This online unit with an optional face-to-face component introduces the concept of clinical epidemiology and provides students with core skills in clinical epidemiology at an introductory level. Topics covered include asking and answering clinical questions; basic and accessible literature searching techniques; study designs used in clinical epidemiological research; confounding and effect modification; sources of bias; interpretation of results including odds ratios, relative risks, confidence intervals and p values; applicability of results to individual patients; critical appraisal of clinical epidemiological research literature used to answer questions of therapy (RCTs and systematic reviews), harm, prognosis, diagnosis and screening; applicability of results to individual patients; and evidence-based use of health resources.
Details
Academic unit | Public Health |
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Unit code | CEPI5100 |
Unit name | Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology |
Session, year
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Semester 2, 2021 |
Attendance mode | Normal day |
Location | Camperdown/Darlington, Sydney |
Credit points | 6 |
Enrolment rules
Prohibitions
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PUBH5010 |
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Prerequisites
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None |
Corequisites
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None |
Available to study abroad and exchange students | No |
Teaching staff and contact details
Coordinator | Fiona Stanaway, fiona.stanaway@sydney.edu.au |
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