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Shandong University

Epidemiology

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Epidemiology is a degree-based fundamental course for postgraduate students majoring in Public Health and Preventive Medicine. The main objective of this course is to cultivate graduate students' mastery of the basic principles and methods of Epidemiology, enabling them to apply epidemiological thinking to analyze and solve problems, and lay the foundation for the relevant basic epidemiological skills required for their future engagement in disease prevention and control work.


Syllabus

  • Chapter 1 Introduction
    • 1.1 EpidemiologyIntroduction（1）
    • 1.2 EpidemiologyIntroduction（2）
  • Chapter 2 The Dynamics of Disease Transmission
    • 2.1 Mode of transmission
    • 2.2 Endemic, Epidemic, and Pandemic
    • 2.3 Incubation Period
    • 2.4 Outbreak Investigation
  • Chapter 3 Measuring the occurrence of disease: morbidity（一）
    • 3.1 Surveillance
    • 3.2 Incidence
    • 3.3 Prevalence
  • Chapter 4 Measuring the occurrence of disease: mortality（二）
    • 4.1 mortality rate
    • 4.2 proportionate mortality, years of potential life lost
    • 4.3 Standardization
  • Chapter 5 Assessing the validity and reliability of diagnostic and screening tests
    • 5.1  Validity of screening tests
    • 5.2   Use of multiple tests
    • 5.3    Predictive value of a test
    • 5.4    Reliability of tests
  • Chapter 6 The Natural History of Disease
    • 6.1 Describing the natural history of disease
    • 6.2 Calculating observed survival
    • 6.3 Life tables
    • 6.4 Stage migration
  • Chapter 7 Cohort studies
    • 7.1 Design of a cohort study
    • 7.2 Selection of study populations
    • 7.3 Types of cohort studies
    • 7.4 Potential bias in cohort studies
    • 7.5 When is a cohort study warranted
    • 7.6 Case-control studies based within a defined cohort
  • Chapter 8 Case-control studies and other study designs
    • 8.1 Ecological study
    • 8.2 Cross-sectional study
    • 8.3 Case-control study
  • Chapter 9 Randomized trials
    • 9.1 What're randomized trials?
    • 9.2 Registration of clinical trials
    • 9.2 Other issues in the design-of randomized trialsof randomized trials
  • Chapter 10 Estimating Risk
    • 10.1 Absolute risk and Relative risk
    • 10.2 Calculation and Interpretation of Odds Ratio
    • 10.3 Attributable Risk
    • 10.4 Comparison of Relative Risk and Attributable Risk
  • Chapter 11 From Association to Causation
    • 11.1 Approaches to Etiology in Human Populations
    • 11.2 Types of associations
    • 11.3 Types of causal relationships
    • 11.4 Guidelines for judging whether an association is causal
    • 11.5 Bias
    • 11.6 Confounding
    • 11.7 Interaction
  • Chapter 12 Identifying the roles of genetic and environmental factors in disease causation
    • 12.1 Genome-wide association studies
    • 12.2 Gene-environment interaction
    • 12.3 Mendelian randomization
  • Chapter 13 Applying Epidemiology to evaluation and policy
    • 13.1 Efficacy, Effectiveness, and Efficiency
    • 13.2 Health services evaluation from Group data to Individual level data
    • 13.3 Population Approaches Versus High-Risk Approaches to Prevention
  • Final Exam

    Taught by

    Wei Ma, ZhaoQi, Cunxian Jia, Xi Bo, ZhuDongshan, Wang Xinting, Liping Yang, Gao LIjie, and Feifei Jia

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