Teaching Epidemiology
A guide for teachers in epidemiology, public health and clinical medicine
3rd Edition
Published on 22. October 2009
Book
Hardback
576 pages
978-0-19-923948-1 (ISBN)
Description
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. Teaching Epidemiology third edition helps you to do this, and by providing the world-expert teacher's advice on how best to structure teaching gives a unique insight in to what has worked in their hands. The book will help you plan your own tailored teaching programme. The book is a guide to new teachers in the field at two levels; those teaching basic courses for undergraduates, and those teaching more advanced courses for students at postgraduate level. Each chapter provides key concepts and a list of key references. Subject specific methodology and disease specific issues (from cancer to genetic epidemiology) are dealt with in details. There is also a focused chapter on the principles and practice of computer-assisted learning.
Reviews / Votes
Review from previous edition This is an extremely useful book. It covers the appropriate mix of methodology and specific topics, and teachers at all levels will find plenty of material to help them to prepare or revise their courses or teaching sessions. European Journal of Public Health, Vol 14, No 2 The only book that tries to teach 'how to teach' epidemiology ... the great strength of this book is its breadth ... The authors are to be congratulated on bringing together this invaluable volume, which synthesizes the vast 'teacher years' of many of our leading epidemiologists. International Journal of Epidemiology The challenge for the teacher ... is to deliver a comprehensive course that meets professional expectations. This is the book for that teacher. Journal of Public Health Medicine The new edition of Teaching Epidemiology ... is a completely different type of book, more a philosophy of teaching than a resource book. American Journal of Epidemiology, Vol 156, No 2 New teachers in the field of epidemiology, those teaching basic courses for undergraduates and those teaching more advanced courses for postgraduate students, will find this book very useful. CAB Abstracts From reviews of the previous edition: 'Experience teaches...this is not an epidemiology textbook but is a guide for less experienced teachers written by more experienced colleagues.' British Medical Journal ' I found it particularly useful for evaluating my undergraduate epidemiology course. I would recommend the book and I shall certainly have it to hand as I prepare next year's courses.' International Journal of EpidemiologyMore details
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Teachers in public health, epidemiology, clinical medicine, health policy; health economists; and health service researchers.
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
19 black and white line drawings
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
938 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-923948-1 (9780199239481)
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Additional editions
Jorn Olsen
Teaching Epidemiology
A guide for teachers in epidemiology, public health and clinical medicine
Book
04/2010
3rd Edition
Oxford University Press
€55.70
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Previous edition
Jorn Olsen and Rodolfo Saracci and Dimitros Trichopoulos
Teaching Epidemiology
A Guide for Teachers in Epidemiology, Public Health and Clinical Medicine
Book
08/2001
2nd Edition
Oxford University Press Inc
€117.61
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Persons
Rodolfo Saracci worked for thirty years (1976-2006) as Chief of Analytical Epidemiology and later as consultant at the WHO International Agency for Research on Cancer, Lyon. He is currently Adjunct Professor, University of Aarhus (Denmark), and has been director since 1988 of the summer didactic programme "European Educational Programme in Epidemiology" (Florence,Italy). He has authored some two hundred publications in Medline, most on cancer as related to environment and nutrition, and on empirical research on ethical issues in medicine & epidemiology. His qualifications/awards include Former President (1996-99) International Epidemiological Association; Founder and Emeritus Member, Italian Association of Epidemiology (AIE, Associazione Italiana Epidemiologia); currently Associate Editor, International Epidemiological Association; and Former Member of editorial boards 'American Journal of Epidemiology' and 'Epidemiology'.
Content
PART 1: CONTEXT ; 1. Introducing the history of epidemiology ; 2. Important concepts in epidemiology ; 3. Study Design ; 4. Statistics in epidemiology ; 5. Teaching a first course in epidemiologic principles and methods ; PART 2: EXPOSURE ORIENTED EPIDEMIOLOGY ; 6. Questionnaires in epidemiology ; 7. Environment ; 8. Occupational epidemiology ; 9. Life course epidemiology ; 10. Pharmacoepidemiology ; 11. Nutritional epidemiology ; 12. Genetic epidemiology ; 13. Teaching molecular epidemiology ; 14. Social inequalities in health ; 15. Climate change and human health: issues for teacher and classroom ; PART 3: OUTCOME ORIENTED EPIDEMIOLOGY ; 16. Infectious disease epidemiology ; 17. Cancer epidemiology ; 18. Teaching a course in psychiatric epidemiology ; 19. Neurologic diseases ; 20. Reproductive epidemiology ; 21. Teaching chronic respiratory disease epidemiology ; 22. Epidemiology of injuries ; 23. Dental epidemiology ; 24. Clinical epidemiology ; 25. Study of clustering and outbreaks ; 26. Field studies in developing countries ; 27. Registries and medical databases ; 28. Teaching epidemiology inside and outside the classroom ; PART 4: PEDAGOGIES ; 29. Computer-assisted learning - principles and practice ; 30. Competency based curriculum in epidemiology ; 31. Guide for teaching assistants in a methods course in a department of epidemiology