Module Information

Course convenor:  Mrs Sally Kerry

Module Description

Lead Tutor:  Mrs Sally Kerry

Email: s.m.kerry@qmul.ac.uk

Phone: 020 7882 7208

This module counts 15 credits towards your MSc (180 credits) or Postgraduate Diploma (120 credits). It is a core module for the MSc courses in International primary healthcare, Global public health and policy, Health systems and global policy and the BSc in Global public health and primary care. You are expected to undertake a total of 150 hours of study, including private study, attending lectures and seminars, and preparing the assignment. Attendance at lectures and seminars is a course requirement.

Epidemiology and Statistics
Week 1	INTRODUCTION TO THE MODULE AND ASSIGNMENT Lecture: It’s not just about the numbers Seminar: Introduction to the assignment	Sally Kerry Lecture: Sept 27 Seminars: Oct 2-4
	Assignment instructions and mark scheme	Will be given out after first seminar. Hand in date 26thNovember 2012
Week 2	What is the normal weight for a baby?	Richard Hooper Lecture: Oct 4 Seminars: Oct 9-11
Week 3	How do we measure the health of populations?	Sally Kerry Lecture: Oct 11 Seminars: Oct 16-18
Week 4	Could a persistent cough in a school child be whooping cough?	Sandra Eldridge Lecture: Oct 18   Seminars: Oct 23-25
Week 5	Should we screen for breast cancer and what do we tell women about the effectiveness of screening?	Sandra Eldridge Lecture: Oct 25 Seminars: Oct 30 – Nov 1
Week 6	Why ‘back to sleep’?	Seif Shaheen Lecture: Nov 1 Seminars: Nov 6-8
Week 7	How do we know that smoking causes lung cancer?	Seif Shaheen Lecture: Nov 8 Seminars: Nov 13-15
Week 8	The rise and fall of HRT	Richard Hooper Lecture: Nov 15 Seminars: Nov 20-22
Week 9	Why did the advertising standard agency ban Actimel in 2009?	Sally Kerry Lecture: Nov 22 Seminars: Nov 27-29
Week 10	Summing up and revision	Rob Froud Lecture: Nov 29 Seminars: Dec 4-6

Research Glossary

Glossary of Research Terms v.8.1

Core Reading

Core text books

• Statistics and study design - Bland, M. An introduction to medical statistics. (2000) 3rd edition OUP. (Buy it or check library availability)
• Critical Appraisal - Greenhalgh, T. How to read a paper. The basics of evidence based medicine. (2010) 4th edition Wiley Blackwell. (Buy it or check library availability). Avaliable free online (although chapters are not numbered)
• Epidemiology - Barker D, Cooper C, Rose G. Epidemiology in medical practice. (1998) Churchill Livingstone; 5th edition (Buy it or check library availability)

Additional textbooks

• Statistics and study design - Altman D. Practical statistics for medical researchers. (1991). Chapman and Hall (Buy it or check library availability)
• Statistics and study design - Kirkwood BR & Sterne JAC (2003) Essential medical statistics. Blackwell (Oxford) (Buy it or check library availability)
• Critical Appraisal - Glasziou P, Del Mar C, Salisbury J. Evidence-based practice workbook. (2007) 2nd edition Blackwell (Buy it or check library availability)