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Poslední úprava: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
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Poslední úprava: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
Principles of general epidemiology as a scientific discipline applied across a range of medical specialties. Practical application of knowledge. Selected topics from the epidemiology of infectious diseases, including emerging diseases, vaccination and COVID 19 |
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Poslední úprava: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
In order to receive credits, you need to fulfill these 2 conditions:
1) Participate in 80% of the classes 2) Pass a credit test (at least 17 correct answers out of 20) - the test is written on the day of the oral exam |
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Poslední úprava: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
Rothman, K.: Epidemiology: An Introduction. Second edition, Oxford University Press, 2012 Lilienfeld, D. E.: Foundations of epidemiology : Oxford University Press, 1994 Schoenbach, V.J., Rosamond, W.D.: Understanding the Fundamentals of Epidemiology: an evolving text, 2000 (available on Moodle) Šmerhovský, Z.: Practicing epidemiology (available on Moodle) Šmerhovský, Z.: Basic Epidemiology (available on Moodle)
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Poslední úprava: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
The oral exam consists of 3 parts: one question from general epidemiology, one question from infectious disease epidemiology and one exercise.
The list of exam questions is given to the students on the first day of the course. A set of exercises is available on Moodle. |
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Poslední úprava: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
Epidemiology as a field Basic epidemiological indicators Association and causality Hierarchy of evidence Descriptive observational studies Analytical observational studies (case-control, cohort study) Intervention studies Bias (confounding, selection bias, information bias) Assessment of role of chance Journal club Spread of infections in the population Control of infectious diseases Vaccination Epidemiological characteristics of COVID19 Emerging infections |