A five-day short course "Basic Epidemiology" will take place in the
Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol from 12th-16th March
2007.
For more information and details of how to book please see
http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/basicepid.htm
Tutors: Nicola Wiles (Course Organiser), Prof Yoav Ben Shlomo, Professor
David Gunnell, Dr Matthew Hickman, Prof Debbie Lawlor, Prof Glyn Lewis, Dr
Sarah Lewis, Dr Richard Martin, Dr Chris Metcalfe, Dr Alan Montgomery, Dr
Andy Ness, Prof Tim Peters, Dr Petros Skapinakis
Who the course is intended for: This course is intended for clinicians,
researchers, public health specialists and other health care professionals
who have only a basic understanding of epidemiology. Prior knowledge of
basic medical statistics is important. No prior knowledge of Stata is
required. Please bring a calculator.
Course outline: Topics to be covered include: exposure measurement and
measures of disease occurrence (incidence, prevalence); measures of
exposure effect (risk, rate and odds ratios); study designs (cross-
sectional studies, case-control studies, cohort studies, ecological studies
and randomised controlled trials); bias and confounding; basic regression,
interaction; sample size calculations; causal Inference.
Teaching Time: Teaching will comprise thirty hours of lectures, practical
exercises, revision sessions and group discussions.
Course fee: £750.
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