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PhD courses and programmes 2007

NOVA 07-07
Postgraduate course in Veterinary Epidemiology, Part 1.
Network: Veterinary epidemiology

Information up-dated: 2006-06-19

Course period 4-13 June 2007
Location Tune Landboskole, Greve, Denmark
Course credit 4 ECTS
Deadline for application 1 March 2007. Application is sent to the national representative (see below)
Course abstract

The course will consist of a series of major modules covering:
- measures of disease frequency
- screening tests
- basic statistics
- measures of association
- confounding and interaction
- linear regression
and material will be presented as a mixture of lectures and "hands-on" laboratory sessions. Students will be expected to familiarize themselves with the major types of epidemiologic studies through some assigned pre-course readings. Students will get a chance to work on a group exercise that will incorporate all of the above elements into a study design.
Course plan Course plan - Postgraduate course in Veterinary Epidemiology
Course schedule Course schedule - Postgraduate course in Veterinary Epidemiology
Teachers Professor Ian R. Dohoo and professor S. Wayne Martin, Canada
Link to course homepage http://www.kursus.kvl.dk/epi-nova2007
Language English
The course is intended for PhD-students. However, if seats available, non-PhD students can be enrolled.
Max no of participants 40
Special prerequisites DVM or other biological education
Course organization Dept. Large Animal Sciences (division of Epidemiology), The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Denmark
Course leader Jens Frederik Agger (Denmark).
Other course group members are: Anna-Maija Virtala (Finland), Rolf Bjerke Larssen (Norway) and Marie Engel (Sweden).
Postal address to course leader Groennegaardsvej 8, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark
Phone to course leader (+45) 3528 3013
Fax to course leader (+45) 3528 3022
E-mail to course leader jfa@kvl.dk
Registration to National representative: Jens Frederik Agger (Denmark, Anna-Maija Virtala (Finland), Rolf Bjerke Larssen (Norway) and Marie Engel (Sweden).
Other courses in the course series NOVA postgraduate course in veterinary epidemiology: Part 2. Will be given in 2008 in Norway or Sweden