Date

Date

Time

Topic

Format

1

Oct, 2009

9:30am-12:30pm

Epidemiology 1: measurements of disease frequencies concepts, vital statistics, standardization and descriptive studies

Lecture

2pm-5pm

Epidemiology 2: Cross-sectional studies; sampling methods

Lecture

2

Oct, 2009

9:30am-12:30pm

Epidemiology 3: Case-control studies

Lecture

2pm-5pm

Epidemiology 4: Cohort studies

Lecture

3

Oct, 2009

9:30am-12:30pm

Epidemiology 5: Causation, validity, bias and confounding, reliability, generalization

Lecture

2pm-5pm

Epidemiology 6: Intervention studies: randomized controlled trial, community trial

Lecture

4

Oct, 2009

9:30am-12:30pm

Epidemiology 7: Screening and diagnostic tests

Lecture

2pm-5pm

Epidemiology 8: Epidemiology and risk assessment

Lecture

5

Oct, 2009

9:30am-12:30pm

Epidemiology 9: Outbreak investigation

Lecture

2pm-5pm

Epidemiology 10: Evidence-based medicine, Critical appraisal 1: Harm and causation

Lecture

6

Oct, 2009

9:30am-12:30pm

Epidemiology 11: Critical appraisal 2: Screening and diagnosis

Lecture

2pm-5pm

Epidemiology 12: Critical appraisal 3: Treatment

Lecture

7

Oct, 2009

9:30am-12:30pm

Epidemiology 13: Systematic review and meta-analysis

Lecture

2pm-5pm

Epidemiology 14: Critical appraisal 4: Prognosis

Lecture

8

Oct, 2009

9:30am-12:30pm

Written Examination

Exam