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SMED8002

Epidemiology II

Credits 7.5
Level Doctoral degree level
Course start Autumn 2011
Duration 1 semester
Language of instruction English
Examination arrangement Written examination

About

About the course

Course content

Study design, Directed acyclic graphs (DAGs), bias and confounding, interactions, measurement error, precision, multiple testing, multivariable analysis, missing data, cluster data (eg. repeated measures, multilevel analysis).

Learning outcome

The student understand and is able to describe different study designs in epidemiology, including common problems like bias and confounding. The student is also able to construct and interprete the results from multivariable analyses.

Learning methods and activities

Teaching modalities:
Lectures and problem solving

Compulsory assignments

  • Practice tasks

Required previous knowledge

Admission requirements:
Master degree or similar. Medical students at The Student Research Programme. Candidates with a lower degree will be assessed individually.

Course materials

Given material and lecture notes. Book: Rothmans: modern epidemiology and/or introduction to epidemiology

Subject areas

  • Medicine

Contact information

Course coordinator

Lecturers

Department with academic responsibility

Department of Public Health and Nursing

Examination

Examination

Examination arrangement: Written examination
Grade: Passed/Failed

Ordinary examination - Autumn 2011

Skriftlig
Weighting 100/100 Date 2011-12-05 Time 09:00 Duration 3 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

Ordinary examination - Spring 2012

Skriftlig
Weighting 100/100 Date 2012-05-31 Time 09:00 Duration 3 timer Place and room Not specified yet.

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