LPhD102 Veterinary epidemiology: Module 1: Planning epidemiological studies

Detaljer
Ansvarligt institutInstitut for Produktionsdyr og Heste

KursusdatoerLectures: 30 Aug 2010 - 3 Sep 2010. Project: 6 Sep 2010 - 29 Sep 2010 Exam: 1 Oct 2010
 
KursustilmeldingTo sign up for the course, please send an e-mail to Nils Toft at nt@life.ku.dk. Please also remember to add the course to your PhD plan.
 
Deadline for tilmelding1 Aug 2010
 
Pointværdi6 (ECTS)
 
KursustypePh.d.-kursus
 
UndervisningssprogDansk
 
Kursusindhold
The first 5 days of the course is a mixture of lectures, plenum discussions and exercises. During the next 4 weeks, participants are working with their protocol under supervision. The protocol is handed in on Wednesday in the final week and the examination is on Friday.

The course is the first of three modules in Veterinary Epidemiology. The aim of the course is that the participants should be able to design an epidemiological study in a population, where there is a clear description (and association between) hypothesis, study design, sampling methods, measures of frequency and association, nature of data, etc. Furthermore, the course focuses on practical data management (including data control, establishment of a data base and data editing).

There will be no analyses of participant data, but the protocol must be based on the individual projects and if the participant plans to follow Module 2 and 3, the protocol could be written with reference to the data used for these modules.
 
Undervisningsform
The first 5 days of the course is a mixture of lectures, plenum discussions and exercises. During the next 4 weeks, participants are working with their protocol under supervision. The protocol is handed in on Wednesday in the final week and the examination is on Friday.
 
Målbeskrivelse
The course is the first module in Veterinary Epidemiology. It focuses on planning an epidemiological study by writing the outline of a protocol for carrying out an observational study.

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 the protocol and by practical data management using SAS.
 
Kursusansvarlig
Nils Toft, nt@life.ku.dk, Institut for Mindre Husdyrs Sygdomme/Hospital for Mindre Husdyr, Tlf: 353-33009
 
Evalueringsform
Project report and presentation of report
 
Kursusbeskrivelsesomfang
forberedelse40
forelæsninger40
projektarbejde100

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