本課程以公衛學院，醫學院研究生及大學部高年級生為對象。為本所環境職業醫學組必修，2學分。使用教材為台大醫學院出版委員會出版之王榮德著『流行病學方法論』。其主要目標在訓練學生的科學研究思考方法。先從科學方法的基礎『猜測與否證』講起，談到因果關係之判定，測量之基本原理。逐步進入流行病學之基本測量，研究設計，率之標準化，抽樣原理；然後再談追蹤研究法及個案對照研究法。最後再談如何閱讀及批評一篇研究論文。近年來流行病學方法在計量健康效用(utility)上有大進展，直接可被用於醫療及衛生決策與成本效用分析；這是書上尚未談但本課會有簡單介紹其觀念。

The course uses a textbook written by Professor Wang and every student is required to read a chapter every week and a quiz is given, which is followed by free discussion and the professor provides at least three studies of his own to demonstrate the theme outlined in the text. After this course, students are equipped with basic concepts of epidemiological research and are expected to be able to conduct and give critique to such a study.