Epidemiology – basic principles

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

This course deals with basic principles of epidemiology and will prepare the students for further courses in advanced epidemiology. The course 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, case-control studies and Randomized Controlled Trials
• Sources of information for epidemiological studies with presentation of the concepts of precision and validity
• Systematic errors in epidemiology, including bias and confounding
• Interactions and effectmodification
• Applications of epidemiology in different areas, including clinical epidemiology

For additional information, updates, and registration, please refer to AAU PhDMoodle via the link provided on the right side of this page.

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