| Principles of Epidemiology for Public Health | |||||||||
| EPID600 Fall 2008, Classroom course | |||||||||
| Date | Day | Time | Lectures | Case studies / Labs | |||||
| 8/19/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | I. Introduction | The Age of AIDS | |||||
| 8/19/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | DVD: The Age of AIDS, part I (Rosenau Auditorium) | ||||||
| 8/20/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | DVD: The Age of AIDS, part I (repeat - Rosenau Aud.) | ||||||
| 8/26/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | II. Studying populations | ||||||
| 8/26/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | DVD: The Age of AIDS, part II (Rosenau Auditorium) | ||||||
| 8/27/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | DVD: The Age of AIDS, part II (repeat - Rosenau Aud.) | ||||||
| 8/29/2008 | Fri | Demographic concepts - submit individual answers | |||||||
| 9/2/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | III. Measuring disease | ||||||
| 9/2/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Lab discussion (Demographic concepts) | ||||||
| 9/3/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Lab discussion (Demographic concepts) | ||||||
| 9/4/2008 | Thu | Submit group answers (Demographic concepts) | |||||||
| 9/5/2008 | Fri | HIV in Zimbabwe - submit individual answers | |||||||
| 9/9/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | IV. Natural history | ||||||
| 9/9/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Lab discussion (HIV in Zimbabwe) | ||||||
| 9/10/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Lab discussion (HIV in Zimbabwe) | ||||||
| 9/11/2008 | Thu | Submit group answers (HIV in Zimbabwe) | |||||||
| 9/12/2008 | Fri | Mammography in Asia - submit individual answers | |||||||
| 9/16/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | V. Intervention trials | ||||||
| 9/16/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Lab discussion (Mammography in Asia) | ||||||
| 9/17/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Lab discussion (Mammography in Asia) | ||||||
| 9/18/2008 | Thu | Submit group answers (Mammography in Asia) | |||||||
| 9/19/2008 | Fri | Submit peer evaluations (webform) | In-home water filtration - submit individual answers | ||||||
| Submit TA evaluation (webform) | |||||||||
| 9/23/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | VI. Cross-sectional studies | ||||||
| 9/23/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Lab discussion (In-home water filtration) | ||||||
| 9/24/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Lab discussion (In-home water filtration) | ||||||
| 9/25/2008 | Thu | Submit group answers (In-home water filtration) | |||||||
| 9/27/2008 | Sat | 1st Examination available | |||||||
| 9/30/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | VII. Cohort studies | ||||||
| 9/30/2008 | Tue | No lab - work on Exam 1 | |||||||
| 10/1/2008 | Wed | No lab - work on Exam 1 | |||||||
| 10/2/2008 | Thu | ||||||||
| 10/4/2008 | Sat | 1st Examination due (webform) | |||||||
| 10/5/2008 | Sun | Angry temperament and CVD - submit individual answers | |||||||
| 10/7/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | VIII. Case-control studies | ||||||
| 10/7/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Lab discussion (Angry temperament and CVD | ||||||
| 10/8/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Lab discussion (Angry temperament and CVD | ||||||
| 10/9/2008 | Thu | Submit group answers (Angry temperament and CVD | |||||||
| 10/10/2008 | Fri | Lung cancer in nonsmoking women - submit individual | |||||||
| 10/14/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | IX. Selection bias | ||||||
| 10/14/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Lab discussion (Lung cancer in nonsmoking women) | ||||||
| 10/15/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Lab discussion (Lung cancer in nonsmoking women) | ||||||
| 10/16/2008 | Thu | Submit group (Lung cancer in nonsmoking women) | |||||||
| 10/17/2008 | Fri | Erectile dysfunction and CVD - submit individual answers | |||||||
| 10/21/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | X. Searching the literature; Information bias | ||||||
| 10/21/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Lab discussion (Erectile dysfunction and CVD) | ||||||
| 10/22/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Lab discussion (Erectile dysfunction and CVD) | ||||||
| 10/23/2008 | Thu | Submit group answers (Erectile dysfunction and CVD) | |||||||
| 10/25/2008 | Sat | 2nd Examination available | |||||||
| 10/28/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | XI. The Cancer Detectives (video) | (video is for the case study on Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian) | |||||
| 10/29/2008 | Wed | ||||||||
| 10/30/2008 | Thu | ||||||||
| 11/1/2008 | Sat | 2nd Examination due (webform) | |||||||
| 11/4/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | XII. Confounding | ||||||
| 11/4/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Lab - TA presentation (Critiquing epidemiologic studies) | ||||||
| 11/5/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Lab - TA presentation (Critiquing epidemiologic studies) | ||||||
| 11/6/2008 | Thu | ||||||||
| 11/7/2008 | Fri | Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian - submit individual answers | |||||||
| 11/11/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | XIII. Data analysis & interpretation | ||||||
| 11/11/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Lab discussion (Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian | ||||||
| 11/12/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Lab discussion (Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian | ||||||
| 11/13/2008 | Thu | Submit group answers (Esophageal cancer in Lin Xian | |||||||
| 11/14/2008 | Fri | HPV and cervical neoplasia - submit individual answers | |||||||
| 11/18/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | XIV. Investigating disease outbreaks (Guest lecturer: Dr. David Weber) | ||||||
| 11/18/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Lab discussion (HPV and cervical neoplasia) | ||||||
| 11/19/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Lab discussion (HPV and cervical neoplasia) | ||||||
| 11/20/2008 | Thu | Submit group answers (HPV and cervical neoplasia) | |||||||
| 11/21/2008 | Fri | 3rd Examination due (webform) | |||||||
| 11/25/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | XIII. Data analysis & interpretation (cont'd) | ||||||
| 11/25/2008 | Tue | No lab - Thanksgiving Recess | |||||||
| 11/26/2008 | Wed | No lab - Thanksgiving Recess | |||||||
| 12/2/2008 | Tue | 3:30 | XV. Role of epidemiology in PH | ||||||
| 12/2/2008 | Tue | 5:00 | Outbreak investigation - In-lab on-line group exercise | ||||||
| 12/3/2008 | Wed | 4:00 | Outbreak investigation - In-lab on-line group exercise | ||||||
| 12/4/2008 | Thu | Submit 2nd peer evaluation (webform) | |||||||
| 12/5/2008 | Fri | Submit course evaluation (webform) | |||||||
| Internet course schedule | 8/10,11/2008, 9/11/2008, 10/6,8/2008 | ||||||||
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