Study Designs in Epidemiology
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Study Designs in Epidemiology at Coursera Overview
Duration | 8 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Difficulty level | Intermediate |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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Study Designs in Epidemiology at Coursera Highlights
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Study Designs in Epidemiology at Coursera Course details
- Choosing an appropriate study design is a critical decision that can largely determine whether your study will successfully answer your research question. A quick look at the contents page of a biomedical journal or even at the health news section of a news website is enough to tell you that there are many different ways to conduct epidemiological research.
- In this course, you will learn about the main epidemiological study designs, including cross-sectional and ecological studies, case-control and cohort studies, as well as the more complex nested case-control and case-cohort designs. The final module is dedicated to randomised controlled trials, which is often considered the optimal study design, especially in clinical research. You will also develop the skills to identify strengths and limitations of the various study designs. By the end of this course, you will be able to choose the most suitable study design considering the research question, the available time, and resources.
Study Designs in Epidemiology at Coursera Curriculum
Introduction to Study Designs: Ecological and Cross-Sectional Studies
Introduction to Epidemiological Study Designs
Epidemiological Studies
Ecological Studies
Cross-sectional Studies
About Imperial College & the team
How to be successful in this course
Grading policy
Glossary & Additional readings
Case-reports and Case-series
Primary and Secondary Data
Quiz Instructions
Ecological and Cross-sectional Studies
Case Control Studies
Case-control Studies: An Overview
Measures of Association in Case-control Studies
Calculating Odds Ratios
Selecting Controls in Case-control Studies
Recap: Case-control Studies
Quiz Instructions
Case-control Studies
Cohort Studies and Nested Studies
Cohort Studies: An Overview
Measures of Association in Cohort Studies
Calculating Relative Risks
Nested Case-control Study
Case-cohort Study Design
Recap: Cohort Studies
Strengths and Weaknesses of Cohort and Case-control Studies
Quiz Instructions
Strengths and Weaknesses of Nested Case-control and Case-cohort Studies
Quiz Instructions
Cohort Studies
Nested Case-control and Case-cohort Studies
Randomised Controlled Trials
Randomised Controlled Trials: An Overview
The Randomisation Process
Blinding in Randomised Controlled Trials
Course Summary
Types of randomisation
Phases of clinical trials
Designs of RCTs
Strengths and Weaknesses of Randomised Controlled Trials
Quiz Instructions
Overview of Study Designs
Quiz Instructions
Randomised Controlled Trials
Comparing Study Designs
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