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Fundamentals of Epidemiology
EPI 500

Course Information

Description

This course will provide an orientation to epidemiology as a basic science for public health and clinical medicine. It will address the principles of the quantitative approach to clinical and public health problems. The course will discuss measures of frequency and association, introduce the design and validity of epidemiologic research, and give an overview of data analysis. This course is an introduction to the skills needed by public health professionals and clinicians to interpret critically the epidemiologic literature. It will provide students with the principles and practical experience needed to initiate the development of these skills. Lectures are complemented by weekly 2-hour seminars held on Thursday or Friday, and devoted to case studies, exercises, or critique of current examples of epidemiologic studies.
Course is mutually exclusive with EPI200, EPI201, EPI208, EPI505, ID200, and ID538. You may not take both this course and any of those courses.

School Harvard Chan School
Credits 2.5
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Department Epidemiology
Course Component Seminar
Instruction Mode In Person
Grading Basis HSPH Student Option (Ordinal, Pass/Fail)
Course Requirements Course is mutually exclusive with EPI200, EPI201, EPI208, EPI505, ID200, and ID538. You may not take both this course and any of the listed course.