Basic Biostatistics & Epidemiology

This content was created with Elizabeth Lynch, PhD and moved from a site called the ebm project for a hybrid class in Biostatistics and Epidemiology.

• Fundamentals of Measurement
  • Scales of Measurement
  • Distributions, Central Tendency and Variability
  • Probability & Odds
  • Measuring Disease
  • Measuring Disease Outcomes (Mortality)
  • Measuring Risk
  • Associations
  • Sensitivity, Specificity and Predictive Values
• Fundamentals of Hypothesis Testing
  • Distribution of Sample Means
  • Confidence Intervals
  • Hypothesis Testing
  • Power, Type II Error and Beta
• Fundamentals of Study Design
  • Introduction To Study Design
  • Descriptive Studies
  • Intro to Analytic Studies
  • Observational Studies
  • Experimental Studies
  • Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses
  • Study Validity
  • Sampling
• Evidence-Based Medicine (EBM)
  • What is EBM
  • How To Read Papers
  • Evaluating Papers with the Users’ Guide

Healthcare Systems

• Healthcare Systems
  • An introduction to Medicare and the Affordable Care Act
  • The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
  • Single payer is not socialized medicine
• Patient Safety and Quality Improvement
  • Resident MM&I Presentation (Theory)
  • Introduction to Quality Improvement
  • Resident QI Project

Clinical Topics

• Cardiology
  • EKG 101
  • HEART Score
  • Occlusion MI
• Pediatrics
  • Neonatal Resuscitation
  • Brief Resolved Unexplained Events (BRUE)