Lectures (2-3 hours)
Fundamentals of Clinical Epidemiology I - From Research Question to Study Design
Date & time
Next date and time to be announced
Location
Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Sagamihara Campus
Auditorium M31, M5 building, 3rd floor
Kitasato 1-15-1, Sagamihara
228-8885, Kanagawa, Japan
Course description
The lecture (in English) will provide an introduction to the fundamentals of clinically relevant research and will briefly discuss terminology, research questions, and study design. Participants are recommended to attend this lecture before they attend Clinical Epidemiology II.
Prerequisites and fee
None. The lecture is free and open to all students, academic staff, and medical staff of Kitasato University and Kitasato Institute with an interest in clinical, patient-oriented research.
Registration
To be announced
Fundamentals of Clinical Epidemiology II - Measurement and Data Analysis
Date & time
Next date and time to be announced
Location
Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Sagamihara Campus
Auditorium M31, M5 building, 3rd floor
Kitasato 1-15-1, Sagamihara
228-8885, Kanagawa, Japan
Course description
The lecture (in English) will briefly review the contents of Clinical Epidemiology I (terminology, research questions, design) and will introduce and discuss fundamental concepts related to measurement and data analysis in clinical, patient-oriented research.
Prerequisites and fee
None, although basic knowledge of clinical research as presented in Clinical Epidemiology I is welcome. The lecture is free and open to all students, academic staff, and medical staff of Kitasato University and Kitasato Institute with an interest in clinical, patient-oriented research.
Registration
To be announced
Fundamentals of Medical Statistics I
Date & time
Next date and time to be announced
Location
Kitasato University, School of Medicine, Sagamihara Campus
Auditorium M31, M5 building, 3rd floor
Kitasato 1-15-1, Sagamihara
228-8885, Kanagawa, Japan
Course description
The lecture (in English) will introduce the fundamental methods for exploratory and descriptive data analysis for clinical, patient-oriented research. During the lecture, topics such as data coding, data tables, measures of central tendency and dispersion, plotting data, probability distributions, and simple data simulation will be clarified while using the free statistical package R.
Prerequisites and fee
None, although basic knowledge of clinical research as presented in Clinical Epidemiology I is welcome. The lecture is free and open to all students, academic staff, and medical staff of Kitasato University and Kitasato Institute with an interest in clinical, patient-oriented research.
Registration
To be announced