Subject: Epidemiology
Course Number: 140.08
Course Title: Clerkship in Human and Veterinary Disease Ecology
Units: 6
School: Medicine
Department: Epidemiology And Biostatistics

Course Description: Full-time course in infectious disease ecology based in the Veterinary Public Health and Vector-borne Diseases Sections of the California Department of Health Services. One medical student and one UCD veterinary student will conduct outbreak and field investigations, help to develop public health policy statements and review surveillance data regarding zoonotic and vector-borne diseases of public health significance in California.
Prerequisites: Fourth-year standing; EPIDEMIOL 140.02 or 140.07 or similar prior experience in public health practice.
Restrictions: Must show proof of current pre-exposure rabies vaccination and/or recent protective titer.
Activities: Direct - Field Work, Direct - Conference, Student - Conference

Instructor of Record: G. Rutherford
May the student choose the instructor for this course? No
Does enrollment in this course require instructor approval? No

Quarter(s) Offered: Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer
Course Grading Convention: P/NP (Pass/Not Pass) or S/U (Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory)
Graduate Division course: No
Is this a web-based online course? No
Is this an Interprofessional Education (IPE) course? No
May students in the Graduate Division (i.e. pursuing Master or PhD) enroll in this course? No
Repeat course for credit? No