UNC-CH - Department of Epidemiology
EPID600 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health

Course schedule, Classroom edition, Spring 2007
 
Date Day Time Activity Topic     Viewing options: show Tuesday labs   show Wednesday labs   show links
 
1/10 Wed Prepare for first module (see instructions)
 
1/16 Tue 3:30pm Lecture I.  Orientation and introduction
 
1/23 Tue 3:30pm Lecture II.  Studying populations
 
1/30 Tue 3:30pm Lecture III.  Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence
 
2/6 Tue 3:30pm Lecture IV.  Disease natural history; population screening
 
2/12 This week Submit 1st Peer Evaluation webform
2/12 This week Submit 1st TA Evaluation webform
 
2/13 Tue 3:30pm Lecture V.  Study designs:  intervention studies
 
2/19 Mon   1st Examination available on course web site
 
2/20 Tue 3:30pm Lecture VI.  Study designs:  cohort studies
 
2/26 Mon   1st Examination DUE (submit via webform) (by end of day in your choice of time zone)
 
2/27 Tue 3:30pm Lecture VII.  Study designs:  case-control studies
 
3/6 Tue 4:00pm Lecture VIII.  Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic
 
3/13 Tue   No class - Spring Break
 
3/19 Mon   2nd Examination available on course web site
 
3/20 Tue 3:30pm Lecture IX.  Error:  Selection bias Location Hooker 0001 (BC-BS Auditorium)
 
3/26 Mon   2nd Examination DUE (submit via webform) (by end of day in your choice of time zone)
 
3/27 Tue 3:30pm Lecture X.  Error:  Information bias
 
4/3 Tue 3:30pm Lecture XI.  Multicausality: Confounding
 
4/10 Tue 3:30pm Lecture XII.  Bibliographic searches (by Mellanye Lackey) and
Film: The Cancer Detectives for case study
 
4/16 Mon   3rd Examination DUE (submit via webform) (by end of day in your choice of time zone)
 
4/17 Tue 3:30pm Lecture XIII.  Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
 
4/24 Tue 3:30pm Lecture XIV.  Role of epidemiology in public health
 
4/27 Fri   Submit course evaluation
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