MPH2074

Introduction to clinical research methods

(MED)

Dr D Taylor

6 points + off campus distributed learning + First semester

Synopsis: Differences between descriptive and analytical epidemiology, strengths and weaknesses of different epidemiological study designs, and basic features of an intervention study. Parallel introduction to basic contepts and methods of biostatistics including confidence intervals, p-values and sample size, statistical comparison tests, regression models and survival analysis. Ethical issues in clinical research, questionnaire design principles and data management.

Assessment: Written assignments