340.871.01
Welch Center Research Seminar
Location
East Baltimore
Term
2nd Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
1
Academic Year
2017 - 2018
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
Prerequisite
Students, postdoctoral fellows, and faculty present scientific papers from the current and/or classic literature dealing with epidemiologic research, with a focus 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. Media reporting/coverage in the lay and medical press is explicitly discussed related to the article. Provides a forum for the discussion of the appropriate use of statistical methods for various study designs.
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, DrPH, PhD, and ScD students in the Department of Epidemiology only.