About this course: 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 restless technological innovations, offer new opportunities to develop strategies for early diagnosis. It is an important task of public health to critically assess the promises and the pitfalls of screening strategies. In this perspective, this MOOC will detail the background concepts of early diagnosis, the methods to assess the effectiveness and the efficiency of screening programs, the tools available of scaling up a local program, etc. In a second part of the course, current and future trends in screening in several conditions will be presented, including cancer, cardiovascular and metabolic disease, prenatal and neonatal conditions (including genetic screening), and communicable disease. By the end of this MOOC, students should be able to develop a public health perspective on screening and to actively participate to the evaluation of screening strategies. 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 (www.igh.ch).
Taught by: Antoine Flahault, Professor of Public Health and Director of the Institute of Global Health (Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva) and co-Director of Centre Virchow-Villermé (Université Paris Descartes)
University of Geneva and Université Paris Descartes – Sorbonne Paris Cité
Taught by: Fred Paccaud (In Partnership with UNIGE), Professor of epidemiology and public health and Director of the Institute of social and preventive medicine
Lausanne University Hospital
| Commitment | 7 weeks of study, 1-3 hours/week |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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Very interesting course but work needs to done on the language component which was sometimes very confusing. Some really good Powerpoint presentation work.
Excellent content , but weak language commanding with a strong accent
Overall good quality course, interesting and relevant. The only drawback are the quizzes because sometimes the answer is not clear, even after watching carefully the video and reading material.
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Comprehensive overview of disease screenings for clinicians as well as public health professionals