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Epidemiological methods in medical research
Provider: Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences

Activity no.: 3602-20-00-00 
Enrollment deadline: 13/12/2019
Date and time14.01.2020, at: 10:00 - 24.03.2020, at: 17:00
Regular seats37
Course fee8,280.00 kr.
LecturersPer Kragh Andersen
ECTS credits7.00
Contact personSusanne Kragskov Laupstad    E-mail address: skl@sund.ku.dk
Enrolment Handling/Course OrganiserPhD 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), and for PhD students at graduate schools in the other Nordic countries. All other participants must pay the course fee.

Anyone can apply for the course, but if you are not a PhD student at a Danish university, you will be placed on the waiting list until enrollment deadline. This also applies to PhD students from Nordic countries. After the enrollment deadline, available seats will be allocated to applicants on the waiting list.


Learning objectives
The purpose of the course is to provide an introduction to modern methods in epidemiology as used in medical research and based on biostatistics. On conclusion of the course the participants should be able to read and understand modern epidemiological methods and design and analyse standard studies.


Content
The course includes an introduction to options in study design, bias and confounding and to statistical methods for the analysis of epidemiologic data including simple methods for stratified analysis and analysis based on regression models. Illustrative examples are drawn from medical research.


Textbook
D. Clayton & C. Hills. Statistical Models in Epidemiology. Oxford University Press.

M. Szklo & F.J. Nieto. Epidemiology: Beyond the Basics. Jones & Bartlett (3rd. ed.) Leaming.


Participants
PhD students and others interested in epidemiologic research in medicine. Please beware that the course is reserved for PhD students.

Having completed the course in Basic Statistics is advantageous.


Relevance to graduate programmes
The course is relevant to PhD students from the following graduate programmes at the Graduate School of Health and Medical Sciences, UCPH:

Biostatistics and Bioinformatics
Cardiovascular Research
Clinical Research


Language
Danish or English if a participants does not speak Danish.


Form
A mixture of lectures and exercises, including computer practicals, mainly using the SAS program, though participants who wish to use other software are free to do so. You are supposed to bring your own laptop with the statistical program you wish to use installed


Course director
Professor Per Kragh Andersen, Section of Biostatistics; pkan@sund.ku.dk


Teachers
Professor Per Kragh Andersen, other members of the staff of Department of Public Health.


Dates
Tuesdays
14, 21, 28 January 2020
4, 18, 25 February 2020
3, 10, 17, 24 March 2020

All days 10-17


Course location
CSS


Registration
Please register before 13 December 2019

Seats to PhD students from other Danish universities will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis and according to the applicable rules.
Applications from other participants will be considered after the last day of enrolment.

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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