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SJSU - MPH Program - Dept. of Health Science

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HS261 - Principles of Epidemiology

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Course Schedule - Internet Edition - Fall 2007

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Date*DayOnsetActivityRequired*Optional (or comment)

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Week 11. Background and Introduction (Chapters 1 & 2)Link to Course Homepage

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10/29/2007MonRead Chapter 1: Epi Past & Present (required pp. 1 - 26 & PPT)pp. 26 - 29 in Ch 1

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10/30/2007Tue7:30pElluminate session 1F12

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10/31/2007WedRead Chapter 2: Causal Concepts (pp. 33 - 55 & PPT)www.sjsu.edu/faculty/gerstman/eks/Rothman1976.pdf

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11/1/2007ThuLab: The Epidemiologic Tradition

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11/2/2007FriLab: Descriptive Studies (do part A only: Multiple Sclerosis)http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/Descriptive%20Epidemiology/de.htm

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11/3/2007SatComplete first two labs

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11/4/2007Sun11:55pDeadline

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Week 22. Disease Frequency and Association (Chapters 6 & 8)

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11/5/2007Monday spills into TueRead Chapter 6: Incidence and Prevalence (& .PPT)

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11/6/2007Tue7:30pElluminate session 2

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11/7/2007WedLab: Incidence & Prevalence ("Zimbabwe")

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11/8/2007ThuLab: Measuring Disease and Exposure (HPV/cervical neoplasia)

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11/9/2007Fricomplete labs

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11/10/2007Sat11:00acomplete labsElluminate office hours (optional)

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11/11/2007Sun11:55pDeadline

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Week 3...cont... Disease Frequency and Association

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11/12/2007Monday spills into TueText pp. 351-364 (Outbreak Invest.) pp. 111-119 (case definitions)Read Ch 3 (background on infectious disease epi; strictly optional)

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11/13/2007Tue7:30pElluminate session 3Rothman's 1976 heavy duty article Causes

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11/14/2007WedLab: Enteritis Outbreak ("Mecca")

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11/15/2007ThuRead Chapter 8: Measues of Association (& PPT)Read pp. 165 - 169 (in Ch8)

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11/16/2007FriFinish "Mecca" Labhttp://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/gerstman/eks/06-RQ.htm

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11/17/2007Sat11:00aElluminate office hours (optional)

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11/18/2007Sun11:55pDeadlinehttp://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/gerstman/eks/08-RQ.htm

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Week 43. Intro to Confounding and Adjustment (Chapter 7)

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11/19/2007Monday spills into TueText pp. 143-146; 149-150; 232-233; Ch 7 .PPTUCB Webcast: Confounding I

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11/20/2007Tue7:30pEluminate session 3UCB Webcast: Confounding II

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11/21/2007WedLab: Rate Adjustment; Exercises 7.1, 7.4Chapter 14 in text (on Mantel-Heanszel methods)

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11/22/2007ThuThanksgiving

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11/23/2007FriThanksgiving

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11/24/2007Sat11:00aElluminate office hours (optional)

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11/25/2007Sun11:55pDeadline

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Week 54. Analytic Studies (Chapters 9 - 11)

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11/26/2007Monday spills into TueText Ch 9 & 10 w/ associated PPTs; Review Questions self-test

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11/27/2007Tue7:30pEluminate session 4UCB Webcast on Measures of Association and Impact (Review)

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11/28/2007WedLab: Experimental Study (Drinking Water Intervention)UCB Webcast on Experimental Studies

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11/29/2007ThuFinish lab; catch upHeavy Duty Article by Miettinen -- Warning: Not for the faint of heart

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11/30/2007FriText pp. 125-131, self-test with Ch 6 Review Questions (Module 2)

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12/1/2007Sat11:00aElluminate office hours (optional)

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12/2/2007Sun11:55pDeadline

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Week 6...continued... Analytic Studies

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12/3/2007Monday spills into TueText pp.199 - 214 and 218-219 w/ Ch 11 PPT and Review Questions

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12/4/2007Tue7:30pEluminate session 6UCB Webcast on Cohort Studies

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12/5/2007WedLab: Cohort Study DesignUCB Webcast on Cross-Sectional Studies

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12/6/2007ThuLab: Case-Control Study DesignUCB Webcast on Case-Control Studies

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12/7/2007FriWork on content and/or labsUCB Webcast: Summary of Study Designs

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12/8/2007Sat11:00aElluminate office hours (optional)

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12/9/2007Sun11:55pDeadline

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Week 75. Matters of Interpretation (Chapters 12 & 16)

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12/10/2007Monday spills into TueText pp. 223 - 233; 289-300 and Ch 12 and 16 .PPTUCB Webcast on Information Bias

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12/11/2007TueEluminate session 7UCB Webcast on Selection Bias

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12/12/2007WedChapter 12 and Chapter 16 Review QuestionsUCB Webcast: Confounding I

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12/13/2007ThuLab: A Matter of InterpretationUCB Webcast: Confounding II

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12/14/2007FriUCB Webcast: Causal Inference I

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12/15/2007SatElluminate office hours (optional)
UCB Webcast: Causal Inference II

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12/16/2007Sun11:55pDeadlineNY Times article by Taubes, 2007

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...Module 5 (cont.)

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Week 8

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12/17/2007Monday spills into Tuefinish module 5The Studying-A-Study (now optional)

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12/18/2007TueEluminate session 8

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12/19/2007WedModule 6 (Screening for Disease)UCB Webcast: Screening I

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12/20/2007ThuText pp. 79 - 92; Ch 4 .PPT slidesLab: Screening for HIV (pp. 98 - 102)

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12/21/2007FriLast official day of semester

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* Time management notes: [Note 1] Specific dates (with the exception of deadlines) are suggestions to provided structure. Students are expected to manage their own schedules to permit various work schedules. With this said, it is essential to address the Monday reading assignment before Tuesday's Elluminate session. [Note 2] Total time budget assumes a committment of 120 hours total for the course.This corresponds to 15 hours per week for eight weeks. This is going to require a lot of self-discipline.