Programme info
Micro-credential: Classic and Modern Methods of Epidemiology
- ¶¶Òõ¶ÌÊÓƵ load: 12 ECTS credits
- Language of instruction: English
- ​Maximum number of participants: 5
- Location: Campus Drie Eiken​
- Faculty: Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences​
Learning outcomes
This micro-credential focuses on the following learning outcomes.
1. The participant understands the basic terminology and the basic principles of epidemiology.
2. The participant can describe, calculate and interpret the different measures of occurrence, association and impact used in epidemiological research.
3. The participant understands causality concepts and threats to causality in epidemiology (e.g. bias and confounding).
4. The participant can accurately present the different types of epidemiological studies including cohort, case-control, intervention, and other designs.
Assessment
- Written examination without oral presentation
- Continuous assessment