Epidemiologic Methods for Primary Research

3 Credits

Students are provided with the knowledge and skills needed to design and implement epidemiological research studies and to collect primary data. Presents an overview of types of research designs, sampling methodologies, measurement issues, questionnaire design, and guidelines for recruiting and interacting with participants. This foundation of knowledge is applied to group assignments, which apply the steps involved in the primary data collection process. Goals include: (a) achieving competence in designing and implementing studies based on scientifically sound epidemiological research methods; and (b) gaining the ability to critically evaluate health research and epidemiological studies.