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HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS AND HUMAN SERVICES DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS This information is subject to change HPR 070-02; Fall 2020 Epidemiology Hybrid Class/Synchronous Monday’s remotely & Wednesday’s Rm STARR 0304A 4:30PM-5:55PM Instructor: Debora A. Riccardi, DNP, RN, CPNP Office Hours: By appointment Email: [email protected] COURSE DESCRIPTION Basic understanding of the discipline of epidemiology: research designs and sources of bias in epidemiological research; and the epidemiological approach to infectious and chronic diseases. Physical inactivity as a risk factor for chronic disease is discussed. COURSE RATIONALE Health professionals of all types must have a fundamental understanding of the discipline of epidemiology to understand health problems in populations and clinical settings, and to develop interventions. COURSE OBJECTIVES By the end of this course students will: ● Develop a basic understanding of epidemiologic research methods used in public health and the health services professions; ● Understand how descriptive epidemiology is used to understand patterns of disease, injury, and health in populations; ● Determine the appropriate application of counts, rates, and proportions for understanding and comparing patterns of diseases in populations; ● Differentiate between crude, specific, and adjusted rates and understand the rationale for using each; ● Explain basic epidemiologic study designs and discuss the features, strengths, limitations and applications of each; ● Understand the difference between association and causation; ● Explain criteria for drawing causal inferences; ● Effectively communicate epidemiologic data (orally and in writing); ● Apply epidemiologic research to current issues. COURSE TEXT ● Merrill, Ray M. Introduction to Epidemiology, Eighth Edition (Jones & Bartlett Publishers: Burlington, MA), 2021. ● Sign up for on-line subscription to MMWR Weekly Reports: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwrsubscribe.html (subscribe to MMWR today). ● We will review MMWR reports to learn about epidemiological studies. 1

Date Week 1 August 24 Remotely & August 26 In-class

Topic Introduction Course Overview & Objectives

Assignment Welcome Review of Syllabus Safe Start Instructional Video

8/26 Chapter 1: Foundation of Epidemiology

Introduction to Epidemiology Sign up for on-line subscription to MMWR Weekly Reports: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/mmwrsubscribe.html

Read Chapter 1 for 8/26 class Complete Study Questions/Chapter 1 Week 2 August 31 Remotely & Sept 2 In-class

Chapter 2: Historic Developments in Epidemiology

Read Chapter 2

Week 3 Sept 7 (Labor Day) & Sept 9 In-class

Chapter 3: Practical Disease Concepts in Epidemiology

Read Chapter 3

Week 4 Sept 14 Remotely & Sept 16 In-Class

Chapter 4: Design Strategies and Statistical Methods in Descriptive Epidemiology Chapter 5:

Read Chapter 4 MMWR presentations 9/14 Due: Study questions review from Chapter 3

Week 5 Sept 21 Remotely & Sept 23 In-Class Week 6 Sept 28 Remotely & Sept 30

Descriptive Epidemiology according to person, place, and time Chapter 6: General Health and Population Indicators

Due: Study Questions review from Chapter 1 MMWR analysis paper #1 due 9/2 Complete Study Questions/Chapter 2

Study questions review from Chapter 2 Complete Study Questions/Chapter 3

No study questions for Chapter 4

Read Chapter 5 MMWR presentations 9/21 No Study questions for Chapter 4 Complete Study Questions/Chapter 5

Read Chapter 6 Due: Study questions review from chapter 5 MMWR analysis paper #2 due 9/30 No study questions for Chapter 6 2

Week 7 Oct 5 Remotely & Oct 7 In-Class

Midterm review & MIDTERM

Midterm review 10/5 Midterm 10/7

Week 8 Oct 12 Remotely & Oct 14 In-Class

Chapter 7: Design Strategies and Statistical Methods in Analytic Epidemiology Chapter 8: Experimental Studies in Epidemiology

MMWR presentations 10/12

Week 9 Oct 19 Remotely & Oct 21 In-Class Week 10 Oct 26 Remotely &

Chapter 9: Causality

Read Chapter 7 No study questions for Chapter 7

Read Chapter 8 MMWR presentations 10/19 Complete Study Questions/Chapter 8

Read Chapters 9 Due: Study Questions review from chapter 8 MMWR analysis paper #3 due 10/28 No Study Questions for Chapter 9

Oct 28 In-Class (No classassignment as noted)

“Day of Dialogue Session III- 12:50 PM-2:15 PM: Healthcare, Equality, and the Covid-19 Pandemic (zoom link to follow)- If on the Covid unable to attend, the recording must be viewed Pandemic”

Week 11 Nov 2 Remotely & Nov 4 In-Class Week 12 Nov 9 Remotely & Nov 11 In-Class

Chapter 10: Field Epidemiology

Read Chapter 10 MMWR presentations 11/2 Complete Study Questions/Chapter 10

Chapter 11: Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Read Chapter 11 MMWR presentations 11/9 Due: Study Questions review from chapter 10 Complete Study Questions/Chapter 11

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Week 13 Nov 16 Remotely & Nov 18 In-Class Week 14 Nov 23 Remotely & Nov 25 (Thanksgiving Break) Week 15 Nov 30 Remotely (snow/study reading day) & Dec 2 In- Class

Chapter 12: Clinical Epidemiology

Read Chapter 12 Due: Study Questions review from Chapter 11 No Study Questions due from chapter 12 MMWR presentations 11/16

Final Exam /project Review

Final Review /project

FINAL EXAM week

Final Exam week

COURSE OUTLINE COURSE REQUIREMENTS AND GRADING (Full description of assignments at end of syllabus) Assignment

Percentage of Grade

MMWR Article Analysis (3) 10% each Pass/fail MMWR presentation Study Question assignments at the end of each chapter

30 (3 articles/10% each) 10 10

Midterm/project

20

Final Exam/project Class Participation/Cameras on during class

25 05

Total

100 %

Grading Scale: A >93%

C+

76-78%

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