CPH EXAM REVIEW EPIDEMIOLOGY - Amazon S3

CPH EXAM REVIEW? EPIDEMIOLOGY

Paul Terry, PhD Associate Professor Department of Medicine University of Tennessee Medical Center - Knoxville January 13, 2017

Today's Objectives:

? Review of basic topics covered in the epidemiology section of the exam

? Materials covered cannot replace basic epidemiology course

? This review will be archived on the NBPHE website under Study Resources

Outline

? Definition and Terminology ? Measures of Disease Frequency ? Epidemiologic Study design ? Causation ? Screening for Disease

Epidemiology

is the study of distribution and determinants of health-related states or events in specified populations and the application of this study to control health problems

Disease Distribution

? How common? ? Who is affected? ? When does it occur? ? Where does it occur?

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