EPID 6314 Experimental Methods in Epidemiology

3 SCH. This course is designed to introduce students to the methods involved in the design, conduct, analysis and evaluation of results from clinical trials. Topics include planning a trial, randomization, blinding, trial designs, ethics, analyses and writing a protocol. This course also provides examples of how these methods are applied in actual clinical trials. Course evaluations will be based on the students’ performance in class participation, the mid-term examination, as well as a written project demonstrating the students’ ability to apply these methods in planning for a clinical trial. Prerequisites: EPID 5300. Letter Grade