UNC-CH - Department of Epidemiology

EPID600 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health

Course schedule, Internet edition, Summer 2008
  Date Day Activity
  5/2 Fri Blackboard course website opens - begin reading, and watch The Age of AIDS Part 1 (and Part II if you can)

I. 

Orientation and introduction
  Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 1 – The Approach and Evolution of Epidemiology
  Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes)
  By 5/12 Mon Case study due - The epidemiologic tradition
  TBA TBA Discussion Forum (1: Group participant introductions; 2: The Age of AIDS)

II. 

Studying populations
  Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 4 – Sources of Public Health Data; chap. 5 – Descriptive Epidemiology
  Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes)
  By 5/14 Wed Case study due - Studying populations
  By 5/19 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 5/21 Wed Case study due - Incidence and prevalence
  By 5/26 Mon Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Incidence and Prevalence
IV. 

Natural history of disease; population screening
Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 16 – Screening in Public Health Practice
  Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes)
  By 5/28 Wed Case study due - Population screening
  By 6/2 Mon Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Population Screening
V. 

Study designs: intervention studies
Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 6 – Overview of Epidemiologic Study Designs; chap. 7 – Experimental Studies
  Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes)
By 6/4 Wed Case study due - Intervention trials
By 6/6
 Fri 1st peer evaluation due (via webform in Blackboard)
By 6/6
 Fri 1st student evaluation of TA due (via webform)
  By 6/9 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)
 
6/10
 Tue 1st examination posted on course web site
 
By 6/16
 Mon 1st examination due
 
VII. 

Study designs: cohort studies
  Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 8 – Cohort Studies
  Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes)
By 6/19 Thu Case study due - Cohort studies
  By 6/23 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 6/25 Wed Case study due - Case-control studies
  By 6/30 Mon Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Case-control Studies
IX. 

Error: selection bias
  Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 10 – Bias
  Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes)
By 7/2 Wed Case study due - Selection bias
  By 7/7 Mon Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Selection Bias
X. 

Error: information bias
  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.)
7/8
 Tue 2nd examination posted on course web site
 
By 7/14
 Mon 2nd examination due
XI. 

Multicausality: confounding

  Reading: Aschengrau and Seage, chap. 11 – Confounding
  Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes)
 By 7/17 Thu Case study due - Confounding
  By 7/21 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 7/23 Wed Case study due - Causal inference
  By 7/28 Mon Groups submit consensus answers to case study on Causal Inference
XIII. 

Outbreak investigation
  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
8/4
 Mon Final paper (Exam 3) due
XIV. 

Role of epidemiology in public health
  Recorded lecture (or slides with speaker notes)
By 8/6 Wed Case study due - Outbreak investigation online exercise (in Blackboard)
 
By 8/8
 Fri 2nd peer evaluation due
 

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