Module MZ4010-KP04, MZ4010

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master CLS 2023, compulsory, MML with specialization in Genetic Statistics
• Bachelor Medical Informatics 2019, optional subject, medical computer science
• Master CLS 2016, compulsory, MML with specialization in Genetic Statistics
• Bachelor Medical Informatics 2014, compulsory, medical computer science
• Bachelor Medical Informatics 2011, compulsory, medical computer science
• Master CLS 2010, compulsory, computational life science / biostatistics
• Master Computer Science 2012, compulsory, specialization field medical informatics

Classes and lectures:

• Clinical Epidemiology (exercise, 1 SWS)
• Clinical Epidemiology (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 20 hours exam preparation
• 30 hours in-classroom work
• 70 hours private studies and exercises

Contents of teaching:

• Introduction to epidemiology
• Diagnosis
• Frequencies
• Geographical epidemiology
• Study designs (RCT, cohort study, case control study, cross sectional study)
• Effect measures
• Causality
• Chance, bias and confounding
• Control of errors
• (Critical) reading of papers

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students are able to explain technical terms such as disease register, incidence, prevalence, mortality, lethality, standardization.
• They are able to explain and interpret epidemiological measures.
• They are able to assess which study design is appropriate for a certain research question.
• They are able to identify possible sources of error, bias and confounding and how they affect the study results.
• They are able to assess causal inferences in the context of different study types.
• They are able to critically appraise data, results, and epidemiological research methods as well as scientific literature in the context of medicine and epidemiology.

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Katalinic

Teacher:

• Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology
• Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Katalinic
• MitarbeiterInnen des Instituts

Literature:

• L. Gordis : Epidemiology Oxford: Elsevier; 5th edition 2013
• R. H. Fletcher : Clinical Epidemiology. The Essentials. Lippincott Williams & Wilki; 5th rev. edition 2012
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Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

16.09.2025