EPIDEM 2850 - PHARMACOEPIDEMIOLOGY

Minimum Credits: 2
Maximum Credits: 2
The purpose of this course is to provide an introduction to the field of pharmacoepidemiology, which uses epidemiologic methods to examine the benefits or risk of medications in the population. This course will: explain what pharmacoepidemiology is and what types of study designs are used within this methodology, discuss the roles that pharmacoepidemiology studies have regarding drug use and health outcomes; describe the threats to validity that are possible in pharmacoepidemiologic studies and the variety of solutions available to avert or control for these threats. This information will prepare students to both interpret and critique, in writing and through presentations, studies from the pharmacoepidemiology literature.
Academic Career: Graduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: Grad LG/SU3 Basis

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