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Intermediate Epidemiology
Location
Internet
Term
Winter Institute
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2024 - 2025
Instruction Method
Synchronous Online
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
Prerequisite
Introductory epidemiology and biostatistics
Covers key principles, designs and methods of observational epidemiology studies. Includes a description of general designs of the main observational studies (birth cohort analysis, ecologic studies, cohort, case-based case-control studies, case-control studies within a defined cohort, and case-crossover studies), measures of disease frequency (cumulative incidence, rate and odds) and of association (relative risk, odds ratio), evaluation of confounding and interaction, types of bias, and the most often used methods of adjustment for confounding effects and their assumptions. Employs lectures and group discussions of exercise
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe modern design features of epidemiologic studies
- Calculate and contrast measures of association and measures of impact
- Employ epidemiologic methods to address confounding, bias, effect modification and modeling using multiple variables in epidemiologic studies
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 30% Lab Assignments
- 60% Final Exam
- 10% Participation
Course will be taught online via Zoom, on the dates and times the course is scheduled.