SUMMER SESSION DATES
May Session:
May 7 to June 1, 2012 (no classes on Monday, May 21 - Victoria Day)
Schedule [pdf]
June Session:
June 4 to June 29, 2012 (no classes on Monday, June 25 - St-Jean-Baptiste)
Schedule [pdf]
COURSES OFFERED
May: EPIB-600 EPIB-619 EPIB-633 EPIB-643 EPIB-663 EPIB-664 EPIB-668
June: EPIB-507 EPIB-600 EPIB-631 EPIB-642 EPIB-654 EPIB-660 EPIB-661 EPIB-671 EPIB-701
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
EPIB 507 Biostatistics for Health Professionals
elham [dot] rahme [at] mcgill [dot] ca (E. Rahme)
Basic principles of statistical inference applicable to clinical, epidemiologic, and other health research. Topics include: methods of describing data, statistical inference for means, statistical inference for proportions, non-parametric statistics, correlation and introduction to linear regression.
Restriction: Restricted to students registered in Occupational Health, Dentistry, Rehabilitation Sciences, Human Nutrition, Experimental Medicine-Family Medicine Option, Medical Residents, and Clinical Fellows.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor for students not listed in the restrictions above.
NOTES: Medical Residents & Clinical Fellows can register for this course only during the Summer term.
Course not opened to students registered in the Epidemiology and Biostatistics programs.
June 4 to 29
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
13h00 to 16h30
Education Bldg., Rm 624
Academic Credits: 3
CME Credits: N/A
EPIB 600 Clinical Epidemiology
The general objective of this 3-credit course is to provide students with a basic understanding of the methods of epidemiology, as applied to clinical research. Issues to be addressed include measurement issues, study design, analysis, and inference in the clinical research setting. Students will have the opportunity to apply these concepts to their own areas of interest.
All students should have a strong clinical background in medicine or an allied health profession. Preference will be given to residents and fellows enrolled in postgraduate medical training programs at McGill University. Previous course work in epidemiology or research experience is not required.
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Academic credits: 3
CME credits: N/A
COURSE IS FULL
EPIB-619: Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses
madhukar [dot] pai [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. M. Pai) / kristian [dot] filion [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. K. Filion)
Systematic reviews and meta-analyses are critical for evidence-based clinical and public health practice. The widespread and growing application of systematic reviews to synthesize evidence on key research and clinical questions makes it useful for most health professionals to be able to understand and critique this research design. This course will provide a detailed description of the systematic review process, discuss the strengths and limitations of the method, and provide step-by-step guidance on how to actually perform a systematic review. Specific topics to be covered (and emphasized through numerous examples from the medical literature) include: formulation of the review question, searching of literature, quality assessment of studies, data extraction, meta-analytic methods, and report writing. The course will also cover statistical issues such as selection of a proper statistical model for meta-analysis, including problem sets with practical examples of fixed and random effects models as well as examples of methods to evaluate heterogeneity and publication bias; graphical and tabular templates for the presentation of data from a meta-analysis. Several software packages (e.g. STATA) will be discussed, along with tutorials on how to effectively use tools such as PubMed and EndNote for conducting systematic reviews. This course will feature Dr Robert Platt as guest faculty who will discuss specific biostatistical issues relevant to meta-analysis.
Instructor's permission required for students NOT registered in the Epidemiology program.
Prerequisites: Introductory level training in epidemiology and biostatistics.
Additional Course Information [pdf]
May 22 to June 1
Monday to Friday
13h00 to 16h00
Leacock Building, Rm 212
Academic credits: 2
CME credits: N/A
COURSE IS FULL
EPIB-631 PE II: Intermediate Pharmacoepidemiology
james [dot] brophy [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. J. Brophy)
The general objective of this 2-credit course is to provide students with an intermediate understanding of the principals and methods of pharmacoepidemiology, as applied in clinical research. Specifically, we will build on the introductory concepts as introduced in Pharmacoepidemiology I with both more advanced theoretical concepts and practical applications being emphasized. The course will address both methodological and practical issues in pharmacoepidemiology by examining current publications and controversies in pharmacoepidemiology. General topics will include: an appreciation of the different statistical perspectives and data sources used in pharmacoepidemiology as well as the role of pharmacoepidemiology in drug approval and particularly in post marketing review of drug safety. Methodological issues will consider selection bias, information bias, confounding and interpretation bias. Recent techniques to address some of these issues including instrumental variables, propensity scores and the role of meta-analysis for the sometimes diverse pharmacoepidemiology observational studies will be discussed. The strengths and weakness of the various study designs will be emphasized. Special topics will also include the ethical and legal implications of pharmacoepidemiology. The focus of the course and the choice of studies should be on interest to both consumers and producers of the pharmacoepidemiology literature including clinicians, regulators, public health professionals and industry.
