Course teacher(s)
Katia CASTETBON (Coordinator) and Séverine HENRARDECTS credits
3
Language(s) of instruction
english
Course content
* Basics in epidemiological methods: general overview; study designs; descriptive indicators; measures of association; standardization; attributable fraction of the risk.
* Effect modification, confounding and stratified analysis; biases and validity; causality criteria.
Objectives (and/or specific learning outcomes)
To understand, apply and appraise methods used in epidemiology
Teaching methods and learning activities
Alternating lectures, practices, and students’ presentations.
Some parts will be given online (pre-recorded lessons).
References, bibliography, and recommended reading
See books listed at the beginning of the course.
Course notes
- Université virtuelle
Other information
Additional information
Some courses will take place at the UCLouvain campus (Woluwe-St-Lambert).
Contacts
Katia Castetbon : katia.castetbon@ulb.be
Séverine Henrard : severine.henrard@uclouvain.be
Sherine Farag : sherine.farag@ulb.be
Campus
Erasme, Outside campus ULB
Evaluation
Method(s) of evaluation
- Personal work
- written examination
Personal work
written examination
- Open question with developed answer
- Open question with short answer
* Intermediate exercises between two sessions.
* One written exam (around 3 hours; closed book).
Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)
The course mark is computed with 5% for the continuous evaluation (intermediate exercises) and 95% for the written exam.
When the first session mark is <10/20 (January), points coming from the intermediate exercises will be reported at the 2nd session (August). The 2nd session written exam will still be 95% of the mark.
Language(s) of evaluation
- english