Clinical Epidemiology

Goals and Objectives

To enable clinical scientists to evaluate current published literature relevant to clinical decisions in the management of patients and health protection. To assist the scientist in evaluating the clinical impact of his/her research.

Topics Covered

Fundamentals of epidemiological methods

Natural history of disease

Critical appraisal of the literature

Early detection of disease

Causation

Meta-analysis and Best Evidence Synthesis

It is expected that each participant will attend all lectures and small group discussion sessions. Please defer enrollment if you will be unable to attend at least 80% of all sessions.