RES 502 - Principles of Epidemiology

Credit(s): 3.00

Epidemiology is the study of how disease, disability, injury and death are distributed in populations, and the agents that influence or determine these distributions. Study findings are used to guide clinical practice and inform programs and policies created to prevent and control health problems within and between populations. This course exposes students to the basic concepts, principles and methods of epidemiology and their application to integrative medicine and/or public health issues. Students examine measures of disease occurrence, association and impact; observational and experimental study designs; confounding, bias and causation; and how to solve health-related problems using epidemiological methods. Finally, students will learn how to critically assess epidemiologic evidence presented in peer-reviewed literature and other sources.