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340.871.01
Welch Center Research Seminar

Location
East Baltimore
Term
1st Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
Tuesday, 12:00 - 1:20pm
Auditors Allowed
Yes, with instructor consent
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite
Description
Students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty present scientific papers from the current and/or classic literature dealing with epidemiologic research, with a focus on cardiovascular and clinical epidemiology. Emphasizes the ability to critically evaluate scientific papers, presentation skills, and open discussion. Using a journal-club format in which one or more papers are distributed in advance, participants are expected to read the paper in advance, post at least 2 comments or questions on CoursePlus by 11:59 pm the night before the session, and discuss the assigned material. Media reporting/coverage in the lay and medical press is explicitly discussed. Provides a forum for the discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of epidemiologic methods and appropriate use of statistical methods for various study designs.
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
Enrollment Restriction
MHS, ScM, DrPH, PhD, and ScD students in the Department of Epidemiology only.
Special Comments

Students may take this course multiple times.