Population Health: Study Design
Intermediate
Online
3 Weeks
Free Quick Facts
| Medium Of Instructions | Mode Of Learning | Mode Of Delivery |
|---|---|---|
| English | Self Study | Video and Text Based |
Courses and Certificate Fees
| Fees Informations | Certificate Availability | Certificate Providing Authority |
|---|---|---|
| INR 2436 | yes | Coursera |
The Syllabus
Videos
- Population Health: Study Design
- How to succeed in your online class?
Readings
- Meet the instructors
- Leiden University: Facts & Figures
- About this course
- Glossary
- Community Guidelines
- What is your learning path?
Videos
- Introduction
- What is epidemiology?
- How to create a good research question?
- What is the research question?
- Experimental versus observational studies
- The cohort study
- The case-control study
- Bloodcurdling movies and measures of coagulation - a crossover trial
- To conclude
Practice Exercises
- Observational research methods: cohort, cross-sectional, and case-control studies
- Designing a research project: randomised controlled trials and their principles.
- Reflect on your goals
- Test your knowledge
Readings
- Observational research methods: cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies
- Designing a research project: randomised controlled trials and their principles.
Videos
- Introduction
- Frequency measures
- Effect measures
- Odds and odds ratio
- Kaplan-Meier
- Thoughts on absolute versus relative risk
- To conclude
Readings
- R tutorial
- Time partition
Practice Exercises
- Calculate frequency and effect measures
- Exposure window
- Reflect on your goals
- Test your knowledge
Videos
- Introduction
- Puzzles in Epidemiology
- Random versus systematic error
- Confounding and bias
- Countering confounding
- Standardisation
- To conclude
Reading
- Dealing with Biases
Practice Exercises
- Dealing with Biases
- Reflect on your goals
- Test your knowledge
Videos
- Introduction
- When do we know something is true?
- Intention to treat
- Regression to the mean
- To conclude
- Course conclusion
Readings
- Measurement scales and their summary statistics
- Causation and causal inference in epidemiology
Practice Exercises
- Causation and causal inference in epidemiology
- Reflect on your goals
- Test your knowledge
- Final Assessment