PublicHealth

Odds ratio can mislead if a "Common Event" is studied, since it can exaggerate effects. Relative risk is appropriate for randomized control studies and cohort studies.  

Tutorial teaching sensitivity vs. specificity, including SPIN and SNOUT mnemonics. Learn the difference between sensitive and specific tests, for medical health science students. Please SUBSCRIBE: More cool stuff coming as we get more HippoHelpers! Further tutorials and flashcards at http://www.helphippo.com Our epidemiology playlist at: http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIPkjUW-piR24nWuDMiXPB0DcUl-1qUzr http://www.helphippo.com - for more video tutorials organized by topic/year.  

 

The first lecture of Biostatistics & Epidemiology Lecture Series presented by Alan Smith.  

Introduction to Epidemiology and public health Epidemiology is the study of the patterns, causes, and effects of health and disease in defined populations. It is the cornerstone of public health, and informs policy decisions and evidence-based medicine by identifying risk factors for disease and targets for preventive medicine. Epidemiologists help with study design, collection and statistical analysis of data, and interpretation and dissemination of results (including peer review and occasional systematic review). Epidemiology has helped develop methodology used in clinical research, public health studies and, to a lesser extent, basic research in the biological sciences. Public health is "the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals" (1920, C.E.A. Winslow). It is concerned with threats to health based on population health analysis. The population in question can be as small as a handful of people or as large as all the inhabitants of several continents (for instance, in the case of a pandemic). The dimensions of health can encompass "a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity", as defined by the United Nations' World Health Organization. Public health incorporates the interdisciplinary approaches of epidemiology, biostatistics and health services. Environmental health, community health, behavioral health, health economics, public policy, insurance medicine and occupational health (respectively occupational medicine) are other important subfields. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epidemiology  

Audio recording of Lecture 20, Chapter 14 Principles of Disease and Epidemiology.  

This is an introduction to epidemiology and statistics. Discussing discriptives.  

A Powerpoint with notes which discusses the management of hyperthyroidism in the paediatric population with a focus on the use of radioiodine and its safety.  

These notes discuss the management of hyperthyroidism in the paediatric population with a focus on the use of radioiodine and its safety.  

Patty Kostkova (City University, London) discusses Twitter-based early warning and risk communication of the 2009 swine flu pandemic.  

 

A blog post describing my experience of applying for a scholarship to Harvard School of Public Health and encouraging medics interested in a post-grad qualification to do the same.  

This is a guide for medics working in challenging environments especially where there is a risk of penetrating or explosive trauma, limited resources and delayed evacuation times. Basic Management plan.  

This Literature Review has been reproduced to inform Physicians caring for victims of the P.I.P Health Fraud. Review of June 2013.  

A guideline to organize and writing up a summary of a Medical Record of a patient.  

PaediatricScreening Condition Who? How? Why? What next? Rubella Pregnant Women Blood test Un-immune women,if become exposed theychildmaydevelopFoetal Rubella S…  

Stream Twenty-five Year Follow-up of the Canadian National Breast Screening Study by BMJ talk medicine from desktop or your mobile device  

DNA tests, like those for women's breast cancer, could soon be used to see which men face the highest risk of deadly prostate cancer, scientists say.