| Time | Every summer semester |
| Program | International Master of Infection Biology, second term |
| Language | English |
| ECTS | 6 (together with part A) |
| Type | 2 SWS lecture |
Module coordination
Contents of Teaching
The module „Epidemiology“ introduces the field of epidemiology and its methods.
Topics of the lecture include:
Descriptive epidemiology:
- Measures of frequency (incidence, prevalence etc.)
- Age standardization
Medical diagnosis (sensitivity and specificity etc.)
Infectious disease epidemiology
Causality
Study designs:
- randomised controlled trial
- cohort study
- case-control study
- cross-sectional study
Random error, bias and confounding
Investigation of disease outbreaks.
Qualification goals/Competencies
The overall goal of the module is to give the students the skill:
to understand, explain and interpret epidemiological measures and other results from epidemiological research
to understand and explain technical terms used in epidemiology
to choose adequate methods for a given research problem in epidemiology
to choose adequate study designs for given research problems and discuss their advantages and limitations (including possible sources of error, bias and confounding) and
to judge if results from a particular study are valid or biased and what can be concluded from them (for example in terms of causality).
Lecturers
Christiane Rudolph (Institut für Krebsepidemiologie e.V. E-Mail: Christiane.Rudolph@uksh.de)
Responsible for this module
Student Office
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