Medical Sciences - University of the West Indies
Medical Sciences - University of the West Indies
Medical Sciences - University of the West Indies
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FACULTY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES<br />
COURSE (Core)<br />
Course Course Name No. <strong>of</strong> Credits<br />
Code<br />
NUTR6001 Concepts and Principles <strong>of</strong> Nutrition <strong>Sciences</strong> 6<br />
NUTR6002 Essentials <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Scientific Method 6<br />
MICR6560 Diagnostic <strong>Medical</strong> Microbiology 6<br />
(Candidates may choose from among <strong>the</strong>se or o<strong>the</strong>r available courses based on <strong>the</strong>ir area <strong>of</strong> interest)<br />
COURSE (Electives)<br />
Course Course Name No. <strong>of</strong> Credits<br />
Code<br />
NUTR6002 Public Health Nutrition 6<br />
NUTR6102 Clinical Nutrition 6<br />
EPID6104 Critical evaluation <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> scientific literature and 3<br />
writing scientific manuscripts<br />
EPID6102 Introduction to Statistics and computing 6<br />
EPID6101 Fundamentals <strong>of</strong> epidemiology 6<br />
EPID6202 Ethics and Research methods 6<br />
Course Description:<br />
For Nutrition courses see <strong>the</strong> MSc Nutrition programme and for Epidemiology courses see <strong>the</strong> MSc<br />
Epidemiology programme.<br />
Department Contact Information:<br />
Tropical Medicine Research InstituteThe <strong>University</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>West</strong> <strong>Indies</strong>, Mona,Kingston 7, JamaicaTel: 876-927-<br />
1884, 876-977-6251Fax: 876-977-0632<br />
Email: tmri@uwimona.edu.jm<br />
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