340.620.20
Principles of Clinical Epidemiology

Location
East Baltimore
Term
3rd Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
2
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Sunday, January 26, 2020
End Date
Monday, January 27, 2020
Class Time(s)
M, Su, 8:30am - 5:20pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Kunihiro Matsushita
Noel Mueller
Contact Name
Judith Holzer
Frequency Schedule
Every Year
Prerequisite

340.751 (Epidemiologic Methods 1)

Description
Presents lectures and interactive sessions designed to expose students to basic principles of clinical epidemiology and introduce key methods utilized in clinical outcomes research. Focuses on principles and methods in clinical epidemiology which would be most utilized by clinicians/clinician researchers for screening and diagnosis of illness as well as for prognostication and decision-making.
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
  1. Describe how epidemiological methods are applied to medicine and how scientific evidence drive decision on clinical practice.
  2. Draw a ROC curve to understand and estimate the effect and implications of different cutoff points in diagnostic test
  3. Evaluate the performance of diagnostic tests taking into account characteristics of the test (sensitivity, specificity, etc.), potential outcomes and the features of the population (prevalence of disease and risk factors)
  4. Describe key factors for deciding optimal outcome measures for a clinical study
  5. Describe advantages and disadvantages of clinical trials and observational studies for evaluating treatment effects
  6. Build a decision analysis tree based on probabilities and see how different outcomes influence the decision making in clinical settings
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
  • 15% Participation
  • 60% Homework
  • 25% Final Project
Enrollment Restriction
Enrollment restricted to students in the Tsinghua DrPH cohort
Instructor Consent
Consent required for all students
Consent Note
Students must be approved members of Tsinghua cohort to take the course.
Consent Contact
judith.holzer@jhu.edu
Special Comments

This course will be offered over a 2-day period in Baltimore. Students are required to complete assignments prior to the first class session.