קורס קיץ 2018: שיטות מחקר מתקדמות באפידמיולוגיה (0158.1020)

0158.1020 - Intermediate Observational Epidemiology (2 Credits)

Instructor:

Prof. Moyses Szklo, Johns Hopkins University

Teaching Assistant:

TBD

Date and Time:

July 8-12, 2018
S, M, Th 08:30-13:00 | T, W 08:30-13:30

Location:

Room TBA, Sackler Faculty of Medicine

Final Exam:

July 13, 2018 | 9:00-11:00 | Room TBA

Prerequisites:

Basic courses in Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Registration Status:

OPEN

 

Course Syllabus

The course syllabus can be found here.

 

Course Description

The course is aimed at students who already have an understanding of epidemiology´s basic principles and methods. The course will consist of theoretical presentations and small group discussion of exercises. Topics covered include study designs in observational epidemiology, measures of frequency, survival analysis, person-time analysis, measures of association in traditional case-control and cohort studies. Other topics will be biases and confounding effects, principles and logic of statistical adjustment. The concept of interaction and evaluation of interaction in case-control and cohort studies will be covered. Topics in the interface of epidemiology and public health policy will be discussed.

 

Requirements

To receive academic credit for the course, participants must pass the final exam with a grade of at least 60 (D). Non-credit participants are not required to take the final exam.

 

Course Instructor 

Moyses Szklo, MD, DrPH

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

 

 

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