Postgraduate Course: Cognitive Epidemiology (GMED11034)
Course Outline
| School | School of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | General Courses (Medicine) |
Other subject area | None |
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Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | This course will give an introduction to cognitive epidemiology and its research methods covering study design and methodological issues that must be considered when completing a cognitive epidemiology research project. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2014/15 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
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| Course Start Date |
15/09/2014 |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Methodological learning points:
- To understand the distinction and strengths weaknesses of each of the basic study designs in epidemiology (RCT, ecological studies, cross sectional studies, case-control studied and cohort studies), and their relevance to cognitive epidemiology.
- To be able to interpret measures of effect (odds ratios, rate ratios, rate differences) and precision (confidence intervals).
- To understand alternative explanations for associations in observational epidemiology (chance, bias, reverse causality, and, particularly, confounding).
Subject-specific learning points:
- To understand the need for pre-morbid measurements of cognition in studies of disease aetiology.
- To be able to identify future directions of the area (e.g., change in cognition and disease risk, genetics etc). |
Assessment Information
| Weekly online assessments and discussion board participation (100%) |
Special Arrangements
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Additional Information
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Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Beverly Roberts
Tel: (0131 6)50 3368
Email: beverly.roberts@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Dr Beverly Roberts
Tel: (0131 6)50 3368
Email: beverly.roberts@ed.ac.uk |
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