Julie Buring / Pamela Rist / Bill Miller: “A modern researcher’s toolbox: from methods to manuscript”

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Intensive Short Course, March 23 - 27, 2020

During this course, participants will in the first part develop a solid foundation of applied principles and methods of epidemiology; use these to evaluate relevant clinical and public health questions; and refine their ability to critically analyze the epidemiologic, clinical, and public health literature. In the second part, participants will learn about paper and proposal writing, writing styles and the editorial process. The format will include lectures, group exercises, and seminars.

Part 1 23.03.- 24.03. (Julie Buring and Pamela Rist)

• Introductions and Objectives of the Short Course, Critical Thinking in Epidemiology: Examples from the Literature
• Types of Epidemiologic Studies in the Literature (Descriptive, Analytic)
• Measures of Disease Frequency, Measures of Association and their Scales
• Interpretation of the Findings: Association versus Causation
• Critical Evaluation of the Medical Literature
• Principles of Randomized Trials; Strengths and Weaknesses
• Sample size and power, P-values and confidence intervals Screening

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Part 2, 25.03.-27.03. (Bill Miller)
Writing styles, manuscript format, paper and proposal writing: overview, writing process, scientific writing exercises, editorial process & reviewing, …

ECTS:
Students can take Parts 1&2 for 3 ECTS, only Part 1 for 1.25 ECTS or only Part 2 for 1.75 ECTS

Fees:
750 € (375 € for one part only)
510 € (255 € for one part only) for enrolled students (proof required)

Venue:
Charité Campus Mitte
Hans-Virchow-Hörsaal
Wilhelm-Waldeyer-Haus
Philippstraße 11
10115 Berlin

Registration:
Please use the registration form or send an e-mail to Tanja Te Gude
Tel. +49 30 450 570 812