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Epidemiology is the study of the distribution (who, when and where) and determinants of health and disease in populations. It is both a theoretical field of research to advance scientific understanding (basic science) as well as an applied field that aims to prevent and control diseases. Therefore, the course Epidemiology consist of two major parts. First, general epidemiology is taught, which includes topics, such as measures of frequency and association, design of studies, causality or bias. This is followed by teaching of infectious disease epidemiology, such as epidemiological features of COVID 19 or vaccinations.
Teaching takes place during 1 week. Methods of teaching include frontal teaching, which is followed by practicing of the acquired knowledge. Students solve the given examples and situations partly together with the lecturer, partly in the form of individual as well as group work. Last update: Brennan Kearns Pavla, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
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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 Last update: Brennan Kearns Pavla, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
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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 Last update: Brennan Kearns Pavla, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
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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)
Last update: Brennan Kearns Pavla, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
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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. Last update: Brennan Kearns Pavla, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
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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 Last update: Brennan Kearns Pavla, doc. MUDr., Ph.D. (29.09.2021)
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