Epidemiology - basic principles (2024)
Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology at Aalborg University
Welcome to Epidemiology - basic principles
Description:
This course deals with basic principles of epidemiology and will prepare the students for further courses in advanced epidemiology. The course will consist of lectures and group work based on scientific papers.
The main themes are:
- Prevalence and incidence measures and measures of associations
- Observational design, including aggregated, cross-sectional, cohort, and case-control studies
- Experimental studies (randomized controlled trials)
- Sources of information for epidemiological studies with concepts of precision and validity
- Systematic errors in epidemiology, including bias and confounding
- Interactions
- Applications of epidemiology in different areas, including clinical epidemiology
Literature/Requirements: TBA
Prerequisites: None
Evaluation: Participating in group discussions
Organizer: Henrik Bøggild, PhD, associate professor
Lecturers: Henrik Bøggild, PhD, associate professor & others
ECTS: 2
Time: 9, 10, 26, 27 September 2024
Place: Room 405 – Forskningens Hus, Sdr. Skovvej 15
Zip code: 9000
City: Aalborg
Number of seats: 25
Deadline: 19 August 2024