Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology

EPI 208 Subject & Catalog Number

Description

Course Description
This is an introductory-level course that covers the principles and methods used in traditional and clinical epidemiologic research studies, through a series of lectures, exercises, seminars, workshops, and presentations. The course is aimed at individuals who are planning to conduct clinical or health services research. During the course, students develop their own proposal for a research study. The regular daily timeslot is 8:00-9:30 am, but some days the course will also use the 9:45-11:15 am timeslot, which is shared with the BST courses during the Program in Clinical Effectiveness.

Course Activities: Lectures, workshops, presentations, seminar discussions, problem sets, written assignments. During the course, each student is required to develop a study proposal that addresses a specific clinical or public health problem and to formally present this proposal to the class. These proposals are then written in grant application format and submitted as the final paper for the course. Students should be sure to have 2-3 ideas for the proposal before the course starts. Workshops, presentations, and seminar discussions are held during scheduled class time. There are optional office hours outside of class time.

Course is mutually exclusive with EPI500, EPI505, and ID 505. You may not take both this course and any of those courses.

Course Restricted: Degree and non-degree Clinical Effectiveness students only

Enrollment Requirements: Course is mutually exclusive with EPI500, EPI505, and ID 505. You may not take both this course and any of those courses. Course Restricted: Program in Clinical Effectiveness participants only