UNC-CH - Department of Epidemiology
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      Course schedule, Classroom edition, Spring 2007 | 
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| 1/10 | Wed | Prepare for first module (see instructions) | ||||||
| 1/16 | Tue | 3:30pm | Lecture | I. | Orientation and introduction [objectives] [instructions] [slides]  | 
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| 1/23 | Tue | 3:30pm | Lecture | II. | Studying populations  [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 1/30 | Tue | 3:30pm | Lecture | III. | Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence   [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 2/6 | Tue | 3:30pm | Lecture | IV. | Disease natural history; population screening   [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 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  [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 2/19 | Mon | 1st Examination available on course web site | ||||||
| 2/20 | Tue | 3:30pm | Lecture | VI. | Study designs:  cohort studies  [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 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  [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 3/6 | Tue | 4:00pm | Lecture | VIII. | Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic  [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 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)  [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 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  [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 4/3 | Tue | 3:30pm | Lecture | XI. | Multicausality: Confounding  [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 4/10 | Tue | 3:30pm | Lecture | XII. | Bibliographic searches (by Mellanye Lackey) and  Film: The Cancer Detectives for case study  | 
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| 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  [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 4/24 | Tue | 3:30pm | Lecture | XIV. | Role of epidemiology in public health  [objectives] [instructions] [slides] [case study questions]  | 
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| 4/27 | Fri | Submit course evaluation | ||||||
		
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