Medical epidemiology
- 21
- 2018
- Method course
- 20
- 2018-08-30
- English
- Associate professor Liisa Byberg
- Department of Surgical Sciences
- Akademiska sjukhuset, 751 85 Uppsala
- Week 43; 22-26 October 2018
- 5 full days
NOTE THAT THE COURSE WILL BE GIVEN IN ENGLISH IN 2018. IT WILL BE GIVEN IN SWEDISH IN 2019.
How to design, analyze and report an epidemiological study
The course aims to give a broad methodological background on methods in epidemiology at an intermediate and advanced level. It will cover topics such as design of epidemiological studies, bias, measures of disease frequency, controlling for confounding, basic stratified analysis, biological interaction, use of regression models, and prediction of disease.
The course design will require active participation from the students. Discussions will be based on published articles.
Written examination
Epidemiology, an introduction by Kenneth J Rothman
professor Karl Michaëlsson, associate professor Liisa Byberg, professor Johan Hallqvist, professor Lars Holmberg
liisa.byberg@surgsci.uu.se
karl.michaelsson@surgsci.uu.se
Tel: 070-1679400, 018-6119545