Last Update: 28 February, 2011
TIMETABLES
May (May 9 to June 3, 2011)
May 2011 Schedule [.pdf]
June (June 6 to June 30, 2011)
June 2011 Schedule [.pdf]
COURSES OFFERED
May
EPIB-600 EPIB-633 EPIB-660 EPIB-663 EPIB-665 EPIB-669 EPIB-670
June
EPIB-507 EPIB-600 EPIB-619 EPIB-631 EPIB-643 EPIB-647 EPIB-654 EPIB-661 EPIB-668 EPIB-671 EPIB-701
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
EPIB 507 Biostatistics for Health Professionals
elham [dot] rahme [at] mcgill [dot] ca (E. Rahme)
COURSE IS FULL
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.
Prerequisite: Permission of instructor
Restriction: Restricted to students registered in Occupational Health, Dentistry, Rehabilitation Sciences, Human Nutrition, Experimental Medicine-Family Medicine Option, Medical Residents, and Clinical Fellows.
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 6 to 29
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
13h05 to 16h25
Education Bldg., Rm 624
Academic Credits: 3
CME Credits: NA
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.
May Session
kaberi [dot] dasgupta [at] mcgill [dot] ca (K. Dasgupta)
nitika [dot] pai [at] mcgill [dot] ca (N. Pai)
COURSE IS FULL
May 9 to June 3
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
08h35 to 11h55
Education Bldg., Rm 627
June Session
sasha [dot] bernatsky [at] mcgill [dot] ca (S. Bernatsky)
maida [dot] sewitch [at] mcgill [dot] ca (M. Sewitch)
June 6 to 29
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
09h05 to 12h25
Education Bldg., Rm 627
Academic credits: 3
CME credits: TBD
EPIB-619: Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses
madhukar [dot] pai [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. M. Pai)
COURSE IS FULL
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 Info [.pdf]
June 6 to 16
Monday to Friday
13h05 to 16h25
Leacock Building, Rm 212
Academic credits: 2
CME credits: TBD
EPIB-631 PE II: Intermediate Pharmacoepidemiology
james [dot] brophy [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. J. Brophy)
COURSE IS FULL
This course will build on the basic principles of pharmacoepidemiology from the introductory course and introduce more advanced theoretical concepts. 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 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 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
May June 6 to 9
Monday to Thursday
09h05 to 16h55
Purvis Hall, Rm 24
Academic Credits: 2
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-633 PE I: Introduction to Pharmacoepidemiology
linda [dot] levesque [at] queensu [dot] ca (Dr. L. Lévesque)
COURSE IS FULL
The course “Introduction to Pharmacoepidemiology” 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 30 to June 3
Monday to Friday
09h05 to 16h55
Purvis Hall, Rm 25
Academic Credits: 2
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.
June 7 to 16
Tuesday/Thursday
09h05 to 12h25
Purvis Hall, Rm 25
Academic Credit: 1
CME Credits: TBD
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EPIB 647 Computational Analysis of Temporal & Spatial Health Data
david [dot] buckeridge [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. D. Buckeridge)
This course focuses on the computational management and analysis of large data sets in epidemiology. We will consider data storage and retrieval, prospective temporal and spatial analysis, and the evaluation of pattern detection. The course will include a computer lab with exercises integrated tightly with the substantive areas.
Prerequisites: EPIB 603 and EPIB 621 or permission of instructor.
Please note this course has a minium requirement of 8 registrations. It will be cancelled if minimum is not met.
June 6 to 29
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
09h05 to 12h25
Lectures: 1140 Pine, conference Room
Computer Lab: McIntyre Medical Building, Room 409
EPIB-654 PE IV: Pharmacoeconomics
jaime [dot] caro [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. J. Caro)
The assessment of pharmaceuticals has expanded beyond efficacy and safety to cover their economic implications and other consequences. This course provides a detailed introduction to the key concepts of this developing field. After defining the basic economic problem, study types (cost-benefit, cost-utility, cost-effectiveness) and corresponding decision rules are examined. An example is presented in detail to demonstrate how simulation models are developed and the advantages of using discrete event simulation instead of Markov models or decision trees. Students are shown approaches to populating the models — the determination of costs and parameterization of effectiveness —and how to analyze the model results, including how to deal with all levels of uncertainty. The course ends with techniques for presentation of results to decision makers in the public and private health care systems..
Prerequisites: EPIB-601 and EPIB-607, or permission of the instructor.
June 20 to 23
Monday to Thursday
09h05 to 16h55
Purvis Hall, Rm 24
Academic Credits: 2
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-660 Practical Aspects of Protocol Development
margaret [dot] becklake [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. M.R. Becklake)
beth [dot] foster [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. B. Foster)
antonio [dot] ciampi [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. A. Ciampi)
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.
