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Epidemiology, Part 2
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:13.01.2022 16:03:05
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_135 | LQF level: | Level 8 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Public Health | Target Audience: | Pharmacy; Biology; Health Management; Medical Services; Clinical Pharmacy; Medicine; Rehabilitation; Psychology; Life Science; Nursing Science; Public Health | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ģirts Briģis | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Public Health and Epidemiology | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 0 | Class Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 0 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge of epidemiology and biostatistics. Corresponding to the requirements of doctoral studies, a master's degree in health sciences, psychology or biology as well as a medical doctor’s degree compared to the master's degree. Knowledge corresponding to the doctoral study course "Epidemiology Part 1". | ||||||||
| Objective: | In addition to the aim of the first part of the course, to provide knowledge and gain competence in research methods of human population, in research of causes of health, disease and treatment results, in obtaining, planning, expressing and interpreting results using quantitative research methods including analysis and control of confounding, interaction and bias of causal models, principles of modelling and questions of research quality assurance and measuring. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Systematic errors of bias. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Confounding and its control. Interaction, effect modification, heterogeneity effects. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Stratification, satandartization, multifactorial analysis: multiple regression. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Quality assurance of population studies. Measures of sensitivity, specificity and reliability. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Studying basic and additional literature. Inclusion of the acquired knowledge into the individual draft doctoral thesis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | 100% lecture attendance; Test on every topic: at least 70% correct answers; report on the adjusted draft doctoral thesis corresponding to the theory of modern epidemiology. Participation in discussions during interactive lectures. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | • Will explain epidemiological terminology. • Will describe principles and use of population research. • Will explain problems of causal interpretation of health-related states and events. • Will describe research designs and principles of multi-factor adjustment. • Will explain non-causal correlations and bias in research results. • Will assess quality of research in medicine. | ||||||||
| Skills: | • Will collect essential information about methodology of population studies. • Will apply appropriate method in the draft research of doctoral studies. • Will conduct population research in health sciences and medicine. • Will select the most appropriate variables, measures of association and statistical procedures. • Will use scientific evidence for the justification of conclusions. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | • Will design and plan quantitative scientific research. • Will critically assess epidemiological and other quantitative population research. • Will use knowledge and skills to draw up the doctoral thesis. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Szklo, M., Nieto, F. J. „Epidemiology Beyond the Basics. 4th Eddition”, Jones & Bartlet Learning, Burlington, Massachusetts 2019. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Mays, S. "Confounding variables". | ||||||||
| 2 | DiGiorgi, M. "Confounding, interaction, bias: Interaction". | ||||||||
| 3 | Direct and Indirect Standardization (age-adjusted mortality rates). | ||||||||
