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1、Epidemiology and Biostatistics 679: Clinical Epidemiology June 5-28, 2006,Instructors:Dr. Jean Bourbeau (jean.bourbeaumcgill.ca) Dr. Dick Menzies (dick.menziesmcgill.ca) Dr. Kevin Schwartzman (course coordinator; kevin.schwartzmanmcgill.ca)Research Offices:Respiratory Epidemiology and Clinical Resea
2、rch Unit Montreal Chest Institute K1 3650 St. Urbain,Course Objectives,The general objective of this 3-credit course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the methods of epidemiology, as applied to clinical practice and clinical research. Specifically, we will address key principles o
3、f testing and measurement in the clinical context, as well as study design, analysis, and inference in the clinical research setting. Students will be encouraged to apply concepts covered in the course to their own areas of interest.,Course Materials,Textbook: Fletcher, Clinical Epidemiology: The Es
4、sentials, 4th edition (2005) Course pack with supplemental readings from McGill bookstore Lecture notes, handouts, assignments from course website (www.mcgill.ca/epi-biostat/summer/courses) Journal articles on-line from Health Sciences Library (www.health.library.mcgill.ca),Format,Ten classroom sess
5、ions, from 1:30-4:45 Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for four weeks (no class June 23 and 30) Attendance at all sessions is mandatory. Students will be divided into teams of 3-4, for purposes of assignments and presentations (8 groups total),Assignments,Before each lecture, an assignment addressing
6、 key points of that days lecture will be distributed. During each classroom session, one team will give an oral presentation outlining its answers to the assignment on the topic of that days lecture. Over the month, all students will be expected to present in this fashion. The written assignments mu
7、st be handed in (1 per team) at the beginning of the following lecture.,Assignments,For lecture 1 (today: hierarchy of study designs) the oral presentation of the assignment will be during lecture 2, with the written assignment due at the beginning of lecture 3 For lecture 2 (Wednesday, June 7: meas
8、ures of disease occurrence etc.) the oral presentation will also be during that class, with the written assignment due at the beginning of lecture 3 After that, there will be one oral presentation per classroom session, with the written assignment due at the beginning of the following session,Assign
9、ments,The assignments will include questions about papers from the medical literature, which reflect issues addressed in the lectures With the exception of assignments 1 and 2, these papers will be selected by the group responsible for each oral presentation, and identified ahead of time so that all
10、 students in the class use the same paper. Papers should be available on-line through the health sciences library For example, the students responsible for the oral presentation on cohort studies will select a paper reporting a cohort study of interest to them.,Assignments,For the final assignment,
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