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--------------------------------------------------- Course: Basic Epidemiological Methods Venue: Department of Social Medicine, University of Bristol Duration: five days Dates: February 9th-13th 2004 Cost: £750 Tutors include: Richard Martin, Yoav Ben-Shlomo, Shah Ebrahim, Una Fallon, David Gunnell, Debbie Lawlor, Alan Montgomery, Andy Ness, Stephen Frankel, Sara Brookes ----------------------------------------------------- The course aims to provide a grounding in epidemiological study designs and measures of disease risk used in aetiological epidemiology and health services research. Participants will gain practical experience in study design and the appraisal of the epidemiological literature. The course is designed 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 (hypothesis testing and confidence intervals) is important. No prior knowledge of Stata is required. Topics to be covered include: measures of disease occurrence - incidence, prevalence, risk, rates, odds; measures of exposure effect - Odds ratios and relative risk; standardised mortality ratios; study design - descriptive, analytical and experimental methods (to cover case series, cross sectional, ecological, case control, cohort studies and intervention studies); bias, confounding, interactions and causality; sample size and power calculations; "Past, present and future of epidemiology" & "Epidemiology and Public Health Policy"; an opportunity for participants to present their own planned research or research in-progress. There will also be at least one departmental seminar during the week which participants are encouraged to attend. Further information about all the short courses can be found at the website address below. You can book a place by printing a copy of the booking form from the website (http://www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/shortc.htm) and posting it to Jessica, or simply email [log in to unmask] ---------------------- JP Dunton, Social Medicine [log in to unmask] For details of all the short courses, visit www.epi.bris.ac.uk/shortc/shortc.htm Please note that if you cancel less than two weeks before the start of a course, YOU WILL BE CHARGED THE FULL FEE. Those entitled to a free place will be charged a penalty fee of £30