Schedule of Classes (Preliminary, Up-dated - July 21, 2009)
This page provides the current schedule for the summer course. It also lists the associated sections of the course textbook and provides links to powerpoint or similar material associated with each session. Several of these files are large (over 2 MB) and one is nearly 30MB!. Downloading over a slow Internet connection will take a long time. You will also need the course password in order to be able to access these files. Note that the Powerpoint slide are presented in PPS format: they automatically open in full screen mode and display the slide show.
Students will be able to pick-up their course materials at 0800 on Monday, August 17. The lectures will start at 0900 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with a starting time of 0845 on Tuesday and Thursday. There will be nutrition breaks from 1030-1100 (1015-1045 on Tuesday/Thursday). An afternoon nutrition break will be from 1500-1530. The lunch break will be from 1230 to 1330 on Monday, Wednesday and Friday with the lunch break on Tuesday and Thursday (1215-1330) being used to show optional videos on practical applications of epidemiology. A pizza and soft drink lunch will be provided on the two video days. The course will conclude at 1500 on Friday.
| Date | Time | Instructor | Topic | Book ref | Files | |
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| Mon, Aug 17 | 0900-1030 | Birkett | Welcome. Course overview. Overview of Epidemiology. Simple case study examples | Chapter #1 | PPS | |
1100-1230 |
Birkett | Disease classification. Measures of Morbidity & Mortality. Vital Statistics. Disease registries. | PPS | |||
| 1330-1500 | Birkett | Outcome measures in Epidemiology: incidence, prevalence, attack rates | Chapter #2 | PPS | ||
| 1530-1700 | Birkett | Descriptive Epidemiology | Chapter 3 | PPS | ||
| Tues, Aug 18 | 0845-1015 | Birkett | Mortality in Canada: major contributors and trends | PPS (large file) |
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| 1045-1215 | Birkett | The primary study designs | Chapters 7/8/9 |
PPS | ||
| 1230-1315 | Investigation of an Ebola outbreak: a NOVA video. | No download | ||||
| 1330-1500 | McDowell | Introduction to Social Epidemiology | PPS | |||
| 1530-1700 | Birkett | Measures used to compare groups: risk ratios, odds ratios, attributable risk. | p140-4, 155-8 | PPS | ||
| Wed, Aug 19 | 0900-1700 | Jolly | A day on Infectious Diseases:
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Objectives |
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| am: PDF #1 am: PDF #2 pm: PDF #1 pm: PDF #2 |
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| Thurs, Aug 20 | 0845-1015 | Birkett | Bias. Study validity. Misclassification | Chapter 10 | PPS | |
| 1045-1215 | Birkett | Causation; Introduction to Effect Modification and Confounding | Chapter 13 & some of 10 | PPS | ||
| 1230-1315 | Investigation of a chronic disease epidemic: esophageal cancer in China. A NOVA video. | No download | ||||
| 1330-1500 | Birkett | Case-control studies Cohort studies |
Chapter 8 & 9 | PPS | ||
| 1530-1700 | TBA | Eidemiology and Prevention of cancer in Canada | PPS | |||
| Fri, Aug 21 | 0900-1030 | Birkett | Confounding: methods of control and prevention. Standardization, matching, etc. |
Chapter 10 | PPS | |
| 1100-1230 | TBA | TBA | ||||
| 1330-1500 | Birkett | Screening and diagnostic test evaluation | Chapter 6 | PPS | ||
PPS = Powerpoint slides
PDF = PDF format file
