Medical epidemiology, 1,5 hp

Description

The course Medical Epidemiology is given at an intermediate to advanced level. Having basic knowledge of epidemiological methods before taking this course will improve your learning outcomes and is encouraged.

We therefore recommend students to first take the course Introduction to Epidemiology or similar courses before attending this course. Alternatively that you have worked with epidemiology and acquired corresponding knowledge. State your previous experience of epidemiology in your application (under Reasons for applying to this course).

Learning outcomes

By the end of this course, the student should know how to design, analyze and report an epidemiological study.

Contents

The course aims to give a broad methodological background on methods in epidemiology at an intermediate to advanced level.

Topics covered:
- design of epidemiological studies
- information bias
- selection bias
- confounding and selection of confounders
- interaction
- critical evaluation of results
- possibilities and caveats of epidemiology

We recommend that you have acquired basic knowledge in epidemiology before taking this course.

Instructions

The course design will require active participation from the students. Discussions will be based on published articles.

Examination

The Examination task is performed and presented during the last day.

The course merits 1,5 hp.

Literature

Course literature:
Epidemiology, an introduction by Kenneth J Rothman

Teaching staff

Teachers:
Liisa Byberg, Olga Titova, Emerald Heiland, Beatrice Kennedy

More information

Contact:
Course leaders
Olga Titova olga.titova@surgsci.uu.se
Emerald Heiland emerald.heiland@surgsci.uu.se

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