Description
NR 503 Study Guide for Final Exam (TWO VERSIONS)
- Objectives of epidemiology
- Define, compare, calculate, and interpret Measures of Morbidity
- Understand why incidence data are important for measuring risk.
- Define, compare, calculate, and interpret Measures of Mortality
- Assess the Validity and Reliability of Diagnostic and Screening Tests
- Epidemiologic transition
- Study designs (case-control, cross sectional, prospective and retrospective cohort, clinical trial)
- Causal Inferences
- Understand the guidelines for determining if an observed association is causal (Bradford-Hill criterion)
- Estimating Risks (risk measures)
- Attributable Risk
- Randomized trials
- Evaluating Screening Programs
- Considerations when evaluating individual data
- Calculations and interpretations
