(Sorry for the cross-posting)
Epidemiology & Public Health Initiative
is organising a one year Course in Advanced Epidemiology.
Please feel free to send the message to anyone who is interested
Venue : Seminar Hall, PSM Department
Time : 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. every Saturday
Date : From 12/09/1998 onwards
Methods: Lectures, Critical Journal Reading, Field visit, Planning,
Implementation & Analysis of Research, etc. etc..
The following topics will be covered: -
I - Basic Concepts: -
1) Introduction to Epidemiology
Fundamental concepts
2) Research methodology & its steps
3) Introduction to Biostatistics (including presentation of data)
4) Measures of association
II - Study Designs: -
1) Case - control study
2) Cohort study
3) Experimental study
4) Ecological study, Cross-sectional & other studies
III - Advanced Epidemiological Concepts: -
1) Principles of measurement
2) Causal inference
3) Matching
4) Random error, bias, validity
5) Confounding, interaction, effect modification
IV - Advanced Biostatistics: -
1) Revision of Basic concepts
One variable
2) Two variables
3) Multiple variables
4) Standardisation
Survival analysis
5) Meta-analysis
Computer applications
V - Applied Epidemiology: -
1) Infectious disease epidemiology
2) Non-infectious disease epidemiology
3) Mathematical models
4) Health economics
Managerial Epidemiology
5) Qualitative studies
Future epidemiology
6) Summary
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Dr. Harshad Thakur
MBBS, MS, DBM
Office: Lecturer, PSM Dept., KEM Hospital,
Parel, Mumbai 400 012, INDIA.
Ph. 4136051 Ext.2484
Home: D66/1284, Azad Nagar, Veera Desai Road,
Andheri (West), Mumbai 400 053, INDIA.
Ph. 6315415
Email: [log in to unmask]
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