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Introduction to Epidemiology

Introduction to Epidemiology will provide you with insights into the basic terminology and principles of epidemiology. These range from the history and design of epidemiological research to the different measures of frequency and association. We will also address the principles of bias and confounding, thereby enabling you to familiarize yourself with all key epidemiological concepts.

The course is offered through the MSc Epidemiology program of the UMC Utrecht and Utrecht University, and as such is highly relevant for anyone studying or working in healthcare. It will also provide you with a good basis for further research into specialized areas of epidemiology.

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

  • Use and explain the basic terminology and principles used in epidemiology
  • State important historical developments in health sciences in general, and epidemiology in particular

In particular, you should be able to:

  • Distinguish between, and apply, the different measures of frequency, association and impact that are commonly used in epidemiological research
  • Calculate these measures using simple numerical examples
  • Tell apart and explain the different aspects of epidemiological research (causal and descriptive).
  • Tell apart and state the (dis)advantages of the different study designs used in epidemiological research: cohort, case-control and cross-sectional studies.
  • Read and interpret (simple) epidemiological scientific papers, and recognize in these papers which study design was used
  • Apply the correct measures of frequency and association belonging to the different epidemiological study designs
  • Explain the meaning of the terms ‘bias’ and ‘confounding’ and distinguish between them
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My motivation to enrol was the flexibility offered to follow the course. As I am also working in a veterinary clinic, it is sometimes very hard to follow all physical lessons in normal courses. The course gives me the opportunity to follow the lessons when my agenda allows me to do this.  The teacher/moderator gave quick and extensive responses to my questions and gave proper feedback on my assignments which really helped me understanding the subjects. And I successfully completed the exam, suggesting that this type of learning is an adequate way of learning new things. I really deepened my knowledge of basic epidemiologic approaches and analyses and I do use these techniques to some extent in my scientific studies.

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Quick overview

Start date: 06 Feb 2023

1.5 ECTS

Web lectures, exercises, group discussions

Duration: 3 weeks

Academic Certificate

English

Workload: 14 hrs-per-week

Online learning, with guidance and support

490

How would you like to study Epidemiology?

Single courses

One of the unique aspects of our learning approach is that you can choose to take an individual course rather than the whole MSc program. Experience one course from the MSc, having the same faculty and classmates with the convenience of self-enrollment.
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Online

In the full part-time MSc Program, you gain extensive knowledge and practical skills in patient-oriented research design, quantitative analysis and its application to human or veterinary medicine. The MSc Epidemiology Online starts in February and September.
Online Program

Face-to-Face

If your prefer to study in a face-to-face setting, you might want to consider applying for the identical fulltime face-to-face 1,5 year program in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

This program also starts in September, with the same course offerings.

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For questions about online learning info@elevatehealth.eu
For program information, admission & content msc-epidemiology@umcutrecht.nl

By phone
For questions about online learning +31 (0)85 4885381
For program information, admission & content +31 (0)88 7569710

Master Structure

  • 8 core courses
  • 3 specialization tracks
  • Research project

Specializations

  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Veterinary Epidemiology
  • General Epidemiology

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The study of Epidemiology

Epidemiology has grown to be an indispensable asset for researchers, clinicians and practitioners. Far reaching in its impact. It is the foundation of evidence-based medicine for the individual patient and the cornerstone of public health policy for societies.

Epidemiology as a scientific discipline is an excellent option; for the doctor, who wishes to be armed with both biomedical knowledge and statistical wisdom when looking for the right patient care of their individual patient. Also for the public health professional, who faced with global health questions does not wish to lose sight of the impact for the individual. And for the veterinarian who is faced with challenges that play a national role yet must look at the impact on individual cases.
 
 

A Master of Epidemiology at Utrecht University

Epidemiology at Utrecht University is uniquely placed to offer you the broad context of epidemiology across human pharmaceutical and veterinarian branches. Not least through having the only faculty of veterinary medicine in the Netherlands, its content has been assembled across an impressive faculty from the Health sciences; Utrecht Institute for Pharmaceutical Sciences (UIPS) and the interfaculty Institute for Risk Assessment Sciences (IRAS). In addition, Utrecht Science Park accommodates Utrecht Life Sciences, a strategic alliance between academia, public institutions private organizations and government in order to drive innovations in human and veterinary health care.

 
 

Online Education

It goes beyond the obvious advantages of online education, in the flexibility of allowing students to study at their institute of choice wherever their research or practice is. Online education at Utrecht University is where every student counts, each opinion being valued. It specifically helps students to develop skills on how to give and get the best out of feedback on assignments or research projects.

The MSc Epidemiology from Utrecht University has a unique history. The learning platform was custom built for this program. It was built with a global classroom in mind. Taking into account how to incorporate individual experiences and allow each unique perspective to make the learning experience the best possible and truly global. The content was meticulously converted to an online variant to take advantage of this.

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