Course Summary
Learn how to design and implement epidemiologic studies with this course. Explore the different study designs, biases, and sources of error that may impact your research.Key Learning Points
- Understand the different types of epidemiologic study designs
- Learn how to minimize biases and sources of error in your research
- Explore examples of successful epidemiologic studies
Related Topics for further study
Learning Outcomes
- Understand the different types of epidemiologic study designs
- Identify and minimize sources of bias and error in your research
- Design and implement successful epidemiologic studies
Prerequisites or good to have knowledge before taking this course
- Basic understanding of statistics
- Familiarity with research methods
Course Difficulty Level
IntermediateCourse Format
- Online Self-Paced
- Video Lectures
- Quizzes
- Assignments
Similar Courses
- Introduction to Epidemiology
- Advanced Epidemiology
Related Education Paths
Notable People in This Field
- Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
- Chief Medical Correspondent, CNN
Related Books
Description
Choosing an appropriate study design is a critical decision that can largely determine whether your study will successfully answer your research question. A quick look at the contents page of a biomedical journal or even at the health news section of a news website is enough to tell you that there are many different ways to conduct epidemiological research.
Knowledge
- Compare and contrast different epidemiological study designs in order to describe their strengths and weaknesses.
Outline
- Introduction to Study Designs: Ecological and Cross-Sectional Studies
- Introduction to Epidemiological Study Designs
- Epidemiological Studies
- Ecological Studies
- Cross-sectional Studies
- About Imperial College & the team
- How to be successful in this course
- Grading policy
- Glossary & Additional readings
- Case-reports and Case-series
- Primary and Secondary Data
- Quiz Instructions
- Ecological and Cross-sectional Studies
- Case Control Studies
- Case-control Studies: An Overview
- Measures of Association in Case-control Studies
- Calculating Odds Ratios
- Selecting Controls in Case-control Studies
- Recap: Case-control Studies
- Quiz Instructions
- Case-control Studies
- Cohort Studies and Nested Studies
- Cohort Studies: An Overview
- Measures of Association in Cohort Studies
- Calculating Relative Risks
- Nested Case-control Study
- Case-cohort Study Design
- Recap: Cohort Studies
- Strengths and Weaknesses of Cohort and Case-control Studies
- Quiz Instructions
- Strengths and Weaknesses of Nested Case-control and Case-cohort Studies
- Quiz Instructions
- Cohort Studies
- Nested Case-control and Case-cohort Studies
- Randomised Controlled Trials
- Randomised Controlled Trials: An Overview
- The Randomisation Process
- Blinding in Randomised Controlled Trials
- Course Summary
- Types of randomisation
- Phases of clinical trials
- Designs of RCTs
- Strengths and Weaknesses of Randomised Controlled Trials
- Quiz Instructions
- Overview of Study Designs
- Quiz Instructions
- Randomised Controlled Trials
- Comparing Study Designs
Summary of User Reviews
This course on study designs and epidemiology has received positive reviews from many users. Students have praised the course for its engaging content and easy-to-follow structure.Key Aspect Users Liked About This Course
Many users appreciated the course's clear and concise explanations of complex topics.Pros from User Reviews
- Engaging and informative content
- Easy-to-follow structure
- Clear and concise explanations of complex topics
- In-depth coverage of study designs and epidemiology
Cons from User Reviews
- Some users found the course to be too basic
- Limited interaction with instructors
- No hands-on experience or practical application of concepts
- Lack of diversity in examples and case studies
Filippos Filippidis
4.8 Raiting
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