This course provides an introduction to the skills needed by public health professionals and clinicians to critically interpret the epidemiologic literature. It will provide participants with the basic principles and practical experience needed to develop these skills. This will be accomplished by covering the basic principles and methods of the design, conduct and interpretation of epidemiologic studies, including descriptive studies, observational analytic studies (case-control and cohort), and randomized clinical trials.
In addition, the course will address the calculation and interpretation of measures of disease frequency and association; the assessment of association versus causation in the interpretation of study results; and issues related to the evaluation of chance, bias, confounding, and effect modification. Lectures will be complemented by seminars devoted to case studies, exercises, or critiques of relevant examples of epidemiologic studies.
Period
04-06-2012 - 09-06-2012 (1 weeks)
Target group
Physicians, clinicians and public health professionals from public and private institutions who are looking for systematic training in the principles of epidemiology and biostatistics, or epidemiology applied to health care planning and evaluation. Students in biostatistics and epidemiology, and researchers both from public and private institutions who wish to increase their familiarity with quantitative methods or to deepen their knowledge of a specific area of interest.
Course aim
This course provides an introduction to the skills needed by public health professionals and clinicians to critically interpret the epidemiologic literature.
Credits
0.0 ECTS credits
Course fee
EUR 1150: For Students. Registration before 31 March 2012. After 31 March 2012 1,350.
EUR 1250: Registration before 31 March 2012. After 31 March 2012 1,450. The registration fee includes only the course tuition. Fees depend on whether the applicant is currently a student at an accredited university, or not, number of weeks, and the timing of enrollment.
Course leader
J. Buring (Harvard University)
Scholarships
A limited number of Scholarships are available.Scholarships cover the cost of tuition, for at most one week. Only registered students may apply. The request to be considered for a scholarship should be communicated no later than March 1, 2012.
Harvard University and Karolinska Institutet
Address: Aging Research Center, Karolinska Institutet Gavlegatan 16, Stockholm, Sweden
Postal code: SE-113 30
City: Castello Brandolini Colomban, Cison di Valmarino - Treviso - ITALY
Country: Italy
Website: http://www.biostatepi.org/
E-mail: bioepiedu@ki.se
Phone: +46 8 690 5368
Principles of Epidemiology
