本課程主授疾病篩檢方法論與應用實務，以統計觀點切入，自研究設計著手探討篩檢計畫之評估方式，並討論篩檢敏感度、平均滯留期、篩檢偵測模式與疾病多階段模式於疾病篩檢之應用。
(The contents of the course put emphasis on both methodology and practice of disease screening based on statistical viewpoint. We begin with study design of evaluation of disease screening, and then impart how to build up temporal natural history model to estimate mean sojourn time and sensitivity both of which are responsible for evaluation of disease screening. We also make students understand the application of multi-state model to evaluation of disease screening.)