Basics of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

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This module is a basic public health analytic training through lecture and assessment that can be done independently by students within the recommended 6 total hours. There are 6 sub-modules covering topics including in the MPH foundational course: EPID 5100-Analytic Methods in Public Health course.  Both the module described here and the course provide an overview of principles and concepts of epidemiology and biostatistics as well as quantitative data collection and management methods applied to public health data. Topics include characteristics of study designs and their application, measures of frequency and associations as indicators of public health impact, introduction to the elements of statistical inference, probability distribution, estimation of means and rates, and causation. This course is part of the Rural Health Training Series.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify types of data
  2. Describe different ways to visualize data based on their type
  3. Calculate and interpret basic descriptive statistics (e.g. mean, median, mode, etc.)
  4. Calculate and interpret commonly used rates for morbidity and mortality
  5. Identify the appropriate uses of epidemiologic study designs
  6. Calculate and interpret measures of risk including relative risk and odds ratios
  7. Identify the appropriate statistical tests for analyzing data based on their type
  8. Identify types of bias and methods for avoiding them
  9. Define confounding and list methods for its control

Principal faculty and their credentials: Bill Brooks, DrPH, MPH
Medium or combination of media used:  Video and readings
Method of physician participation in the learning process: N/A
Estimated time to complete the educational activity: 4.0 hours
Dates of original release and most recent review or update: August 24, 2022
Termination date: June 2, 2025

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Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University designates this online activity for a maximum of 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 CreditsTM. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Department of Continuing Education for Health Professionals(CEHP) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  It is the policy of the CEHP that each presenter and planning committee member of any CME activity must disclose any financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with corporate organizations whose products or services are being discussed in a presentation. All commercial support of an educational activity must also be disclosed to the conference attendees.

This training modules was supported by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of a financial assistance award totaling $40,000 with 100 percent funded by CDC/HHS. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by CDC/HHS, or the U.S. Government.

Up to 2.00 (2.00CH) continuing nursing education hours have been approved for this session of the program. East Tennessee State University College of Nursing is approved as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the North Carolina Nurses Association, an accredited approver by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

East Tennessee State University Continuing Medical Education adheres to the ACCME’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education. Any individuals in a position to control the content of a CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible entities (commercial interests). All relevant conflicts of interest have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.

DISCLOSURE OF POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: 
East Tennessee State University’s Quillen College of Medicine, Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) holds the standard that its continuing medical education programs should be free of commercial bias and conflict of interest.  The OCME requires each presenter and planning committee member to disclose all financial affiliations with commercial interests.  

A commercial interest is any entity producing, marketing, re-selling, or distributing healthcare goods or services consumed by, or used on, patients.  The following individuals have provided disclosure of potential conflicts of interest as noted:

Bill Brooks: Nothing to disclose