Principles of Epidemiology
How epidemiologists measure disease, compare groups and judge whether an exposure causes an outcome.
PUBH-210 Year 2 3 credits 12 lessons planned ▶ Video lessons coming soon
Offered by HSM University · Public Health
Course content
- 1What epidemiology isComing
- 2Counting cases: incidence and prevalenceComing
- 3Rates, ratios and proportionsComing
- 4Mortality, morbidity and life expectancyComing
- 5Descriptive epidemiology: person, place and timeComing
- 6Ecological and cross-sectional studiesComing
- 7Cohort studiesComing
- 8Case-control studiesComing
- 9Measures of association: relative risk and odds ratioComing
- 10Bias, confounding and chanceComing
- 11Judging causationComing
- 12Reading an epidemiological studyComing
Requirements
Recommended background. You can start any course at any time.
Description
How epidemiologists measure disease, compare groups and judge whether an exposure causes an outcome.
Part of the Health Sciences stream, typically taken in year 2.