EPID160 course schedule, Internet edition, Summer 2006

UNC-CH - Department of Epidemiology
EPID160 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
Course schedule, Internet edition, Summer 2006

	Date	Day	Activity
	5/1	Mon	Blackboard course website opens
I.	Orientation and introduction
	By 5/8	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 1 – The Approach and Evolution of Epidemiology
			Recorded lecture
	By 5/10	Wed	Case study due - The epidemiologic tradition
	5/11-5/15	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (Group participant introductions)

II.	Studying populations
	By 5/15	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 4 – Sources of Public Health Data; chap. 5 – Descriptive Epidemiology
			Recorded lecture
	By 5/17	Wed	Case study due - Studying populations
	5/18-5/22	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (Changing world demography) - facilitator emails summary to TA by 5/24)

III.	Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence
	By 5/22	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 2 – Measures of Disease Frequency, chap. 3 – Comparing Disease Frequencies
			Recorded lecture
	By 5/24	Wed	Case study due - incidence and prevalence
	5/25-5/29	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (Develop consensus answers to Studying Populations case study) - facilitator submits group's answers by 5/31)

IV.	Natural history of disease; population screening
	By 5/29	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 16 – Screening in Public Health Practice
			Recorded lecture
	By 5/31	Wed	Case study due - population screening
	6/1-6/5	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (Develop consensus answers to Population Screening case study) - facilitator submits group's answers by 6/7)

V.	Study designs: intervention studies
	By 6/5	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 6 – Overview of Epidemiologic Study Designs; chap. 7 – Experimental Studies
			Recorded lecture
	By 6/7	Wed	Case study due - Intervention trials
	6/8-6/12	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (Develop consensus answers to Intervention Trials case study) - facilitator submits group's answers by 6/14)
	By 6/9	Fri	1st peer evaluation due (via webform)
	By 6/9	Fri	1st student evaluation of TA due (via webform)
	6/9	Fri	1st examination posted on course web site

VI.	Study designs: cohort studies
	By 6/12	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 8 – Cohort Studies
			Recorded lecture
	By 6/14	Wed	Case study due - Cohort studies
	6/15-6/19	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (general questions and answers, faciliated by TA)

VII.	Study designs: case-control studies
	By 6/19	Mon	1st examination due
	By 6/19	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 9 – Case-control Studies
			Recorded lecture
	By 6/21	Wed	Case study due - Case-control studies
	6/22-6/26	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (questions and answers on Exam 1 - TA facilitates)
	By 6/26	Mon	Begin writing final paper

VIII.	Study designs: cross-sectional and ecologic studies
	By 6/26	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 12 – Random Error
			Recorded lecture
	By 6/28	Wed	Case study due - Cross-sectional studies
	6/29-7/3	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (facilitator emails summary to TA by 7/5)

IX.	Error: selection bias
	By 7/3	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 10 – Bias
			Recorded lecture
	By 7/5	Wed	Case study due - Selection bias
	7/6-7/10	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (facilitator emails summary to TA by 7/12)
	7/7	Fri	2nd examination posted on course web site

X.	Error: information bias
	By 7/10	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 14 – Guide to the Critical Review of Epidemiologic Studies
			Recorded lecture
	By 7/12	Wed	Case study due - Information bias
	7/13-7/17	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (general questions and answers, faciliated by TA)

XI.	Multicausality: confounding
	7/17	Mon	2nd examination due
	By 7/17	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 11 – Confounding
			Recorded lecture
	By 7/19	Wed	Case study due - Confounding
	7/20-7/24	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (questions and answers on Exam 2 - TA facilitates)

XII.	Data analysis and interpretation; causal inference
	By 7/24	Mon	Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 13 – Effect Measure Modification; chap. 15 – The Epidemiologic Approach to Causation
			Recorded lecture
	By 7/26	Wed	Case study due - Causal inference
	7/27-7/31	Thu-Mon	Discussion Forum (facilitator emails summary to TA by 8/2)

	(no new topic)
	By 7/31	Mon	Finish up final paper and do 2nd peer evaluation
	8/4	Fri	Final paper due

XIII.	Role of epidemiology in public health
	By 8/7	Mon	2nd peer evaluation due
	By 8/7	Mon	Recorded lecture
	By 8/9	Wed	Exercise - outbreak investigation (on-line)

rev. 5/6/2006 vs

I.

Orientation and introduction

II.

Studying populations

Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence

Natural history of disease; population screening

Study designs: intervention studies

Study designs: cohort studies

Study designs: case-control studies

Study designs: cross-sectional and ecologic studies

Error: selection bias

Error: information bias

Multicausality: confounding

Data analysis and interpretation; causal inference

Role of epidemiology in public health