Research Masters
Course: Basic Clinical Epidemiology
Description: In this course the student will apply the concepts of clinical epidemiology in the clinical context of patient-related studies.
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- Understand how to create and manage databases
- Know strong and weak points of namely cohort and cross sectional study designs and basic measures
- Describe the basics and limitations of randomized clinical trials and costs as outcome
- Know the basics of diagnostic research
Entry requirements
courses Study design & Medical Statistics
NB. these requirements apply only for Research Master students; there are no entry requirements for PhD students
Material
Book: Clinical Epidemiology. Principles, Methods, and Applications for Clinical Research. Diederick E. Grobbee, Arno W. Hoes. Jones and Bartlett Learning: Second edition, 2015.
Background literature that will be available from Nestor.
Evaluation
At least a presence of 80% and a written exam
Calendar
Timetable
Date
December 9–20, 2019
Time
to be announced
EC (with exam)
3
Location address
See timetable
Groningen
Groningen
Course coordinator
- Prof. Truuske de Bock
Language
English
Target Groups
- ReMa students
- PhD students
Vacancies
fully booked