週次 |
日期 |
單元主題 |
Week 1 |
2/21 |
Orientation (Biostats & Epi)
Linear regression (Biostats) |
Week 2 |
2/28 |
National holiday – 228 Peace Memorial Day |
Week 3 |
3/6 |
Fitting linear regression models (Biostats) |
Week 4 |
3/13 |
Generalized linear models: logistic regression (Biostats) |
Week 5 |
3/20 |
Generalized linear models: other regression models (Biostats) |
Week 6 |
3/27 |
Causal inference and randomized experiments. Causal inference using regression on the treatment variable (Biostats) |
Week 7 |
4/3 |
Bayesian statistics (Biostats) |
Week 8 |
4/10 |
Midterm exam (Biostats: 40%) |
Week 9 |
4/17 |
Power calculation and sample size estimation with practice sessions (Epi) |
Week 10 |
4/24 |
Natural history of disease and disease surveillance (Epi)
Critical appraisal: Prevalence, trends, and associated social demographics of morbid obesity in survey (Epi) |
Week 11 |
5/1 |
Special topic: Ecological study (Epi) |
Week 12 |
5/8 |
Measuring the occurrence of disease (Epi)
Critical appraisal: Charcoal-burning suicide and media (Epi)* |
Week 13 |
5/15 |
Critical appraisal: Deriving ethnic-specific BMI cutoff points for assessing diabetes risk (Epi) |
Week 14 |
5/22 |
Critical appraisal: Exposure assessment in occupation epidemiology (Epi) |
Week 15 |
5/29 |
Special topic: Genetic epidemiology and biobank (Epi) |
Week 16 |
6/5 |
Final Exam in epidemiology (Epi: 40%) |