Summer 2024 - HSCI 230 D100
Evaluating Epidemiological Research (3)
Class Number: 2847
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
May 6 – Aug 2, 2024: Fri, 2:30–5:20 p.m.
Burnaby
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Instructor:
Whitney Qualls
wqa8@sfu.ca
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Prerequisites:
30 units, including HSCI 130 with a minimum grade of C-, or permission of the instructor.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
Prepares students at a foundational level to evaluate and critique conclusions drawn from epidemiological research. Students will also experience the value and limitations of epidemiology as a tool for researching health and disease in populations. Students with credit for HSCI 330 may not take this course for further credit.
COURSE DETAILS:
Instructional techniques will include lectures, in-class small group discussions, in-class activities, reading assignments, problem sets, exams and written assignments. Further instructions, assignments and lecture slides will be available through Canvas. Readings will include electronically available materials from library and on the web. The instructor may make changes to the syllabus if necessary, within Faculty / University regulations.
COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:
By the end of this course, students who participate should be able to:
- Define foundational concepts in epidemiology used to make inferences from research results.
- Identify, categorize, predict, and describe biases due to participant selection, confounding, or misclassification of exposure or outcome in realistic research scenarios.
- Critique epidemiological research using basic concepts of study design and bias.
Grading
- Problem set #1 10%
- Problem set #2 10%
- Exam #1 20%
- Exam #2 20%
- Case study cumulative assignment 30%
- Self-reflection statement 10%
Materials
MATERIALS + SUPPLIES:
Course textbook:
Essential Epidemiology: An Introduction for Students and Health Professionals, Fourth Edition (Nov. 29 2019), by Penelope Webb, Chris Bain, Andrew Page.
The textbook includes an enhanced eBook, which contains practice problems and additional materials that are essential for HSCI230.
REQUIRED READING:
Lecture notes and additional materials will be provided by the instructor.
RECOMMENDED READING:
Lecture notes and additional materials will be provided by the instructor.
Registrar Notes:
ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS
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