VET411 Introduction to veterinary epidemiology
Credits (ECTS):7.5
Course responsible:Marit Stormoen
Campus / Online:Taught campus Ås
Teaching language:Engelsk
Limits of class size:20
Course frequency:Spring
Nominal workload:225 hours
Teaching and exam period: SPRING SEMESTER The course is taught in three separate parts throughout the semester. Details will be announced before application deadline. The course will be held weeks 11, 12 and 15 in 2024.
About this course
- Using Stata
- Causal concepts
- Questionnaire design
- Sampling
- Measures of disease and associations
- Cohort design
- Case-control studies
- Hybrid study design
- Controlled studies
- Diagnostic test properties and test evaluation
- Validity in observational studies
- Confounder bias: analytic control and matching
- Linear and Logistic regression
Learning outcome
Through the course the students are expected to reach the following platforms:
Knowledge
- Know the theoretical basis of planning and analysis of epidemiological studies.
Skills
- Be able to plan an epidemiological study
- Be able to perform basic analysis of data from epidemiological studies
The course consists of three separate weeks of compulsory training, and work with assignments between these weeks.
Course days are a mix of theoretical lectures (before lunch) and work with reading and assignments (after lunch), often with a common review of assignments at the end of the day. Lecturers will be available for questions every afternoon.
- Teachers are available all day when they teach. At the end of each day, the teacher will summarise the material and answer questions.
- A basic knowledge of statistical concepts and methods (such as VET410 and a background in veterinary epidemiology from veterinary studies are required. Students without this background are recommended to read a short introductory text such as Veterinary Epidemiology. An introduction (Pfeiffer) before the course starts.
- Basic competence in biostatistics.
- Each course part will be evaluated either by assignments or discussions. Participants are evaluated as Pass/ Fail. All assignments must be handed in the day before the last day of the course.
- Assignments are discussed with all course teachers. There is no external examiner, but the course is based upon an international course given by Ian Dohoo over many years,
- Attendance is compulsory the three active weeks. An attendance of at least 75% is required to pass the course.
- Deadline for registration: 1st of February
Preparing for the course: 30 hours
Lectures: 60 hours
Assignments, individual and groups: 95 hours
Discussions with teachers about assignments: 40 hours
- PhD students and research line students at NMBU VET
- No