Graduate School of health and Medical Sciences

Epidemiology I: Planning a study
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3123-17-00-01
	Enrollment deadline: 20/06/2017

Date and time	01.08.2017, at: 09:00 - 09.10.2017, at: 16:00
Regular seats	17
Course fee	9,480.00 kr.
Lecturers	Søren Nielsen
ECTS credits	6.00


Enrolment Handling/Course Organiser	PhD administration E-mail address: phdkursus@sund.ku.dk

Aim and content This course is free of charge for PhD students at Danish universities (except Copenhagen Business School). Special rules apply for research year students enrolled at Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences at UCPH. All other participants must pay the course fee. Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student, you will be placed on the waiting list for the course until enrollment deadline. After the deadline of enrollment, available seats will be allocated to students on the waiting list.. Learning objectives A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to: a. Knowledge: Identify an epidemiological problem to be investigated using relevant epidemiological and statistical methods. b. Skills: Define and design studies, collect and store epidemiological data in a database and evaluate data quality. Develop a research protocol using relevant epidemiological methods. c. Competences: Collaborate scientifically with epidemiologists, statisticians and other relevant scientists on epidemiological investigations. Evaluate the validity and reliability of an epidemiological study and generalise study results to other populations than just the study population. Content The course introduces the concepts associated with basic epidemiology, e.g. study objectives and hypotheses, study design, nature of data, data management and measures of frequency and association. The focus is on practical application of the concepts, by writing a protocol describing the plans for conduct of an observational epidemiological study, as well as practical data management using R. The observational epidemiological study should be one that the participant is planning to carry out. After an introduction with self-studies and eLectures in an eLearning environment, there is one week on-campus training with lectures and exercises. During this week, basics for the protocol are laid down. During the following eLearning weeks, the protocol is developed step-by-step using the principles taught in the course. The protocol is handed in one week prior to examination and forms the basis for an oral examination. Participants The course is relevant to PhD students and other working with epidemiological studies. Knowledge of basic epidemiological terminology is required. This knowledge can be acquired during the pre-course introductory weeks via self-studies within the eLearning environment Language English Form The course is the first of two modules in Epidemiology. This first module of the course is based on blended learning, including both eLearning and on-site lectures, plenum discussions and exercises. Course director Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Saxmose@sund.ku.dk Teachers Søren Saxmose Nielsen, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Matthew Denwood, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen Dates eLearning: 1 August – 9 October 2017. Weekly assignments should be expected On-campus: 21 – 24 August 2017 Examination: 30 minutes within the week 2-8 October 2017 Course location eLearning: KU-system ‘Absalon’. Requires that you have access to internet with a relatively stable internet connection On-campus: University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg Campus (Bülowsvej 17, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C) Registration: Please register before 20 June 2017 Admission to PhD students from Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the rules in force. Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrollment. Note: All applicants are asked to submit invoice details in case of no-show, late cancellation or obligation to pay the course fee (typically non-PhD students). If you are a PhD student, your participation in the course must be in agreement with your principal supervisor.

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