Lecturers:
PN: Per Nafstad
PM: Per Magnus
HS: Hein Stigum
GU: Giske Ursin
PA: Preben Aavitsland
HEM: Haakon E. Meyer
Venue: Nye auditorium 13, Domus Medica (preklinisk I og II)
Program:
Note that the course will held in English
PART 1:
Wednesday 29.03.
09:00 Registration. Introduction to the course. Introduction to causality. PN
10:00 Group work: Framing research questions. PN/PM
11:00 Plenary session: Presentation and discussion of group work. PM
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Lecture: Research question and study design. PM
13:30 Group work: Choice of study design. PM
14:30 Plenary session: Presentation and discussion of group work. PM
16:00 End
Thursday 30.03.
09:00 Lecture: Power calculations, sample size, including group work. HS
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Lecture: Reference population and study population. PM
13:30 Group work: Choice of study population. PM
14:30 Plenary session: Presentation and discussion of group work. PM
16:00 End
Friday 31.03.
09:00 Lecture work: Systematic errors: Selection bias, information bias, confounding, and effect modification. GU
11:00 Group work: Choice of study variables and data collection. GU
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Plenary session: Presentation and discussion of group work: Choice of study variables, methods of measurement, and data collection. PM
13:30 Lecture: Measures of association and disease occurrence. PM
15:30 Plenary session: Completion of research plans and research protocol. Information on homework. PM
16:00 End
PART 2:
Wednesday 19.04.
09:00 Lecture: Causal graphs (DAGs) including group work. HS
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Lecture: Overview of design and measures including group work. HS
16:00 End
Thursday 20.04.
09:00 Lecture: Validity of tests, diagnostic methods and screening including group work PN
11:00 Lecture: Infectious disease epidemiology. PN/PA
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Lecture: Genetic epidemiology. PM
14:30 Group work: Cohort studies PM
15:30 Plenary session: A real life problem; a cohort study. PM
16:00 End
Friday 21.04..
09:00 Lecture: Randomized controlled trial including group work HEM
11:00 Discussion of group work. Lecture: Systematic reviews. HEM
11:45 Lunch
12:30 Lecture:A real life problem;case control study, including group work. PM
14:00 Plenary session: Discussion of group work. PM
14:30 Lecture: Strategies of analyses. PM
15:00 Plenary session: Course evaluation and home exam. PM, PN 15:15 End