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Continuing
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Graduate
Courses 2009
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For
further information, please contact:
Ms
Saadiah Binte Awek
e-mail:
Administrative Coordinator,
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health
Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine (MD3), National University of Singapore
16 Medical Drive, SINGAPORE 117597
Tel: (65) 6516 6705
Fax: (65) 6779 1489
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Contemporary Global Health Issues<<E-brochure>> |
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Date: 30 November – 4 December 2009 <<Application Form>> |
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Course Coordinator: A/Prof Annelies Wilder-Smith |
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This module covers topics such as current global disease burden, health transition, donors to health programs, and many cross-cutting issues. This provides a panoramic survey and exposure to the contemporary issues that face global health leaders today. |
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Industrial Hygiene<<E-brochure>> |
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Date: 30 November to 5 December 2009 |
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Course Coordinator: Adj A/Prof Lee See Muah |
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This course provides an intensive and comprehensive review of industrial hygiene. Safety and health professionals who need refresher or are seeking an all inclusive review of industrial hygiene at the workplace will benefit significantly from the course content. Attendees should have a basic understanding of industrial health, mathematics, statistics and chemistry. |
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Medical and Humanitarian Emergencies<<E-brochure>> |
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Date: 7 - 11 December 2009 <<Application Form>> |
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Course Coordinator: A/Prof Lim Meng Kin |
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The course comprises a 5-day curriculum covering such topics as emergency planning, epidemiological assessment, control of communicable diseases, information and surveillance systems, environmental sanitation and meeting nutritional needs. Additional issues include the protection of women and vulnerable populations, the basics of humanitarian law, documentation and prevention of human rights abuses, psychosocial and mental health, and logistical support for refugees and displaced persons. |
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Design, Monitoring and Evaluation of Health Programs<<E-brochure>> |
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Date: 4 – 9 January 2010 <<Application Form>> |
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Course Coordinator: A/Prof Annelies Wilder-Smith |
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This module concentrates on results-based management while focusing on alignment between health program impact, outcomes, quality and cost. Participants will learn to develop a health program matrix using the project life cycle approach APDIME (Assessment, Planning, Design, Implementation, Monitoring and Evaluation). |
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Genetics And Genomics Of Complex Phenotypes<<E-brochure>> |
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Date: 26 – 30 April 2010 <<Application Form>> |
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Course Coordinator: A/Prof Teo Yik Ying |
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This course provides an introduction to the design and analysis of large-scale genetic projects, with comprehensive practical sessions to the latest statistical software and approaches for analyzing genetic data. This course is immediately relevant to researchers involved in analyzing genetic data for investigating the genetic etiology of common diseases and complex traits. Attendees should have a basic understanding of genetics and statistics, and computing practical sessions will require knowledge of working in the Windows environment. |
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Clinical and Epidemiologic Research (Basic)<<E-brochure>> |
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Date: 20
- 24 July 2009(Course Completed) |
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Course
Coordinator: A/Prof Koh Woon Puay |
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This course is designed to present the basic principles of epidemiology and statistical analysis to clinicians and medical researchers who are interested in conducting clinical and epidemiological studies as well as data analysis. No prior knowledge in epidemiology and statistics is required. The emphasis will be on the understanding and the application of concepts and methods rather than on mathematical computation of statistics. Participants will learn to use STATA for analysis and receive a single license each for the installation of the software into personal computers. <<Course Programme>> |
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Advanced Quantitative Methods |
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Date: 23 - 27 February 2009(Course Completed) |
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Course Coordinator: A/Prof Tai Bee Choo |
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The advanced course will introduce participants to the principles of multivariable analysis and apply commonly used statistical models to a variety of practical medical problems. The full course comprises:
- Lectures with computer applications using STATA covering the following topics:
- Multiple Linear Regression Analysis
- Multiple Logistic Regression Analysis
- Analysis of Survival Data using Cox Proportional Hazards Regression
- Methods for Analyzing Repeated Measures Data.
- Practicals, in which participants will discuss and 'walk through' the process of using epidemiologic principles and statistical techniques to understand and analyse datasets involving several variables.
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