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SYLLABI FOR DOCTORAL COURSES
| Swedish title | Epidemiologi inom primärvårdsforskning: kohort och fall-kontroll |
|---|---|
| English title | Epidemiology in Primary Healthcare: Cohort and Case-Control |
| Course number | 3228 |
| Credits | 2.0 |
| Responsible KI department | Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle |
| Specific entry requirements | Passed the course Basic Epidemiology and Intervention Studies, or equivalent. |
| Grading | Passed /Not passed |
| Established by | The Committee for Doctoral Education |
| Established | 2023-09-04 |
| Purpose of the course | The course aims to facilitate to deepen the knowledge in epidemiology and intervention research, with focus on cohort and case-control studies. |
| Intended learning outcomes | The student should after the course be able to:
- explain strengths and weaknesses with epidemiological studies, with focus on cohort and case-control studies. - analyze and critically review epidemiological studies. - plan and conduct cohort and case-control studies. - explain when it may be appropriate to use a nested case-control design, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of such a study design. |
| Contents of the course | The course contains:
- central terms such as exposure, matching, censoring, person time. - design, data collection and analysis of epidemiological studies. - registration, reporting and publishing of epidemiological studies according to STROBE (check list for observational studies). |
| Teaching and learning activities | The course focuses on student-activated learning as a pedagogical model. The course includes individual study tasks, group work, discussions, and lectures. |
| Compulsory elements | All moments except lectures are mandatory. Absence will be compensated for with home assignements. |
| Examination | Examination through active participation in seminars, oral presentations and discussions, as well as through an individual assignment. |
| Literature and other teaching material | Recommended literature:
Ann Aschengrau and George R. Seage: Essentials of epidemiology in public health (Jones and Bartlett Learning publishers inc. 2018) Gordis, L. (2013). Epidemiology e-book. Elsevier Health Sciences. |
Course responsible |
Christina Sandlund Institutionen för neurobiologi, vårdvetenskap och samhälle christina.sandlund@ki.se |
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