Epidemiology – Research Methodology

Course Code:

Msc.ELD 2

Semester:

First Semester

Course Hours:

36

ECTS:

6


Learning Outcomes

After successful completion of the course students will be able to:

  • Recognize and make good use of available sources of data of epidemiological interest
  • Collect, analyze and interpret methodologically sound primary descriptive data
  • Identify and be able to correctly apply the types of descriptive epidemiological designs
  • Formulate correct causal assumptions
  • Identify and be able to correctly apply the types of analytical epidemiological designs to test causal hypotheses
  • Identify the characteristics of preventive intervention studies, how to plan them, implement and evaluate them
  • Be aware of issues arising in the design, execution, analysis and interpretation of the results of preventive intervention studies