CHS 714 - Critical Evaluation of Epidemiologic Research

(3 units)

Students will apply epidemiologic concepts they have learned in previous coursework to the critical evaluation of epidemiologic studies published in the literature.

Prerequisite(s): CHS 708; CHS 712; CHS 713; CHS 780.

Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring

Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. evaluate published epidemiologic studies.
2. assess statistical models to investigate mediation, confounding, interaction, and effect modification in the context of epidemiologic research.
3. critically evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of different study designs with respect to a given research question.
4. recognize methodological challenges in epidemiologic studies.
5. identify threats to validity (selection bias, confounding, information bias) in specific study contexts and identify issues of internal validity versus external validity.
6. understand how Type 1 and Type 2 error influence interpretation of epidemiologic study results.

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