Clinical Epidemiology

Course goals

ALL PARTICIPANTS WILL BE PLACED ON THE WAITING LIST UNTIL TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE START OF THE COURSE

GRADUATE STUDENTS:
Please be aware that you can only select a course option that shows the academic year and is offered Face-to-Face (F2F)

POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS:
Please be aware that you can only select a course option that shows the academic year and is offered Face-to-Face (F2F)  or online (depending on your registration)

(FYI: the other options are options for Continuing Education (onderwijs voor professionals))


At the end of this course, the student is able to

• Define, explain and apply the basic terminology and principles specific for clinical epidemiology
• Differentiate between the different aspects of clinical epidemiological research (diagnostic / etiologic / prognostic / therapeutic)
• Construct a clinical research question that includes outcome, determinants and domain
• Characterize different designs of data collection used in clinical epidemiology
• Design a clinical epidemiological study
• Name and identify the data-analysis techniques that are used for the different types of clinical epidemiological studies
• Interpret the results of basic data analyses of a clinical epidemiological study
• Explain the concepts of bias, and the issues concerning confounding bias
• Read and explain clinical epidemiological scientific papers and identify, in these papers, which design of data collection and data analysis were used

Content

Contact details: Educational Office Epidemiology
E-mail: msc-epidemiology@umcutrecht.nl

Registration:
Face-to-Face: You can register for this course via Osiris Student. More information about the registration procedure can be found here on the Students' site. NOTE Students of the MSc Epidemiology (Post Graduate) that register in time (i.e. at least two weeks before the start of a course) will always be admitted to the course unless it is completely full. Other students will receive information about their application two weeks before the start of the course.
Online: Online courses are only available for Epidemiology Postgraduate students and can register via Osiris Student. More information about the registration procedure can be found here on the Students' site.

Course coordinator:
Dr. M.G.P. (Mira) Zuidgeest, UMC Utrecht, Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Course description:
In clinical epidemiology, research is focused on questions of diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and etiology. To address these questions, several research options are available, including intervention trials and case-control studies using data obtained in a clinical setting.

In the course, the principles and practice of clinical epidemiology will be considered and examples from the literature will be worked out and discussed. The aim is to provide the participants with the knowledge to evaluate and judge applied clinical research and data analysis and give a sufficient scientific and methodological background to actively participate in clinical studies.

Topics are: principles of applied clinical research, study design and analysis of diagnostic and prognostic research, study design and analysis of comparative (clinical) experimental and non experimental studies.

Literature/study material used:
Obligatory book: D.E. Grobbee & A.W. Hoes, Clinical Epidemiology – Principles, Methods and Applications for Clinical Research, Jones and Bartlett Publishers 2014. You can download the book here. Disclaimer: This PDF is for use in education only and should not be copied or shared.
  
Mandatory for students in own Master’s programme:
Might be for a specialization programme of Epidemiology & Epidemiology Postgraduate
 
Optional for students in other GSLS Master’s programme:
Yes, Face-2-Face courses only.
 
Prerequisite knowledge:
Introduction to Epidemiology
Study Design
Introduction to Statistics (preferred)
or similar level