187315 Epidemiology for Non-Epidemiologists: Pretest , course overview and introduction to epidemiology

Saturday, October 25, 2008: 9:00 AM

Dr. Joy P. Nanda, DSc, MS, MHS, MBA , Department of Population, Family and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
On the first day, participants will learn about tools needed to describe prevention, transmission, morbidity, mortality, screening, reliability, validity, person years and prognosis for their community practice.

Interactive class-room lecture style short presentations and small group discussions (4-6 per group) will be augmented by very popular “pop-quizzes” and “scenario analysis (a.k.a case studies)” within and between concepts. Bring your calculators.

Learning Objectives:
For Day 1 By the end of the Day 1 of the APHA-LI, participants will be able to 1) Identify and define the concepts of a) prevention, b) morbidity, c) mortality, d) screening, e) reliability and validity, f) public health data sources, g) person years, h) survival, i) measures of prognosis 2) List and discuss how to measure and interpret these concepts and apply them to professional career 3) Illustrate, calculate, and compare the differences among concepts thru examples 4) Design, and evaluate investigations which use the above concepts. For Day 2 By the end of the Day 2 of the APHA-LI, participants will be able to 1) Identify and define a) study designs for epidemiologic investigation, b) measures of association and risk assessment, c) threats to validity in risk-outcome assessment and ways to address them, d) evidence based public health practice, e)community based practice, f) translating epidemiologic findings to public health policy 2) List and discuss how to measure and interpret these concepts and apply them to professional career 3) Illustrate, calculate, and compare the differences among concepts thru examples 4) Design, and evaluate investigations which use the above concepts.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: I have Extensive experience in research and teaching Epi courses. Taught this course at APHA for the last 3 years.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.

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