Høst 2023

HEL-8013 Epidemiology - Deeper Understanding - 9 stp

The course is administrated by

Institutt for samfunnsmedisin

Type of course

PhD course. This course is available as a singular course.

PhD students and students at the Student Research Program at UiT The Arctic University of Norway register for class and exam in Studentweb by September 1st for autumn semester and February 1st for spring semester.

Please note that classes for this course starts in August. Please register for the course early in Studentweb, so that you have access to the necessary course material and can participate in class.

Other applicants apply for the right to study by June 1st for courses that are taught in the fall semester and December 1st for courses that are taught in the spring semester. Application is sent through SøknadsWeb. Please use the appliction code "9301 - Singular courses at the PhD level". If granted admission to the course students must register for class and exam in Studentweb by September 1st for autumn semester and February 1st for spring semester.

Course contents

The main aim of this course is to give you a deeper understanding of designs and methods in the field of epidemiological research, help you to develop critical thinking in general, and related to your own scientific work. The course will cover epidemiological concepts and principles and provide overview of various genres of the field such as clinical, molecular, infectious and cancer epidemiology.

Admission requirements

PhD students and students at the Student Research Program, or holders of a Norwegian master´s degree of five years or 3+2 years (or equivalent) may be admitted.

External applicants apply for the right to study by June 1st for courses that are taught in the autumn semester. Application is sent through SøknadsWeb. Please use the appliction code "9301 - Singular courses at the PhD level". If granted admission to the course students must register for class and exam in Studentweb by September 1st for autumn semester.

Objective of the course

After the course, students will have advanced level knowledge on analysis, synthesis and evaluation of epidemiological topics, including:

study designs
epidemiological measures
bias and confounding
causality
statistical methods: dealing with threats to validity
clinical epidemiology
molecular epidemiology
epidemiology of infectious diseases
future of epidemiology

Language of instruction

English

Teaching methods

Five introductory seminars starting up in August.

Please register for the course early in Studentweb, so that you have access to the necessary course material and can participate in class.

The purpose of the seminars is to brush up on/introduce the basics of epidemiology. The seminars are distributed over two to three weeks of the course, with up to three seminar per week. Students are expected to prepare for each seminar and be active in the group work.

Lectures with practicals

Three sessions during the fall semester, lasting for four or five days per session.

Two home assignments