340.688.01
Practical Epidemiology for Basic Scientists

Discontinued

Location
East Baltimore
Term
4th Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2018 - 2019
Instruction Method
TBD
Class Time(s)
M, W, F, 1:30 - 2:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
William Moss
Contact Name
William Moss
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

none

Description
Introduces students of laboratory sciences to the population science of epidemiology, including methods and approaches to measurement, study design and inference. Similar in content to other introductory courses in the Department of Epidemiology but it introduces several topics of particular interest to laboratory scientists, and examples often highlight the interface between epidemiology and laboratory sciences.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Distinguish study, target, and source populations.
  2. Calculate and interpret basic epidemiologic measures of disease frequency, validity and precision.
  3. Identify distinguishing features of fundamental study designs including randomized clinical trials, cohort studies, and case-control studies.
  4. Calculate basic measures used to compare disease frequencies, identify and classify sources of information and selection bias, identify concepts and frameworks useful for inferring causation, and define confounding.
  5. Identify the contributions of laboratory methods to epidemiologic studies and the similarities and differences in scientific methods.
Enrollment Restriction
Restricted to students in EHS, MMI, and BMB only
Instructor Consent
No consent required
Special Comments

Students interested in a more in-depth understanding of epidemiology should consider taking Principles of Epidemiology (340.601) or Epidemiologic Methods (340.751) esp. students in the departments of PFRH, IH, MH, HBS, CI, Biost.