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Methods of Clinical Research [ESP10]

Course highlights

EC points

0.7

Months

August

Course days

Monday to Friday (5 mornings)

Course time

From 8:45 till 11:45 CEST

Faculty

Prof. Henning Tiemeier

Course fee

€ 470

Location

Erasmus MC, Rotterdam NL

Level

Introductory

Prerequisites

Principles of Research in Medicine and Epidemiology (ESP01), or equivalent knowledge. (ESP10 is not available for students who already attended Introduction to Clinical Research (EWP01)).

Disciplines

  • Clinical Research
  • Clinical Epidemiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Methodology

Course Materials

Online, download instructions will be sent in August by e-mail. A laptop is recommended.

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Description

Faculty: Prof. Henning Tiemeier, MD PhD


This course will give an introduction to clinical epidemiology. Due to its focus on the appropriate research design, measurement and evaluation, clinical epidemiology provides the scientific basis for the practice of medicine. The topics that will be covered in this course include risk (determinants of disease, pathogenesis), diagnosis (evaluation of diagnostic tests), prognosis (prediction of disease outcome), and management of disease (evaluation of therapy efficacy and safety). The course takes both a theoretical and a problem-oriented approach.


The teaching will be very interactive. Selected epidemiological concept and common problems such as multiple testing, variable selection and imputation are discussed in depth.

Objectives

  • To gain understanding of the designs and analyses of clinical studies;
  • To be able to plan, formulate, and implement clinical research;
  • To be able to evaluate aetiological, diagnostic and prognostic research;
  • To know the challenges and fallacies in modern clinical research.

Assessment

Attendance