Epidemiology - basic principles 2024

Aalborg University, Doctoral School in Medicine, Biomedical Science and Technology

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

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