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University of Geneva

Disease Screening in Public Health

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).

Status: Program Evaluation
Status: Health Policy
BeginnerCourse22 hours

Featured reviews

NK

Reviewed Dec 26, 2021

thank you for improving my knowledge on disease screening. I am a public health undergrad and found this very useful.

BV

Reviewed Sep 30, 2020

Thanks to all the personnel who helped create and distribute this information. Well done everyone.

NA

Reviewed Apr 29, 2020

I am very happy and proud of my achievements, I will continue to learn.

CC

Reviewed Oct 1, 2020

Enjoyed speakers, prefer a more interactive approach. Fundamentals and strategy thought provoking principles identified and allow for innovative ideas. Enjoyed the course, thank you.

NA

Reviewed Oct 6, 2021

I suggest the lectures to be on presentation slides so that we can easily follow with the professors

AA

Reviewed Nov 29, 2015

Excellent content , but weak language commanding with a strong accent

MT

Reviewed Apr 30, 2020

It was very rigorous and intensive course. Thank you for providing all those wonderful resources.

AD

Reviewed Apr 24, 2020

I am very glad to express that this course was very informative and interesting. I learnt many things about various disease and screening.

KB

Reviewed Mar 19, 2019

Disfrute mucho el curso, me gusto que hubiera más de un ponente por capítulo.

M

Reviewed Jun 13, 2020

It was an excellent course which clears fundamental doubts and also increases quality thinking in the field of Public Health screening.

PE

Reviewed Jul 15, 2020

A very challenging class with test questions that make you look at every perspective uniquely. 5 stars.

HC

Reviewed Jun 16, 2018

Good but could have been even better if the speakers were more familiar with English pronounciation

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