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Preventive Medicine and Community Health Graduate Program
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PMCH 6401
- ISSUES
IN PREVENTIVE MEDICINE AND COMMUNITY HEALTH - SURVEY AND ANALYSIS
This course is
calculated to impart an applicable knowledge and general appreciation
of the concepts, theories, issues and trends basic to an understanding
of the physical, biological and social interdependencies which orient
work and research in preventive medicine and community health.
Organized on a seminar format, the course will focus on
fundamental perspectives from history and philosophy, basic themes in
governmental involvements with health needs, important issues in
health behavior and social policy, and concepts of environmental
management. Grades will
be based on written examination and seminar participation.
Term offered: I
Year offered: Annually
Course coordinators: Micks,
Philips, Speer Jr., Trieff
3
Credits
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PMCH 6485 - INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY
The
purpose of this course is to provide a rigorous and comprehensive
survey of issues in designing research investigations in a broad
spectrum of applications relevant to the area of preventive medicine
and community health, i.e., laboratory research, clinical research,
and population and community-based research.
Thus, the topics to be covered will include: philosophy of
science and evolution of scientific methods; conduct of animal
experiments: conduct of clinical trials; conduct of intervention
trials; design and analysis of experimental studies; design and
analysis of quasi-experimental studies; design and analysis of sample
surveys; national resources for health-related databases;
questionnaire design; measurement issues, including use of
biomarkers.The format of the course will be didactic lectures followed
by discussion of concepts covered in a series of related lectures.
As much as possible, research projects of faculty members and
students will be utilized to illustrate the concepts, and students
will be encouraged to participate in these discussions.
Course grade will be determined by two take-home examinations,
a mid-term and a final, each carrying 50% weight.
Term offered: I
Year offered: Annually
4
Credits
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PMCH 6443 - STATISTICAL METHODOLOGY I
Course objective
is to provide the student with a basic understanding of the use and
interpretation of certain classical and state-of-the-art statistical
techniques in the study of health and biomedical problems.
Topics to be covered: basic probability, sensitivity and
specificity, Bayes Rule, population measures of location and
dispersion, Gaussian distributions, point estimation, confidence
intervals, tolerance limits, classical and practical hypothesis
testing, simple analysis of variance with mean separation tests,
nonparametric procedures for one and two-way classifications, least
squares regression and correlation including lack of fit tests, simple
categorical data analysis including goodness of fit, homogeneity of
proportions, odds-ratio, loglinear and linear logistic models.
The course is didactic consisting of 2 two-hour lectures per
week. Course grade will
be based on homework, 3 one-hour closed book examinations, and an
optional final.
Term offered: I & II
Year offered: Annually
4 Credits
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PMCH 6330
- INTRODUCTION TO
EPIDEMIOLOGY
This course provides an introduction
to the theory and practice of epidemiology.
The historical development of epidemiologic research, theories
of disease causation, epidemics and their prevention, measures of
disease frequency, risk and other measures of effect, point and
interval estimation, various epidemiologic study designs, confounding
and effect modification, and an introduction to stratified analysis
are covered in the lectures. Case
studies that illustrate the application of epidemiologic principles to
substantive issues of health and illness are discussed during the
class.
Term offered: II
Year offered: Annually
Course coordinator: Gregg Wilkinson
3 Credits
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