May 9 to June 3
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
12h35 to 15h55
Purvis Hall, Rm 24
Academic Credits: 3
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-661 PE III: Advanced Pharmacoepidemiology
samy [dot] suissa [at] clinepi [dot] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. S. Suissa)
pierre [dot] ernst [at] clinepi [dot] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. P. Ernst)
COURSE IS FULL
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-633 or permission of the instructor
June 13 to 16
Monday to Thursday
09h05 to 16h55
Purvis Hall, Rm 24
Academic Credits: 2
CME credits: TBD
EPIB-663 Montreal Summer School in Public Health
mrossign [at] santepub-mtl [dot] qc [dot] ca (Dr. M. Rossignol)
Aménagement urbain, mobilité durable et santé publique : enjeux, méthodes et pratiques
Lise Gauvin, Ph. D. and Sophie Paquin Ph.D.
(Course in French Only)
Ce séminaire donne un portrait des connaissances théoriques, des méthodologies de recherche, des principaux outils diagnostic et des stratégies efficaces et prometteuses. Des visites sur le terrain et des documentaires montreront des applications concrètes afin de faciliter l’intégration des concepts dans les pratiques professionnelles en santé publique, en urbanisme et en transport urbain.
For additional information on this course: Montreal Summer School in Public Health website
May 2 to 6
Monday to Friday
08:00 to 12:00
Pavillon Lafontaine
Direction de santé publique de Montréal
1301 rue Sherbrooke est
Academic Credits: 1
EPIB-665 Montreal Summer School in Public Health
mrossign [at] santepub-mtl [dot] qc [dot] ca (Dr. M. Rossignol)
Espace et santé publique : un apprentissage des outils informatisés
Yan Kestens, Ph.D
(Course in French and English)
Ce séminaire est donné dans le laboratoire informatique et porte sur les enjeux de la dimension spatiale dans les problématiques de santé publique. Les candidats sont appelés à manipuler des bases de données spatiales, des outils de visualisation et d’analyse spatiale, et de communication cartographique. Ils expérimentent l’interprétation des données pour des fins de prise de décision.
This course discusses public health problems under different spatial and geographic issues. A focus will be put on the interactions between urban environments and health. Hands on exercises will be proposed to explore spatial databases using specific analytic tools and to interpret visual outputs for decision aid purposes.
For additional information on this course: Montreal Summer School in Public Health website
May 9 to 13
Monday to Friday
09:00 to 12:00
Pavillon Lafontaine
Direction de santé publique de Montréal
1301 rue Sherbrooke est
Academic Credits: 1
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
June 6 to 17
Monday to Friday
09h15 to 11h55
Location: TBA
Academic Credits: 2
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-669 Montreal Summer School in Public Health
mrossign [at] santepub-mtl [dot] qc [dot] ca (Dr. M. Rossignol)
People and Urban Space: History of Public Health Interactions and Interventions
Maureen Malowany, PhD
(Course in English)
This course explores the architecture of public health theoretical foundations and practice as they have evolved from the earliest recorded concerns with health, publics and urban spaces in the times of Hippocrates to the contemporary challenges of epidemic disease. Over the past 100 years, the development of epidemiology –a scientific hybrid formed from earlier sciences of geography, demography, statistics – has framed the responses to population level health challenges. This intensive course aims to examine the changes and continuities in the links among epidemiological methods, concepts of disease and public health practice with particular reference to urban populations.
For additional information on this course: Montreal Summer School in Public Health website
May 9 to 20
Monday to Friday
13:00 to 16:00
Pavillon Lafontaine
Direction de santé publique de Montréal
1301 rue Sherbrooke est
Academic Credits: 2
EPIB-670 Introduction to Population Health and Social Epidemiology
sam [dot] harper [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. S. Harper)
This course will provide an introduction to basic concepts and methods used in social epidemiology and the study of the social determinants of health. Topics covered will include the measurement and analysis of core concepts such as social position, health inequalities, psychosocial factors, contextual and neighbourhood effects, and lifecourse epidemiology.
Prerequisite: EPIB-601 or equivalent or permission of the instructor.
May 9 to 20
Monday to Friday
09h05 to 11h55
Purvis Hall 24
Academic Credit: 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 6 to 27
Monday/Wednesday/Friday
14h05 to 16h55
Gerald Bronfman Centre, 546 Pine Ave West, Seminar Room
Academic Credit: 2
CME Credits: TBD
EPIB-701 Ph.D. Comprehensive Exam
samy [dot] suissa [at] mcgill [dot] ca (Dr. S. Suissa)
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 17, 2011
Friday
09h00 to 16h00
Location: TBC
Academic Credits: 0