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CPB 88300 - Public Health


Credit Hours: 3.00.  This course is designed for senior veterinary students to fulfill their interests in public health and preventive veterinary medicine. There will be a classroom and field component, focusing on topics including epidemiology, food safety, infectious diseases, environmental health and health communications. Visits to various agencies will complement the course material by offering inside views of the day to day operations of the facilities as well as the career experiences of the employees working in them. Students will also gain field experience in actual or devised research projects that will include activities such as study design, questionnaire development, collecting epidemiologic data, date input, analysis, and interpretation. Students will be asked to design a study, produce an information brochure, and prepare a verbal presentation for elementary school children about topics relating to being safe with your pets. Total clinic hours 129. Typically offered Fall Spring Summer.Credits: 3.00