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Ph.D. on Public Health

PUBH603

ADVANCED EPIDEMIOLOGY

Course Code
PUBH603
Semester
First Term (Fall)Third Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
2 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelDoctorate Of Science
Year of Study1
SemesterFirst Term (Fall)Third Term (Fall)
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. to know the use of advanced epidemiologic tecnics and anlaysis
  2. to know the advencess biostatistical methods
  3. to be able to conduct a study and, analyze and report the data
  4. to be able in critical reading
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme ComponentsSABE605 Biyoistatistik SABE606 Araştırma teknikleri
Course DescriptionTeaching the causality concept in epidemiology, variations and variation measurement, analytic studies risk measurements and confidence interval, sample size calculation, weighted mean, data standardization, advanced statistical methods in medical practice(life tables, Cox regression
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Measures of disease frequency and exposure effects
2nd Week Confounding and interaction
3rd Week Classical methods of analysis for cohort studies
4th Week Classical methods of analysis for case-control studies
5th Week Unconditional logistic regression
6th Week Poisson regression for cohort studies
7th Week Mid-term examination
8th Week Survival analysis and proportional hazards regression
9th Week Practical issues in study design and analysis
10th Week Conditional logistic regression for case-control studies
11th Week Meta-analysis
12th Week Clustering of data in epidemiological studies
13th Week Strategies of analysis I
14th Week Strategies of analysis II
15th Week
Recommended or Required ReadingWassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia. Biostatistics and epidemiology: a primer for health and biomedical prefessionals by Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller.3rd ed. Springer, 2004, London
Ahrens Wolfgang, Pigeot Iris. Handbook of Epidemiology. Springer, 2004, Bremen
Modern Epidemiology. Rothman K..J, Greenland S, Lash T.l. 3Rd Edition, Wolters Kluwer/Lippincot Williams&Wilkins, 2008,Philadelphia
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Problem Solving
  • Practice
  • Project
  • Report Preparation
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 20
Assignment 2 10
Practice 10 20
Project 1 20
Total(%) 70
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 70
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 30
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 6 84
Preparation for Final exam 1 24 24
Course hours 14 2 28
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 2 12 24
Homework 10 6 60
Project 1 52 52
Total Work Load284
Total Work Load / 30 (h)9.46
ECTS Credit of the Course10
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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