Course content - Admission - Prerequisites - Overlapping courses - Teaching - Examination - Evaluation

Course content

Aim of the course: The course will cover the areas with the concepts and principles of epidemiological research with a special focus on interventional design, clinical trials, intervention and data analysis. Further more, it is also intended to strengthen participants insight for appraising evidence based literature for Research and decision making. The methodological challenges will be exemplified in the context of developing intervention programmes.

Course contents: A comprehensive introduction to the process of disease measurement, epidemiological concepts and how to search the literature for evidence will be elaborated. Study design in medical research with a focus on intervention strategies by means of controlled clinical trial, and scientific method, and also follow-up studies with health education intervention design for process and outcome evaluation will be addressed in different countries context (developing vs developed). Randomized clinical trial and methods of randomization including sample size determination will be included as important components of research design. Mathematical models for the analysis of cohort and interventional outcome studies will be covered. Control of confounding and bias will be discussed. Methods for measuring the health benefit in an interventional study using concepts of Attributable risk analysis will be introduces and applied in relevant examples.

Note: The course requires 80% attendance to sit for exam

Admission

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Students enrolled at the M.Phil in International Community Health programme will get first priority to the courses. The deadline for register in Studentweb and apply for courses is February 1, 2013.

External applicants

External applicants are welcome to apply. Please contact Linda Andreassen if you want admission to this course.

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Prerequisites

Formal prerequisite knowledge

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• A completed Bachelor’s degree or a period of study comparable with a Norwegian Bachelor's degree from a recognised institution. Applicants with foreign education, please refer to the country list
(The applicants must have a specialization either within health sciences or social sciences).
• a minimum grade point average (GPA) of C (in Norwegian scale) or equivalent from the specialization in your degree.
• An internationally recognised English language proficiency test

Note: all documents must be official certified copies

International applicants or external applicants without a Norwegian ID number:

In order to be evaluated for admission, applicants must fulfill the basic entrance requirements to Norwegian universities, called Higher Education Entrance Qualification or generell studiekompetanse in Norwegian. Applicants from most European countries are eligible for admission upon completion of the secondary school leaving certificate that provides the basis for admission to university studies in the home country. Entrance requirements for applicants from non-European countries may include one or two years of university studies in addition to secondary school. Read more about admission for international applicants

You must submit the Basic Qualifications Registration Form if your Higher Education Entrance Qualification (generell studiekompetanse) for studies in Norway has not already been evaluated. In order to be evaluated, all documents must be submitted within the deadline December 1, 2012.

Send the documents to:
The University of Oslo
The Section for International Health
Department for Community Medicine
University of Oslo
P.O.Box 1130 Blindern
0318 Oslo

Overlapping courses

5 credits overlap with MF9310 - Methods in intervention epidemiology (Evidence Based Medicine).

Teaching

Classroom lectures

Spring 2013: Week 7 (February 11th - 15th); 9.00-16.00. For more information see schedule when updated In Fronter.

Access to teaching

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Examination

Multiple Choice Exam and Home Exam.

Examination support material

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Language of examination

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English

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a scale from A to F, where A is the best grade and F is a fail. Read more about the grading system.

Explanations and appeals

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Resit an examination

You can usually resit an exam, but the conditions depend on whether you had a valid reason for absence from the regular exam. Read more about resitting an exam.

Withdrawal from an examination

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Special examination arrangements

If you have a disability or a health problem that entails significant inconvenience in an examination situation, you may be considered for special examination arrangements. Mothers who are breastfeeding may apply for extra time to complete the exam.

Evaluation

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