Prerequisites: EPIB-633 or permission of instructor
June 4 to 7
Monday to Thursday
09h00 to 17h00
Purvis Hall, Rm 24
Academic Credits: 2
CME Credits: TBD
COURSE IS FULL
EPIB-633 PE I: Introduction to Pharmacoepidemiology
linda [dot] levesque [at] queensu [dot] ca (Dr. L. Lévesque)
This course is designed to introduce concepts and principles of pharmacoepidemiology in the context of drug evaluation and therapeutic decision-making. Topics to be covered include history of pharmacoepidemiology, choice of study design, sources of bias and their prevention and control, the importance of prescribing and drug taking behaviours, sources and use of exposure and outcome data, assessing causality, and measures of association. Examples will be drawn from published pharmacoepidemiologic studies. Special topics will include principles of clinical pharmacology relevant to pharmacoepidemiology and approaches to pharmacovigilance. Participants will have an opportunity to design and critique a study that addresses a current therapeutic controversy.
May 28 to June 1
Monday to Friday
09h00 to 17h00
Purvis Hall, Rm 25
Academic Credits: 2
CME Credits: TBD
NEW COURSE
EPIB-642 Introduction to Health Technology Assessment
james [dot] brophy [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. J. Brophy) / nandini [dot] dendukuri [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. N. Dendukuri)
Modern technologies have been responsible for great advances in health-care delivery over the last century. However, increased reliance on these technologies has been an important contributor to rising health-care costs. This has led to an interest in evidence-based decision-making to support the induction of technologies into routine practice and evaluation of existing technologies. Health Technology Assessment (HTA) is a multi-disciplinary field that uses methods from Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Health Economics to summarize evidence from research studies in a form useful to policy makers.
This short course will introduce students to some of the basic concepts in health technology assessment - the need for HTA, producers of HTA, components of a HTA (systematic reviews, meta-analysis, cost-effectiveness analysis) and the impact of HTA.
Prerequisites: Exposure to introductory level courses in Epidemiology and Biostatistics, preferably EPIB-601 and EPIB-607 or their equivalent.
June 18 to 21
Monday to Thursday
09h00 to 12h15
Purvis Hall, Rm 25
Academic Credit: 1
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-643 Clinical Trials
stan [dot] shapiro [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. S. Shapiro)
This course is designed to provide an overview of issues and approaches to the design and analysis of randomized clinical trials. Topics to be considered include specification of a primary question, adherence to ethical guidelines, reasons for and means of implementing randomization, consideration of design alternatives, sample size determination, subject recruitment, analytic strategies and trial reporting. The course provides an alternative to students who are unable to pursue a more in depth treatment of clinical trials provided in the 3 credit course offered during the regular academic year.
May 7 to 11
Monday to Friday
09h00 to 12h30
Purvis Hall, Rm 24
Academic Credit: 1
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-654 PE IV: Pharmacoeconomics
jaime [dot] caro [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. J. Caro) / jack [dot] ishak [at] unitedbiosource [dot] com (Dr. J. Ishak)
This course will provide an overview of statistical methods to support health economic evaluations. Key inputs required for these evaluations and common data sources from these will be reviewed. Statistical methods used to analyze individual patient (e.g., regression modeling) and published data (e.g., meta-analyses) will be discussed, with a specific focus on strategies for dealing with heterogeneous patterns of response, non-linear patterns of change, indirect comparison of treatments, analyses of medical resource utilization and costs, and derivation of life-expectancy estimates (or projection of time-to-event distributions in general). The course is intended for those in health technology assessment/evaluations. The content will focus on conceptual descriptions and with practical examples.
The course is intended for students or researchers interested in health technology assessment/evaluations. The content will focus on conceptual (rather than theoretical) descriptions and will include illustrations with practical examples with commonly used software.
June 18 to 21
Monday to Thursday
09h05 to 16h55
Purvis Hall, Rm 24
Academic Credits: 2
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-660 Practical Aspects of Protocol Development
beth [dot] foster [at] muhc [dot] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. B. Foster)
This course is designed to give students working in pairs or groups the opportunity to develop, under guidance and criticism from instructors and fellow students, a protocol addressing a research question in their field of interest. Emphasis will be on the process of refining a research question and identifying the essential elements of a research protocol. Students will be briefed on how to prepare for a statistical consultation. Statistical and ethical consultations on all protocols will be provided in class. Course evaluation will be based on assignments, presentations and the completed protocol. Students may bring a protocol at any stage of development to class and those without a protocol may team up with those who have one. Selected protocols will form the course content.
Suggested background courses: EPIB-601, EPIB-607 or equivalent, or permission of the instructor.
