UNC  Department of Epidemiology
				EPID 160 - Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health
				Course schedule,  Spring 2003
Date	Day	Time		Activity		Topic
1/7	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	I.	Orientation and introduction
1/7	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Investigating a disease outbreak in the community
1/8	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Investigating a disease outbreak in the community
TBA		TBA		Film		Investigating a disease outbreak in the community (optional)
1/14	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	II.	The population perspective
1/14	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Population perspective
1/15	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Population perspective
1/21	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	III.	Measuring disease; incidence and prevalence
1/21	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Incidence and prevalence
1/22	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Incidence and prevalence
1/28	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	IV.	Disease natural history; population screening
1/28	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Population screening
1/29	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Population screening
2/4	Tue					1st Examination available on course web site
2/4	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	V.	Study designs:  intervention studies
2/4	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Intervention studies
2/5	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Intervention studies
2/11	This week					1st Peer Evaluation  due
2/11	This week					1st TA Evaluation (by students via web form) due
2/11	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	VI.	Study designs:  cohort studies
2/11	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Cohort studies
2/12	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Cohort studies
						1st Student Evaluation (by TA) due
2/18	Tue					1st Examination DUE at beginning of Lecture
2/18	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	VII.	Study designs:  case-control studies
2/18	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Case-control studies
2/19	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Case-control studies
2/25	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	VIII.	Study designs:  cross-sectional, ecologic
2/25	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
2/26	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Cross-sectional studies; ecologic studies
2/28	Fri	9:00am	-	4:30pm		25th Annual Minority Health Conference
3/4	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	IX.	Error:  Selection bias
3/4	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Selection bias
3/5	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Selection bias
3/11	Tue	SPRING BREAK				2nd Examination available on course web site
3/11	Tue	SPRING BREAK
3/11	Tue	SPRING BREAK
3/12	Wed	SPRING BREAK
3/18	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	X.	Error:  Information bias
3/18	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Information bias
3/19	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Information bias
						2nd Examination DUE at the beginning of Lecture
3/25	Tue	4:00pm		Film	XI.	Multicausality: Confounding (The Cancer Detectives)
3/25	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Confounding
3/26	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Confounding
4/1	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture		Multicausality: Confounding
4/1	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Final paper
4/2	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Final paper
4/8	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XII.	Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
4/8	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Causal inference
4/9	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Causal inference
4/15	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XIII.	Data analysis and interpretation, causal inference
4/15	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		TBA
4/16	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		TBA
4/22	Tue					Final papers DUE at the beginning of Lecture
4/22	Tue	4:00pm		Lecture	XIV.	Role of epidemiology in public health
4/22	Tue	5:00pm		Labs		Investigating an outbreak in a hospital
4/23	Wed	4:00pm		Labs		Investigating an outbreak in a hospital
						2nd Peer Evaluation (by students) due
						rev. 12/28/2002