340.751.01
Epidemiologic Methods 1

Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
5
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
M, W, F, 8:30 - 9:50am
Lab Times
Monday, 10:00 - 11:50am (01)
Wednesday, 10:00 - 11:50am (01)
Monday, 10:00 - 11:50am (02)
Wednesday, 10:00 - 11:50am (02)
Monday, 10:00 - 11:50am (03)
Friday, 10:00 - 11:50am (03)
Monday, 10:00 - 11:50am (04)
Friday, 10:00 - 11:50am (04)
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Stephen Gange
Elizabeth Selvin
Catherine Sutcliffe
Contact Name
Ayesha Khan
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

Prior or concurrent enrollment in Statistical Methods in Public Health I (140.621) or Methods in Biostatistics I (140.651).

Description
First offering in the Epidemiologic Methods sequence. Introduces students to history, principles, and concepts of epidemiologic research. Covers epidemiologic reasoning and causal inference, models of disease causation and prevention, and the cohort framework for characterizing the health of populations. Presents measures of population health, measures of association, and screening. Provides experience through laboratory problems with epidemiologic methods and inference, calculation of population health measures, and literature interpretation.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Explain the applicability of epidemiologic methods in biomedical and public health research
  2. Describe epidemiologic principles for investigating health and disease in populations
  3. Select, calculate and interpret population health measures
  4. Apply causal reasoning to interpreting epidemiologic and other scientific evidence
Enrollment Restriction
No auditors permitted.
Instructor Consent
Consent required for some students
Consent Note
Consent required for special students and non-JHSPH students.
Consent Contact
akhan@jhsph.edu
Special Comments

MPH students who earned a grade of "B" or higher in 340.601 PRINCIPLES OF EPIDEMIOLOGY in the summer term may opt to skip the course 340.751 and proceed into 340.752 EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS 2 during the 2nd term. While generally skipping 340.751 is not recommended there may be individual circumstances where it is appropriate, especially if additional preparatory work is done. Contact the Department of Epidemiology for more information: akhan@jhsph.edu. MPH students who have elected the Quantitative Sciences concentration may NOT skip the 340.751 course.
You must register for one lab 340.951 when you register for this course. Labs begin at 10:15 AM.