Teaching Epidemiology: A guide for teachers in epidemiology, public health and clinical medicine

by Jørn Olsen (Editor), Naomi Greene (Editor), Rodolfo Saracci (Editor), Dimitrios Trichopoulos (Editor)

Overview

Teaching epidemiology requires skill and knowledge, combined with a clear teaching strategy and good pedagogic skills. The general advice is simple: if you are not an expert on a topic, try to enrich your background knowledge before you start teaching. The new edition of Teaching Epidemiology helps you to do this and, by providing world-expert teachers' advice on how best to structure teaching, providing a unique insight into what has worked in their hands. This book will help you to tailor your own epidemiology teaching programme. The fourth edition of this established text has been fully revised and updated, drawing on new research findings and recently developed methods including research technologies in genetic epidemiology and method development in relation to causal analysis. Analytical tools provide teachers in the field with the skills to guide students at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Each chapter in Teaching Epidemiology comprises key concepts in epidemiology, subject specific methodologies, and disease specific issues, to provide expert assistance in the teaching of a wide range of epidemiology courses.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780191508028
Publisher:	OUP Oxford
Publication date:	03/26/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	544
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Jørn Olsen is Professor of Epidemiology at AU, SDU and UCLA. Have published books and articles in several fields of epidemiology but most of the work has been in reproductive health. Naomi Greene holds a Ph.D in Epidemiology and MPH in Community Health Sciences from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She has an extensive clinical background in maternal and child health which guides her research interest in lifecourse epidemiology and the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. Dimitrios Trichopoulos MD, PhD, is Professor of Cancer Prevention and Professor of Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health. He is Member of the Athens Academy and President of the Hellenic Health Foundation, Greece. He has served as director of the Harvard Center for Cancer Prevention; chairman of the Epidemiology Departments at the University of Athens and at Harvard; and adjunct professor of medical epidemiology at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Dr. Trichopoulos has received several awards and distinctions, including honorary Doctorates, the Brinker International Award for Breast Cancer Clinical Research, the Julius Richmond Award, and the Medal of Honor of the International Agency for Research on Cancer.

Table of Contents

Part 1: Context
1. Introducing the history of epidemiology, Rodolfo Saracci
2. Important concepts in epidemiology, Olli S. Miettinen
3. Study Design, Jorn Olsen and Olga Basso
4. Statistics in epidemiology, Per Kragh Andersen
5. Teaching a first course in epidemiologic principles and methods, Kenneth J. Rothman and Sherri O. Stuver
Part 2: Exposure-oriented Epidemiology
6. Questionnaires in epidemiology, Jakob Bue Bjorner and Jorn Olsen
7. Environment, Anders Ahlbom
8. Occupational epidemiology, Neil Pearce
9. Life course epidemiology, Yoav Ben-Shlomo and Diana Kuh
10. Pharmacoepidemiology, Susan Jick
11. Nutritional epidemiology, Walter C. Willett
12. Genetic epidemiology, Harry Campbell and Susan Service
13. Teaching molecular epidemiology, Betsy Foxman
14. Social inequalities in health, Nancy Krieger
15. Climate change and human health: issues for teacher and classroom, Ulisses Confalonieri and Shilu Tong
Part 3: Outcome-oriented Epidemiology
16. Infectious disease epidemiology, Marc Lipsitch
17. Cancer epidemiology, Pagona Lagiou and Dimitrios Trichopoulos
18. Teaching a course in psychiatric epidemiology, Rebecca Fuhrer and Kelly K. Anderson
19. Neurologic diseases, C. A. Molgaard, A. L. Golbeck, and J. F. Rothrock
20. Reproductive epidemiology, Jorn Olsen and Ellen Aagaard Nohr
21. Teaching chronic respiratory disease epidemiology, Josep M. Anto
22. Epidemiology of injuries, Eleni Petridou, Patricia Gerakopoulou and Constantine N. Antonopoulos
23. Dental epidemiology, Georgios Tsakos and Vibeke Baelum
24. Clinical epidemiology, John A. Baron, Henrik Toft Sorensen, and Harold C. Sox, Jr.
25. Study of clustering and outbreaks, Paul Elliott and Anna Hansell
26. Registries and medical databases, Henrik Toft Sorensen And John A. Baron
27. Teaching epidemiology inside and outside the classroom, J. H. Abrahamson
Part 4: Pedagogies
28. Guide for teaching assistants in a methods course at a department of epidemiology, Naomi Greene and Tarun Bhatnagar

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Martha L Carvour, MD, PhD (University of Iowa College of Public Health)
Description: This teaching guide provides a well-organized summary of the instructional content, design, and methods for various topics in epidemiology. It compiles the contributions of over 40 authors and expands upon the previous edition (2001) with both updated content and additional topics.
Purpose: The editors aim to provide background information, pedagogic guidelines, and reference materials for teachers of epidemiology. The representation of a diverse group of topics, which together comprise the teaching of epidemiology, in a single resource is a worthy undertaking.
Audience: The authors and editors offer a valuable tool for teachers of epidemiology at all levels of experience. The graduate student tasked with a teaching assistantship, the faculty member designing a new course, and the teacher evaluating an approach to an existing course will find practical and relevant insight from experienced contributors using this guide.
Features: The book addresses a diverse array of topics, from coursework in general principles and methods to specific subdisciplines in the field (infectious disease, cancer, injury, etc.). The excellent coverage of genetic epidemiology as well as the information on field studies, computer-assisted learning, and competency-based curriculum add to the appeal of this resource for teachers in the modern academic environment. This third edition marks a timely and worthwhile revision, with new chapters on topics such as social inequity and climate change. With some notable exceptions, however, the use of figures and tables as pedagogic aids is somewhat limited, although such aids are often necessary, or at least expected, in today's teaching environments.
Assessment: This is a valuable reference for teachers at all levels of experience. It serves as an effective guide for instructional design and offers specific information for the diverse subdisciplines and teaching topics in this field. Now in its third, expanded edition, it represents the expertise of over 40 authors and covers the fundamental and emerging topics important to the modern epidemiology classroom.

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