Surveillance Systems: The Building Blocks

Epidemiology is often described as the cornerstone science and public health and public health surveillance is a cornerstone of epidemiology. This course will help you build your technical awareness and skills for working with a variety of surveillance systems. Along the way, we'll focus on system objectives, data reporting, the core surveillance attributes, and performance assessment. This course is designed for public health practitioners and anyone who wants to learn more about the basics of

• Discuss the role of surveillance within the broader fields of epidemiology and public health
• Assign objectives to define surveillance cases
• Use public health surveillance reporting systems
• Compare and contrast surveillance systems using system attributes