EPIDEMIOLOGY AND
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SESSION ONE: Unit Introduction
We acknowledge the Nyungar Wadjuk people as
the traditional owners of country on which
Curtin’s Bentley campus sits.
I acknowledge their continuing connection to
land, sea and community and I pay my respects
to them and their culture; and to elders – past
present
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Epidemiology and Evidence Unit (STAT6000)
Dr Gizachew Tessema
[email protected]
Unit Coordinator, STAT6000
Senior Lecturer, School of Population Health
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School of Population Health
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Epidemiology and Evidence Unit (STAT6000)
Dr Gizachew Tessema
[email protected]
Unit Coordinator, STAT6000
Senior Lecturer, School of Population Health
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School of Population Health
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Outline
• Unit objectives
• Reading textbook
• Format of the sessions
• Assessment overview
• General expectation
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School of Population Health
FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES
Unit objectives
• Apply fundamental principles of epidemiology in public health
• Identify key sources of relevant data and appropriate designs for a research
question
• Critically assess research studies and identify how to remedy limitations
• Systematically search and synthesise peer-reviewed literature
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Reading textbooks
• Epidemiology. Gordis, L. 5th Edition – available online
through the library.
• Other texts
• Modern Epidemiology. KJ Rothman, S Greenland, TL Lash.
Third Edition. Lippincott, Williams and Wilkin
• Epidemiology in Medicine. Hennekens CH, Buring JE. Little,
Brown and Co. Boston, 1987
• Gordis Epidemiology, 6th Edition, by David D Celentano and
Moyses Szklo. Elsevier 2019
• Essential Epidemiology. An introduction for Students and
Health Professionals. Webb P, Bain C and Page A. Third
Edition. Cambridge
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Format of the sessions and lecturers/tutors
Each week
• One two hour recorded lecture
• One two-hour tutorial
3-4 blackboard collaborate sessions for online students
*Lecture ppts and tutorial worksheets and instructions will be available few days before
the actual sessions.
Lecturers
• Professor Kristjana Einarsdottir
• Professor David Lawrence
Tutorials
• Dr Gizachew Tessema
• Dr Ninh Ha
• Dr Minh Pham
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Assessments
• Three assessments
• Online Quiz 1 25% (Submission on March 30th 2023)
• Online Quiz 2 25% (Submission on 18th May 2023)
• Online Case Study 50% (Submission on 8th June 2023)
• Administered through Blackboard
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Epidemiological study designs overview: why we need a specific design
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Source: Bennett & Clarke 2020. Population-Based Health Studies: An Overview of Principles and Methods
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Program Calendar
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Program Calendar
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General expectations
• Read materials beforehand
• Attend sessions (lecture and tutorials) or listen recordings
• Complete assignment on time
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Question?
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