June 4 to 29
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
13h00 to 16h30
Purvis Hall, Rm 25
Course Outline [pdf]
Academic Credits: 3
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-661 PE III: Advanced Pharmacoepidemiology
samy [dot] suissa [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. S. Suissa) / pierre [dot] ernst [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. P. Ernst)
This course is designed to develop skills necessary in the critical appraisal of pharmacoepidemiological studies with a particular focus on more recent methodological issues with advanced forms of design, analysis, interpretation of results, and limitations. Elements of the critical appraisal will be addressed through a review of several published pharmacoepidemiologic studies. The topics covered include ecological studies, exposure measures, confounding by indication, drug channelling, designs and analysis issues for cohort, case-control and nested case-control studies as well as the within-subject designs such as prescription sequence analysis, case-crossover and case-time-control studies, including situations with repeated event outcomes and time-risk functions. The course will also address methodological aspects of computerized databases used in pharmacoepidemiology.
Prerequisites: EPIB-631 or permission of the instructor
June 11 to 14
Monday to Thursday
09h00 to 17h00
Purvis Hall, Rm 24
Academic Credits: 2
CME credits: TBD
EPIB-663 La place des données d'enquête dans la prise de décision en santé publique
michel [dot] rossignol [at] inesss [dot] qc [dot] ca (Dr. M. Rossignol) - Université d'été en santé publique
A partir d'études de cas (diabète - adulte/ asthme - enfants/ santé mentale – jeunes) , illustration de l'utilisation des donnée d’enquête dans l'établissement d'un portrait de la population et de son utilisation auprès des décideurs locaux. Un (1) crédit d'étude - les candidats doivent faire un travail d'équipe et rédiger un rapport d'une dizaine de pages.
Coordonnateurs d'enseignement: Michel Rossignol McGill, Lise Goulet, Université de Montréal, Renée Dufour, Direction de santé publique de Montréal.
www.dsp.santemontreal.qc.ca/enseignement_formation/enseignement_formation/universite_dete.html
Le cours est offert en français.
7 au 11 mai
Lundi au Vendredi
09h00 à 12h00
Direction de santé publique de Montréal, 1301 rue Sherbrooke est
Academic Credits: 1
CME credits: TBD
EPIB-664 La portée et les limites des données d’enquête
michel [dot] rossignol [at] inesss [dot] qc [dot] ca (Dr. M. Rossignol) - Université d'été en santé publique
À partir de situations concrètes d’interprétation de données d’enquête, le module explore la portée des estimations (intervalle de confiance; coefficient de variation), la comparabilité des données d’enquête et l’utilisation d’échelles pour mesurer des phénomènes de santé. Collaboration spéciale de Jocelyne Camirand de l’ISQ sur les principes de qualité. Un (1) crédit d'étude - les candidats doivent faire un travail d'équipe et rédiger un rapport d'une dizaine de pages.
Coordonnateurs d'enseignement: Michel Rossignol McGill, Lise Goulet, Université de Montréal, Renée Dufour, Direction de santé publique de Montréal.
www.dsp.santemontreal.qc.ca/enseignement_formation/enseignement_formation/universite_dete.html
Le cours est offert en français.
14 au 18 mai
Lundi au Vendredi
09h00 à 12h00
Direction de santé publique de Montréal, 1301 rue Sherbrooke est
Academic Credits: 1
CME credits: TBD
EPIB-668 Reproductive Epidemiology: An Overview
olga [dot] basso [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. O. Basso)
The course will provide a general overview of the basic features in reproductive epidemiology, with a focus on some specific topics.
The objectives of the course are to:
1. Provide an overview of reproductive epidemiology
2. Introduce the basic concepts of this area of research
3. Examine in some depth some specific topics (such as repeated pregnancy outcomes, fetal loss, neonatal mortality, birth weight and gestational age)
4. Provide tools for critical reading of scientific articles in this area
May 7 to 28
Monday / Wednesday / Friday
09h00 to 12h00
Purvis Hall, Rm 25
Final Exam: May 28, Education Bldg., Rm 624
Academic Credits: 2
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-671 Cancer Epidemiology and Prevention
eduardo [dot] franco [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. E.L. Franco)
This course provides an overview of the key substantive and methodological concepts in cancer epidemiology and prevention. The contents include: a review of carcinogenic mechanisms and tumour biology; cancer burden worldwide and in North America; role of epidemiology in the assessment of carcinogenicity; causality; uses of epidemiologic methods to identify cancer causes and prognostic factors; overview of risk factors; and cancer prevention. This course is intended for epidemiology students, oncology residents, and health professionals who are contemplating a career in cancer epidemiology and prevention.
Prerequisite: EPIB-601 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
June 4 to 22
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
14h00 to 17h00
Gerald Bronfman Centre, 546 Pine Ave West, Seminar Room
Academic Credit: 2
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-701 Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam
claire [dot] infante-rivard [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. C. Infante-Rivard)
The comprehensive examination is a written examination. The objective is to assess the degree to which doctoral students have been able to assimilate and apply the principles of epidemiologic research. Examination held yearly.
June 4, 2012
Monday
08h45 to 16h00
Location: LabMcMed 409, McIntyre Health Sciences Library
Academic Credits: 0