Schedule

Location: Domus Odontologica (preklinsk III): Store auditorium A1.1001

Lecturers:
PM –  Per Magnus
HS –  Hein Stigum
GU -  Giske Ursin
LLH – Lise Lund H?heim, Course organizer 

Program:

PART 1:
Monday, 9th November
09:00    Registration. Introduction to the course. Introduction to causality. LLH
10:00    Group work: Framing research questions. LLH
11:00    Plenary session: Presentation and discussion of group work. PM
11:45    Lunch
12:30    Lecture: Research question and study design. PM
13:30    Group work: Choice of study design. PM
14:30    Plenary session: Presentation and discussion of group work. PM
16:00    End


Tuesday, 10th November
09:00    Lecture: Power calculations, sample size, including group work. HS
11:45    Lunch
12:30    Lecture: Reference population and study population. PM 
13:30    Group work: Choice of study population. PM
14:30    Plenary session: Presentation and discussion of group work. PM
16:00    End

Wednesday, 11th November
09:00    Lecture work: Systematic errors: Selection bias, information bias, confounding, and effect modification. GU 
11:00    Group work: Choice of study variables and data collection. GU
11:45    Lunch
12:30    Plenary session: Presentation and discussion of group work: Choice of study variables, methods of measurement, and data collection. PM
13:30    Lecture: Measures of association and disease occurrence. PM
15:30    Plenary session: Completion of research plans and research protocol. Information on homework. PM
16:00    End


PART 2: 
Wednesday, 25th November

09:00    Lecture: Causal graphs (DAGs) including group work. HS
11:45    Lunch
12:30    Lecture: Causal graphs (DAGs) including group work. HS 
13:00    Lecture: Overview of design and measures including group work. HS 
16:00    End


Thursday, 26th November
09:00    Lecture: Validity of tests, diagnostic methods and screening including group work. LLH
11:00    Lecture: Infectious disease epidemiology. LLH
11:45    Lunch
12:30    Lecture: Genetic epidemiology. PM
14:30    Group work: Cohort studies PM 
15:30    Plenary session: A real life problem; a cohort study. PM
16:00    End


Friday, 27th November
09:00    Lecture: Randomized controlled trial including group work. LLH
11:00    Discussion of group work. Lecture: Systematic reviews. LLH
11:45    Lunch
12:30    Lecture:A real life problem;case control study, including group work. PM
14:00    Plenary session: Discussion of group work. PM
14:30    Lecture: Strategies of analyses. PM
15:00    Plenary session: Course evaluation and home exam. PM, LLH
15:15    End
 

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