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Medium Of InstructionsMode Of LearningMode Of Delivery
EnglishSelf StudyVideo and Text Based

Courses and Certificate Fees

Fees InformationsCertificate AvailabilityCertificate Providing Authority
INR 2436yesCoursera

The Syllabus

Videos
  • Population Health: Study Design
  • How to succeed in your online class?
Readings
  • Meet the instructors
  • Leiden University: Facts & Figures
  • About this course
  • Glossary
  • Community Guidelines 
  • What is your learning path?

Videos
  • Introduction
  • What is epidemiology?
  • How to create a good research question?
  • What is the research question?
  • Experimental versus observational studies
  • The cohort study
  • The case-control study
  • Bloodcurdling movies and measures of coagulation - a crossover trial
  • To conclude
Practice Exercises
  • Observational research methods: cohort, cross-sectional, and case-control studies
  • Designing a research project: randomised controlled trials and their principles.
  • Reflect on your goals
  • Test your knowledge

Readings
  • Observational research methods: cohort, cross sectional, and case-control studies
  • Designing a research project: randomised controlled trials and their principles.

Videos
  • Introduction
  • Frequency measures
  • Effect measures
  • Odds and odds ratio
  • Kaplan-Meier
  • Thoughts on absolute versus relative risk
  • To conclude
Readings
  • R tutorial
  • Time partition
Practice Exercises
  • Calculate frequency and effect measures
  • Exposure window
  • Reflect on your goals
  • Test your knowledge

Videos
  • Introduction
  • Puzzles in Epidemiology
  • Random versus systematic error
  • Confounding and bias
  • Countering confounding
  • Standardisation
  • To conclude
Reading
  • Dealing with Biases
Practice Exercises
  • Dealing with Biases
  • Reflect on your goals
  • Test your knowledge

Videos
  • Introduction
  • When do we know something is true?
  • Intention to treat
  • Regression to the mean
  • To conclude
  • Course conclusion
Readings
  • Measurement scales and their summary statistics
  • Causation and causal inference in epidemiology
Practice Exercises
  • Causation and causal inference in epidemiology
  • Reflect on your goals
  • Test your knowledge
  • Final Assessment

Instructors

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