Course Purpose and Overview
Students will study factors affecting the health and illness of populations. Students will critically analyze epidemiologic research and will discuss the implementation of findings in clinical midwifery practice.
Midwives College of Utah. (2022). STAT 2050:Epidemiology. Midwives College of Utah Midwifing Midwives, 4-5. https://midwifery.instructure.com/courses/3353/pages/syllabus
Understand epidemiologic measurement of health and disease
Characterize patterns of disease occurrence
Understand the global burden of disease
Evaluate adverse outcomes using the near-miss/adverse event auditing approach
Identify and calculate risk, prevalence and incidence of a disease
Identify and describe four commonly used study designs: randomized controlled trial, cohort, case- control, and systematic review
Define and identify elements and challenges of research including: Research question, validity, selection, bias, confounding, and ethical considerations
Define and calculate basic biostatistics measurements
Define and identify basic measures of association
Identify screening vs. diagnostic testing, and understand the differences and implications of each within the context of clinical decision making.
Analyze data to evaluate screening and diagnostic test
Calculate sensitivity and specificity
Interpret epidemiologic literature and implement findings
Midwives College of Utah. (2022). STAT 2050:Epidemiology. Midwives College of Utah Midwifing Midwives, 4-5. https://midwifery.instructure.com/courses/3353/pages/syllabus
Research Study Analysis- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piRc486Hdf6a_Ob_dh9mMmxMMcnxEoRbjcqTg2ov334/edit?usp=sharing
Near Miss Audit/Maternal Death Review- https://docs.google.com/document/d/1piRc486Hdf6a_Ob_dh9mMmxMMcnxEoRbjcqTg2ov334/edit?usp=sharing
