Strategic themes:
Internationalisation,
Responsible conduct of research
General description
The course is an introduction to the scope of epidemiology and its basic concepts and methods
Learning outcomes
After completing this course, the student will - understand the basic concepts, principles and methods of epidemiologic research - be able to assess population health and associated factors by calculating and interpreting various measures of occurrence and associations - recognize and be able to describe the main epidemiologic study designs (cross-sectional, cohort, case-control and clinical trial approaches) - understand the principles of critical evaluation of epidemiologic studies, including assessing the possibility of bias, confounding and other limitations in a study.
Contents
Introduction to the scope of epidemiology and its basic concepts and methods: measures of occurrence and associations, defining exposures and outcomes, validity of measurements, systematic error, random error, confounding, descriptive and analytic epidemiologic study designs, causality.
Teaching methods
Classroom work max 38h
Teaching language
English
Modes of study
Option
1
Available for:
Degree Programme Students
Other Students
Open University Students
Doctoral Students
Exchange Students
Participation in course work
In
English
Participation in lectures and practicals, written exam. Advance preparation required for practicals. The exam is based on lectures, practicals and literature
Evaluation
and evaluation criteria
Numeric 1-5.
practicals pass/fail,
written exam numeric 1-5, fail
Study materials
Announced in the teaching schedule
Further information
Organized every second year, odd years, fall term (välivuosina vastaava jakso, TERKANA1 Epidemiologian perusteet, suomeksi). Minimum number of students for the course to be organized: 8. Maximum number of students: 40. Students, to whom this course is obligatory, will be given priority. In addition, there is a quota of 5 for open university students.