Epidemiology - Basic Principles (2015)

Description: This course deals with basic principles of epidemiology and will prepare the students for further courses in advanced epidemiology. The course will consist of lectures and group-work based on scientific papers.



The main themes are:



Descriptive studies
Measures of associations
Observational design, including cross-sectional studies, cohort studies, case control studies
Experimental studies (randomized controlled trials)
Sources of information for epidemiological studies
Issues of precision
Issues of validity, including bias and confounding
Applications of epidemiology in different areas, including clinical epidemiology




Organiser(s): Kirsten Fonager, Ph.D, associate professor, Henrik Bøggild, Ph.D, associate professor

Lecturers: Kirsten Fonager, Ph.D, associate professor, Henrik Bøggild, Ph.D, associate professor and others.

ECTS: 3.2

Time: 2.-3. and 9.-10. November, 2015

Place: Aalborg University

Deadline: 12 October, 2015

Literature: Suggested read before the course



Svend Juul. Epidemiologi og evidens. Munksgaard Danmark, 2nd edition, 2012 or


Raymond Greenberg et al. Medical Epidemiology, 4th edition, 2004.



Prerequisites: se above

Evaluation: active participation