EPIB605: Critical Appraisal in Epidemiology: Winter 2023

[updated February 21, 2023]

Co-ordinator Dr. James Hanley
Co-ordinates tel: (514) 398-6270  
e-mail: james.hanley@mcgill.ca
Web-page: http://www.medicine.mcgill.ca/epidemiology/hanley
Office: Room 1214, 12th floor, 2001 McGill College Avenue.
Co-instructors Brophy/Dupuis/Carroll/McNealis/Socha/Osquoi/Renoux/DellÕAniello/Suissa
Overview To allow students to apply the epidemiological/biostatistical concepts/principles/skills learned in the first and second semester to real research questions, through the use/appraisal of published studies.
Target Masters students in 1st year in the department's epidemiology and public health programs
Course Website MyCourses
When Tuesdays 09:30-111.30.     first/last class: Feb21 / April 11. Total contact hours: 14
Where In-person, Education Building, Rooms 129 and 4 smaller rooms
Pre(co-)requisites EPIB601/607/603/621.
No. of Credits 1
Assessment P/F. Student must attend and actively participate in each of the 7 sessions, and at the end of the course submit a written set of questions and model answers for an EBIB605 session next year.
FORMAT Before a session, each student will have have been allocated to one of 5 instructor-led sections. (The instructors will rotate each week, so each student will be exposed to each instructor at some point in the course)

Those students tasked with

... Designing a study to address the topic will outline their ideas, using a pre-prepared ppt. slide. The others in the section (and the instructor) will give their feedback.

... Examining the Abstract will (via ppt. slides) summarize it and (via another slide) list the issues the abstract raises.

... Reading the Methods (and Results) will have made a list of what they liked and did not, and ÔrespondÕ to the questions/criticisms raised by the ÔAbstract-onlyÕ students.


From week to week, each studentÕs task will rotate, so over the 6 weeks, each student will have 2 occasions to contribute to the each task.
In so far as is possible, each student will work with a different set of students each week.
 
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