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Potsdam Institute of Pharmacoepidemiology
and Technology Assessment
Association for Pharmacoepidemiology (APhE) e.V.
Otto-Erich-Strasse 7
D-14482 Potsdam, Germany
Tel.: +49.331.748 1998
Fax: +49.331.715 126
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Educational Program Director: Dr. Edeltraut Garbe, Director
Course Coordinator: Ann-Cathrin Doering
THE POTSDAM INSTITUTE OF PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY
AND TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
The Potsdam Institute of Pharmacoepidemiology and Technology Assessment
is a free standing Institute of the Association for Pharmacoepidemiology
Berlin. It is located near Berlin (Potsdam Babelsberg) and easily
accessible by public transport for those living in Berlin. The main
purpose of the institute is the development of three bridge disciplines,
epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology and technology assessment, in
cooperation with scientists from Germany and Europe. The institute is
academically cooperating with the McGill University in Montrial, Canada
and the Free University Berlin, Germany. The methodological and applied
research projects conducted by the Institute use the experience and
expertise gained by McGill University in its Collaborative Program of
Pharmacoepidemiology.
C O U R S E D E S C R I P T I O N
EPIDEMIOLOGY: PRINCIPLES AND METHODS
October 05 - October 09, 1998
Course Instructor: Prof. Jean-Francois Boivin,
McGill University, Montrial
Guest lecturers: Prof. Lothar Heinemann, ZEG Berlin;
Dr. Edeltraut Garbe, Potsdam Institute, APhE e.V.
This one-week course provides an introduction to the principles and
methods of epidemiology. Students will be familiarized with measures of
disease frequency, descriptive studies, cohort studies, case-control
studies, and intervention studies. Bias and confounding will be addressed.
Implications for the evaluation of the published scientific literature
will be described, and the use of meta-analysis will be illustrated.
Special applications of epidemiology to various domains such as public
health and health policy analysis (including economic aspects)
will be presented. The course will be based on lectures, exercises,
discussions, and assigned readings. Several published s studies will be
used to illustrate key concepts. Examples will be drawn from a broad
variety of fields, including etiologic research, pharmaco-
epidemiology, health technology assessment, and outcomes research.
Course material will be distributed in advance to early registrants to
allow preparatory readings.
The language of instruction will be English. Students should therefore
have a good working knowledge of English. Other special knowledge will not
be required as it is an introductory course in epidemiology.
Jean-Francois Boivin is professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at
McGill University, Montrial, Canada. He is a physician (Laval Univer-sity,
1973), a specialist in public health (Montrial University, 1990), and he
holds a doctoral degree in epidemiology (Harvard University, 1981). Doctor
Boivin has published in the fields of cancer epidemiology,
pharmacoepidemiology, the epidemiology of AIDS, and health technology
assessment; he has also coauthored papers on me-thodologic topics in
epidemiology, including confounding, the case-cohort design,
case-control-studies, and the two-stage sampling design. In 1997, he
received the Award for Teaching Excellence from the Epidemiology and
Biostatistics students of McGill University.
A C C O M M O D A T I O N
To arrange your accommodation, please contact one of the following:
Berlin Tourismus Marketing Exklusiv Tourismus GmbH
GmbH Benkertstr. 17
Am Karlsbad 11 - im Holldndischen Viertel
10785 Berlin 14467 Potsdam
Tel.: +49.30.25 00 25 Tel.:+49.331.28 00 696
Fax: +49.30.25 00 2424 Fax: +49.331.28 00 697
For students:
Studentenhotel Berlin
Meininger Str. 10
10823 Berlin
Tel.: +49.30.784 6720
Fax: +49.30.788 1523
If necessary, the course coordinator will provide assistance in finding
accommodation for out-of-town students.
APPLICATION - FORM
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Surname First Name
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Profession
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Department Institution/Company
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Street/ P.O. Box
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ZIP-Code City Country
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Signature of Applicant
Please return your application and payment
before August 31, 1998.
REGISTRATION / CONFIRMATION / INVOICE
FALL 1998
Course
Tuition fee
(including DM 80,00 course material )
Epidemiology:
Principles and Methods
o 980 DM
A reduction for students may be granted.
This registration form is valid as invoice.
Please pay the appropriate amount directly to our bank account:
Arbeitsgemeinschaft Pharmako-Epidemiologie (APhE) e.V.
Bayerische Vereinsbank
Account No: 561 9017
Sort Code: 100 208 90
Reference: Fall Course 98
C A N C E L L A T I O N P O L I C Y
- A 100% refund of fees paid will be made if a cancellation is received
in writing at least four weeks before the first day of the course, a 50%
refund if the cancellation is received two weeks before the first day. We
regret that we cannot issue refunds for can-cellations after that date.
- The size of each course will be from ten to twenty-five participants.
We reserve the right to cancel a course with less than ten registered
participants.
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