Curriculum Objective
Objective
General Objectives
General Objectives
Describe the role of infection control in preventing the acquisition and spread of infectious diseases.
Curriculum Block
Part 5 / Integration Foundation / Host Defense and Neoplasia
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Activities
Tutorial
Tags
Basic Sciences
Prevention and control
Curriculum Block
Part 5
Integration Foundation
Host Defense and Neoplasia
Curriculum Week
IF
Discipline
Public health
Infectious Diseases
McMaster Program Competencies
6.1 Understand the systems of healthcare, including federal, provincial, municipal and local, and the influences they have on the health of individuals and populations
2.3 Apply principles of clinical sciences to diagnostic and therapeutic decision-making, clinical problem-solving, and other aspects of evidence-based healthcare
2.4 Apply principles of epidemiological sciences to the identification of health problems, risk factors, treatment strategies, resource allocation, and disease prevention/health promotion efforts for patients and populations
1.7 Counsel and educate patients and their families to empower them to participate in their care and enable shared decision-making
MeSH
Infection Control [N06.850.780.200.450]
Communicable Diseases [C01.221]