MPH1040

Epidemiology

Associate Professor M Abramson

1.5 hours per week over 14 weeks

Synopsis This subject must be taken concurrently with MPH1041 (Biostatistics). Together, they are prerequisites for clinical epidemiology, advanced biostatistics and some other elective units, and aim to provide students with basic quantitative skills required in clinical epidemiology. Content includes rates, sources of data, descriptive and analytical epidemiology, epidemiological study designs, critical appraisal of literature, screening, prevention, exposure assessment, outbreak investigation, confounding and sources of bias.

Assessment Assignment (3000 words) · End-of-semester examination

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