Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology

Course Description

This course provides students with an overview of the epidemiologic approach to the study of disease causation, its natural history, and epidemiologic methods. This course reviews the application of various observational and experimental research designs and strategies utilized in clinical and epidemiological research. Didactic instruction, readings, and problem sets are used to create each module: investigation of disease outbreaks, sources of health information, observational studies, randomized clinical trials, measures of morbidity and mortality, sources of and controls for bias evaluation of diagnostic and screening tests, and development of surveillance studies.

Basic Enrollment Requirements: Unofficial Transcript - Bachelor's. You will be contacted after registration for required evidence of immunization; please contact lucia.fenney@tufts.edu with any questions regarding immunizations.

Pre-requisite: Students must be physicians and other professional health care practitioners.

Instructor Approval: Required; Please email the instructor of this course to request permission to enroll. We typically recommend including a resume, your educational history, and 2-3 sentences as to why you are interested in taking the course. You may register for this course before receiving approval, but your enrollment will not be confirmed until approval is received. Please contact us at courses@tufts.edu if you have not heard back from your instructor.

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Remission Eligible: Yes; first day of term; all university policies apply.