title: The development and evaluation of Basic Epidemiology: Student's Text.
abstract: This paper describes the development and evaluation of a World Health Organization book Basic Epidemiology: Student's Text. This book was a response to a need identified by members of the WHO Global Environmental Epidemiology network. A draft was commented on by members of the Network and then at an editorial meeting. Two thousand copies of a pre-publication version were prepared and this version was formally evaluated by 13 teachers of introductory courses of epidemiology and less formally by members of the Epidemiology Network. A high response was received to the evaluation questionnaires; 45% of the students rated the test overall as 'very useful' and another 54% as 'useful'; many useful comments were received and were incorporated into the final version which will be published by WHO in 1993.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Beaglehole
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bonita
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Robinson
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kjellstrom
mesh_terms: D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D004782:Environmental Health; D004813:Epidemiology / Q000193:education; D005246:Feedback; D013337:Students, Medical / Q000523:psychology; D013663:Teaching; D013782:Textbooks as Topic