Presentation

Please watch the recorded video of the seminar below.  

Please find the slides of the seminar here. 

Practice

During the seminar of this week, every 3-5 students will present a short presentation (10 minutes max.) on disease etiology.

Please find the following instructions:
Co-workers 
1. Each working group will consist of 3-5 students who are supposed to collaborate to prepare a short presentation and present it during the classroom.
2. Please check the file below in order to know who are your co-workers in order to arrange with them your presentation, and read the instructions of your group exercise carefully.
Duration
3. The duration of the presentation can not exceed 10 minutes. It should be designed by PowerPoint or Prezi.
4. For PowerPoint presentations, 7 slides will be an optimal number.
Topic 
5. In your presentation, you should present the best available evidence that supports the causal relationship between a certain risk factor and a pre-specified disease.
6. The best available evidence is usually driven from the systematic review, controlled trials, cohort studies, etc.
7. You have to use the research skills that you have gained so far during this course to search in PubMed, Epistemonikos, Cochrane Library, and Google Scholar for the best available evidence that supports your claim.
8. You should summarize the study/studies that you will present for supporting your claim by highlighting their key findings and their limitations.

Please check the conceptual model of your assigned disease. Select -at least- two risk factors that may cause this disease. Look for the best available evidence that can support why these causes are considered risk factors of that disease. Each risk factor can be presented in 1-3 slides, and it has to be supported by at least 1 study.

1. Diabetes Mellitus

2. Oral Cancer

3. Chronic Hypertension

4. Liver Cancer

5. Lung Cancer

Resources

Please read the following references before fulfilling your homework assignment:

1. (Required)
Book: Basic Epidemiology (2nd ed)
Author(s): Ruth BONITA, Robert BEAGLEHOLE, and Tord KJELLSTRÖM
Chapter 5: Causation in Epidemiology - Pages: 83-98

2. (Required)
Book: Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice (3rd ed)
Author(s): Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Lesson One: Introduction to Epidemiology - Section Eight: Concepts of Disease Occurrence

 Assignment (Original)

Please open this assignment and respond by November 21st, 2020 (23:59 CEST).
- This is a one-time log-in application, this means that you will not be able to open it more than once.
- The time limit for filling-in this assignment is 60 minutes.
-  This week assignment consists of 15 questions (15 multiple-choice questions). 

Assignment (Repetition)

Please open this assignment and respond by December 6th, 2020 (23:59 CEST).
- This is a one-time log-in application, this means that you will not be able to open it more than once.
- The time limit for filling-in this assignment is 60 minutes.
-  This week assignment consists of 15 questions (15 multiple-choice questions).