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340.602.11
Intermediate Epidemiology

Location
East Baltimore
Term
Summer Institute
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
4
Academic Year
2012 - 2013
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Monday, June 18, 2012
End Date
Friday, June 29, 2012
Class Time(s)
M, Tu, W, Th, F, 8:30am - 12:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Next Offered
Only offered in 2012
Description
This course will present and illustrate key methods used in epidemiologic research at an intermediate level. Topics will include causal inference in epidemiology, study designs, measures of disease frequency and association, methods to assess and handle confounding and bias, and analysis and statistical modeling in epidemiologic studies.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. describe the main issues involved in establishing causal relationships from observational data
  2. employ epidemiologic methods to address confounding, bias, effect modification and modeling using multiple variables in epidemiologic studies
  3. describe the main issues involved in establishing causal relationships from observational data
  4. employ epidemiologic methods to address confounding, bias, effect modification and modeling using multiple variables in epidemiologic studies