public Mental Health and Screening in Ageing
Screening in Low and Middle-Income Countries and Migrants
Module 7 Introduction_new video
Screening of Noncommunicable Disease in LMIC
Optimal Strategy for Screening in LMIC
Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Screening in LMIC
Focus on Hypertension for CVD Screening in LMIC
Cancer Screening in LMIC
Cross Cultural Competencies- Part I _new video
Cross Cultural Competencies- Part II_new video
Suggested discussion
Screening in low and middle-income countries
Screening of noncommunicable diseases in low and middle-income countries
Screening in Low and Middle-Income Countries and Migrants
Evaluation, Planning, Implementation and the Future of Screening Programs
Module 8 introduction_new video
Major Controversies with Screening Programs
Evaluation of Screening Programs
Bias in Screening Programs
Planning a Screening Program, Part I
Planning a Screening Program, Part II
Example of a Decision Aid for Screening
Screening Program Implementation
Future Directions in Screening Programs - Module 8 Conclusion_new video
Suggested discussion
Policies and evaluation
Evaluation, Planning, Implementation and the Future of Screening Programs
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