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| Date | Day | Activity | ||
| 5/1 | Tue | Blackboard course website opens - begin reading, and watch The Age of AIDS Part 1 | ||
I. |
Orientation and introduction |
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| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 1 – The Approach and Evolution of Epidemiology | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 5/11 | Fri | Case study due - The epidemiologic tradition | ||
| 5/10-5/14 | Thu-Mon | Discussion Forum (1: Group participant introductions; 2: The Age of AIDS) | ||
II. |
Studying populations |
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| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 4 – Sources of Public Health Data; chap. 5 – Descriptive Epidemiology | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 5/16 | Wed | Case study due - Studying populations | ||
| By 5/21 | Mon | Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Studying Populations | ||
III. |
Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence | |||
| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 2 – Measures of Disease Frequency, chap. 3 – Comparing Disease Frequencies | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 5/23 | Wed | Case study due - Incidence and prevalence | ||
| By 5/28 | Mon | Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Incidence and Prevalence | ||
IV. |
Natural history of disease; population screening |
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| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 16 – Screening in Public Health Practice | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 5/30 | Wed | Case study due - Population screening | ||
| By 6/4 | Mon | Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Population Screening | ||
V. |
Study designs: intervention studies |
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| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 6 – Overview of Epidemiologic Study Designs; chap. 7 – Experimental Studies | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 6/6 | Wed | Case study due - Intervention trials | ||
| By 6/8 |
Fri | 1st peer evaluation due (via webform in Blackboard) | ||
By 6/8 |
Fri | 1st student evaluation of TA due (via webform) | ||
| By 6/11 | Mon | Groups submit consensus answers case study on Intervention Trials | ||
| VI. |
Study designs: cross-sectional and ecologic studies | |||
| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 12 – Random Error | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| (No case study for this module - work on Exam 1) | ||||
6/12 |
Tue | 1st examination posted on course web site | ||
By 6/18 |
Mon | 1st examination due | ||
| VII. |
Study designs: cohort studies |
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| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 8 – Cohort Studies | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 6/21 | Thu | Case study due - Cohort studies | ||
| By 6/25 | Mon | Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Cohort Studies | ||
| Suggestion: begin writing final paper | ||||
VIII. |
Study designs: case-control studies | |||
| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 9 – Case-control Studies | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 6/27 | Wed | Case study due - Case-control studies | ||
| By 7/3 | Tue | Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Case-control Studies | ||
| IX. |
Error: selection bias |
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| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 10 – Bias | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 7/5 | Thu | Case study due - Selection bias | ||
| By 7/9 | Mon | Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Selection Bias | ||
X. |
Error: information bias |
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| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 14 – Guide to the Critical Review of Epidemiologic Studies | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| (No case study for this module - work on Exam 2.) | ||||
7/10 |
Tue | 2nd examination posted on course web site | ||
By 7/16 |
Mon | 2nd examination due | ||
XI. |
Multicausality: confounding | |||
| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 11 – Confounding | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 7/19 | Thu | Case study due - Confounding | ||
| By 7/23 | Mon | Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Confounding | ||
| XII. |
Data analysis and interpretation; causal inference | |||
| Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 13 – Effect Measure Modification; chap. 15 – The Epidemiologic Approach to Causation | ||||
| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 7/25 | Wed | Case study due - Causal inference | ||
| By 7/30 | Mon | Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Causal Inference | ||
XIII. |
Outbreak investigation |
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| Readings in Blackboard | ||||
| Recorded lecture by David Weber (in Blackboard or on the Public Health Preparedness Center Training Website) | ||||
| Finish up final paper and do 2nd peer evaluation | ||||
8/6 |
Mon | Final paper (Exam 3) due | ||
| XIV. |
Role of epidemiology in public health |
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| Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes) | ||||
| By 8/8 | Wed | Case study due - Outbreak investigation online exercise (in Blackboard) | ||
By 8/10 |
Fri | 2nd peer evaluation due | ||
rev. 4/29/2007vs, 5/2/2007vs