[STAT 2050: Epidemiology]

STAT 2050 Epidemiology, 1 cr. PREREQUISITE: STAT 2010

Term taken: fall 2023

Instructor: Dr. Stefanie Polong

 
Learning Objectives:
1. Understand epidemiologic measurement of health and disease
2. Characterize patterns of disease occurrence
3. Understand the global burden of disease
4. Evaluate adverse outcomes using the near-miss/adverse event auditing approach
5. Identify and calculate risk, prevalence and incidence of a disease
6. Identify and describe four commonly used study designs: randomized controlled trial, cohort, case- control, and systematic review
7. Define and identify elements and challenges of research including: research question, validity, selection, bias, confounding, and ethical considerations 8. Define and calculate basic biostatistics measurements
9. Define and identify basic measures of association
10. Identify screening vs. diagnostic testing and understand the differences and implications of each within the context of clinical decision making.
11. Analyze data to evaluate screening and diagnostic test
12. Calculate sensitivity and specificity
13. Interpret epidemiologic literature and implement findings 

(From 2023-2024 course catalog MCU, https://www.midwifery.edu/course-catalog/ )

FINAL PROJECT: SOCIAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN
I chose a topic I am passionate about, male circumcision and genital autonomy.
The assignment was to produce three educational components for social media, an infographic, a video, and a handout, which are below.