340.871.01
Welch Center Research Seminar
Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Tuesday, 12:00 - 1:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Resources
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.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- read and critically evaluate scientific papers
- give a presentation and lead a discussion related to a research article
- critique analytic methods in the published literature
- describe the strengths and weaknesses of various methodological approaches in clinical epidemiology and cardiovascular epidemiology
Enrollment Restriction
MHS/ ScM, PhD, ScD, DrPH students in Epidemiology, others with consent of instructor only.