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340.871.01 WELCH CENTER RESEARCH SEMINAR

Department: Epidemiology
Term: 3rd term
Credits: (1 credits)
Contact: Liz Selvin
Academic Year: 2012 - 2013
Course Instructor:
Description:

Students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty present scientific papers from the current and/or classic literature dealing with epidemiologic research, focusing on clinical and cardiovascular epidemiology. Emphasizes presentation skills and the ability to critically evaluate scientific papers. Uses a journal-club format in which one or more papers are distributed in advance; participants are expected to read and discuss the assigned material.
Student Evaluation: Presentation, discussion participation
Learning Objective:

Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to (1) read and critically evaluate scientific papers (2) give a presentation and lead a discussion related to a research article (3) critique analytic methods in the published literature (4) describe the strengths and weaknesses of various methodological approaches in clinical epidemiology and cardiovascular epidemiology.
Location: Baltimore
Class Times:
  • Tuesday 12:00 - 1:20
Enrollment Minimum: 10
Enrollment Maximum: 25
Enrollment Restriction: MHS/ ScM, PhD, ScD, DrPH students in Epidemiology, others with consent of instructor only.
Instructor Consent: Consent required for some students

Students from departments and programs outside of Epidemiology must meet with and obtain permission from the instructor to take the course prior to registration.
For consent, contact: lselvin@jhsph.edu
Auditors Allowed: No
Grading Restriction: Pass/Fail
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