Clinical Epidemiology

Aim

This course provides an introduction to basic principles in epidemiology, including measures of disease frequency, study designs (randomized clinical trial, cohort study, case-control study and systematic review), types of bias, control of bias and measures of effect. Lecture material is supplemented with exercises and discussion of examples from the epidemiological literature.

Location & Organization

Organizer

AMC - Graduate School Amsterdam Medical Centre

Course Director

Dr. B.A. Hutten

Faculty / Teachers

Department of Clinical Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics (KEBB)

Location / venue

Amsterdam, AMC

Costs

No charge for registered AMC PhD students.

Timing & Workload

Duration Six sessions of two hours, spread over six weeks.
ECTS points 0.6
Frequency Two times per year
 

Teaching methods used

Lectures and study groups.

Examination no

Criteria

Is the course taught in English? no
Is documentation available? (book, syllabus)? yes
Is the course open for external researchers? no

Remarks

Course is given in Dutch.

More Information

http://www.amc.nl/index.cfm?pid=1238