39108 - Elements of Medical Statistics and Epidemiology

Learning outcomes

History and definition of epidemiology.

Sources of data regarding health events.

Fundamental of epidemiologic data analysis.

Causation and causal inference.

Type of epidemiologic studies: randomized controlled trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, crosss-sectional studies, ecological studies.

Evidence based medicine.

Data collection and statistical analyses with Epinfo.

Special topics: infectious diseases epidemiology, reproductive epidemiology, outcome research.

Readings/Bibliography

Rothman K. J Modern Epidemiology 2008 Lipincott Williams & Wilkins

Office hours

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