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340.871.01
Welch Center Research Seminar

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2013 - 2014
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Tuesday, 12:00 - 1:20pm
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
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.
Learning Objectives
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