NSCPHD1089 Nutritional epidemiology: undernutrition

Årgang 2014/2015
Engelsk titel

Nutritional epidemiology: undernutrition

Kursusindhold

Tailor-made course for PhD-students from the Research Group for International Nutrition and Health (RGINH), NEXS, working on collaborative studies in Africa. Since both local and Danish PhD-students spend long time on field work, this course can be brought to them, and conducted with one teacher from RGIHN and one from the local university. It will be possible to accommodate a few additional local PhD-students.

General course objectives:

  • To enable the student to critically review scientific papers in this field
  • To enable the students to define, understand and use epidemiological terms and concepts
  • To enable the student to evaluate the nutritional methods used
  • To enable the students to engage in scientific discussions
  • To enable the student plan for the analysis and presentation of own data
Målbeskrivelser

A student who has met the objectives of the course will be able to:

  • Plan the analysis and presentation of data from a study on undernutrition, taking into consideration bias, confounding, mediation, effect modification, power, multiplicity, loss to follow-up, etc.
  • Critically review a scientific paper and evaluate strength and weaknesses, in relation to study design, validity, such as bias and confounding, and generalizability
  • Discuss the importance of research for public health and clinical practice

Basic epidemiology: The Lancet Epidemiology Series, 2002, and other scientific articles.

Lectures, exercises in group, journal club in pairs, discussion in plenum, use of internet-based clickers.
  • Kategori
  • Timer
  • Forberedelse
  • 10
  • Seminarhold
  • 33
  • Undervisningsforberedelse
  • 50
  • Øvelser
  • 7
  • I alt
  • 100
Point
4 ECTS
Prøveform
Andet
Evaluation of presentations, participation in discussions and written reviews (pass/fail)
Bedømmelsesform
bestået/ikke bestået
Censurform
Ingen ekstern censur