Health Systems and Community I
October 10, 2019
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
UPCOMING ASSESSMENTS:
Hour 1
TOPIC: Introduction to Research Methods / Epidemiology and Descriptive Statistics
FACULTY: Kristin Baughman, Ph.D.
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
AT THE END OF THE LECTURE, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Define and distinguish different study design approaches used in clinical research
- Discuss advantages and disadvantages of different study design approaches
- Distinguish between descriptive and inferential statistics
- List 2 common sampling methods
- Identify data as nominal, ordinal, or interval level
- Describe the normal distribution
- Calculate the mean, median, and mode
- Describe 2 measures of variability
SUPPLEMENTAL READING:
CLASS RESOURCES:
- Example articles:
- cross-sectional study: Slopen N, Shonkoff JP, Albert MA, Yoshikawa H, Jacobs A, Stoltz R, Williams DR. Racial Disparities in Child Adversity in the US: Interactions with family immigration history and income. Am J Prev Med, 2006, 50(1):47-56. http://scholar.harvard.edu/files/davidrwilliams/files/child_adversity.pdf
- case- control study: Cannegieter SC, Doggen CJM, van Houwelingen HC, Rosendaal FR (2006) Travel-Related Venous Thrombosis: Results from a Large Population-Based Case Control Study (MEGA Study). PLoS Med 3(8): e307. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.0030307. http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0030307#s
- cohort study: Punjabi NM, Caffo BS, Goodwin JL, Gottlieb DJ, Newman AB, et al. (2009) Sleep-Disordered Breathing and Mortality: A Prospective Cohort Study. PLoS Med 6(8): e1000132. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1000132. http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/asset?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1000132.PDF
- qualitative study: Fisher JA, Kalbaugh CA (2012) United States Private-Sector Physicians and Pharmaceutical Contract Research: A Qualitative Study. PLoS Med 9(7): e1001271. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1001271. http://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article/asset?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1001271.PDF
- diagnosis/screening article: Sabetta JR, Smardin J, Burns L, Barry L, Baisley C, Mahoney T, Travers D, Brennan T, Fontana J, Rabatsky-Ehr T, Cartter ML. Performance of Rapid Influenza Diagnostic Tests During Two School Outbreaks of 2009 Pandemic Influenza A (H1N1) Virus Infection --- Connecticut, 2009. Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report Sept. 25, 2009/ 58(37): 1029-1032. https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/preview/mmwrhtml/mm5837a1.htm
- randomized control study: Harding K, Sumner M, Cardinal M. A prospective, multicentre, randomised controlled study of human fibroblast-derived dermal substitute (Dermagraft) in patients with venous leg ulcers. International Wound Journal, 2013; 10(2): 132-7. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/iwj.12053/epdf
ASSESSMENT: HSC I AIMS Quizzes
HOUR 2:
TOPIC: Literature Evaluation
FACULTY: Heather McEwen, MLIS, MS
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
AT THE END OF THE LECTURE, STUDENTS WILL BE ABLE TO:
- Explain criteria for evaluating journals including impact factors and peer-review
- Evaluate a research article for your journal club assignment
- Apply FRISBEE to determine the validity of a research article
- Summarize the drug clinical trial process and apply that knowledge when evaluating articles
BRING TO CLASS: Your laptop and clicker
SUPPLEMENTAL READING:
CLASS RESOURCES:
