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Decks in this class (21)

Introduction (Sept 4)
Epidemiology,
John snows cholera hypothesis,
Broad street pump
14  cards
Health Measures (Sept 6)
Picot,
P picot,
I picot
29  cards
Health Measures 2 (Sept 11)
Surveillance,
Public health surveillance,
Characteristics of surveillance p...
19  cards
Observational Studies (Sept 13)
Observational study design,
Why use observational study design,
Problems with observational studies
23  cards
Observational Studies 2 (Sept 18)
How should a case be selected,
How should controls be selected,
Matching in case control study
11  cards
Cohort and Cross Sectional Studies
How are participants chosen in a ...,
How does cohort study design impa...,
When are cohort studies useful
19  cards
Sept 25
What is attributable risk,
What is attributable risk,
Explain the yellow versus blue area
11  cards
Sept 27
What are reasons to conduct an rct,
Describe a phase 1 trial,
Describe a phase 2 trial
27  cards
Oct 2
What is bias,
What is selection bias,
What is information bias
26  cards
Oct 4
Describe selection bias in rcts,
Describe performance bias,
What is attrition bias in rcts
32  cards
October 9
There is evidence of confounding ...,
When making clinical decisions wh...,
What is the definition of a syste...
16  cards
October 23
What is primary prevention,
What is secondary prevention,
What is tertiary prevention
15  cards
Oct 25
What can tests that perform fairl...,
What are consequences of a false ...,
What are consequences of a false ...
13  cards
October 30th
What is scarcity,
What are real world consideration...,
What are normal markets
20  cards
November 1 (Infectious Disease Epidemiology)
What are study designs for infect...,
What are serosurveys,
What are outbreak investigations
7  cards
November 6
Where are qalys used what is the ...,
What is cost benefit analysis,
What are direct costs
12  cards
Survival Analysis
What is survival analyis,
When would analyzing time to event,
How are time to event studies nor...
24  cards
Genetic Epidemiology
What is genetic epidemiology,
What is a genome,
Describe dna composition
27  cards
Causal Inference
What was the debate regarding red...,
What is the optimal study design ...,
What is the revised hierarchy of
26  cards
Nov 27
What is a case crossover study,
What are advantages of case cross...,
What are disadvantages of case cr...
12  cards
Nov 29 (Nutritional Epi)
What is a diet,
What are potential components of ...,
What things affect pathway from d...
31  cards

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