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Intermediate Epidemiology
Location
Barcelona, Spain
Term
2nd Term
Department
Epidemiology
Credit(s)
3
Academic Year
2019 - 2020
Instruction Method
TBD
Start Date
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
End Date
Friday, November 8, 2019
W, Th, F, 8:30am - 6:00pm
Auditors Allowed
No
Available to Undergraduate
No
Grading Restriction
Letter Grade or Pass/Fail
Course Instructor(s)
Contact Name
Frequency Schedule
One Year Only
Resources
Prerequisite
Introductory epidemiology and biostatistics
Covers key principles, designs and methods of observational epidemiology studies. Includes a description of general designs of the main observational studies (birth cohort analysis, ecologic studies, cohort, case-based case-control studies, case-control studies within a defined cohort, and case-crossover studies), measures of disease frequency (cumulative incidence, rate and odds) and of association (relative risk, odds ratio), evaluation of confounding and interaction, types of bias, and the most often used methods of adjustment for confounding effects and their assumptions. Employs lectures and group discussions of exercise
Learning Objectives
Upon successfully completing this course, students will be able to:
- Describe modern design features of epidemiologic studies
- Calculate and contrast measures of association and measures of impact
- Employ epidemiologic methods to address confounding, bias, effect modification and modeling using multiple variables in epidemiologic studies
Methods of Assessment
This course is evaluated as follows:
- 10% Participation
- 30% Lab Assignments
- 60% Final Exam
Enrollment Restriction
interdivisional and undergraduate registration is not permitted for this section.
This course will be taught over 3-days in Barcelona Spain. Students must be physically in Spain in order to participate. Take home exam due to instructor no later than December 20, 2019.