FOCP Epidemiology Flashcards

Decks in this Class (20):

• 1 Global Health Infectious Diseases

  1 Global Health- Infectious Diseases

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  q what does epidemiology require a clear,

  q what does prevalence mean what is i...,

  q how is prevalence calculated
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• 2 Aids History And Progression

  2 AIDS- History and Progression

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  q describe our development in the und...,

  q what are the 3 aims set up by who f...,

  q what does a case control study set out
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• 3 Why Evidence Based Medicine

  3 Why evidence-based medicine?

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  q which of the following is not impor...,

  q which criteria is essential for a c...,

  q bias leads to an incorrect estimate of
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• 4 Association And Causation

  4 Association and Causation

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  q what does association mean,

  q what 4 factors should be considered...,

  q why does the role of chance need to be
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• 5 Non Infectious Disease Cancer

  5 Non-infectious Disease- Cancer

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  q what is the concept of epidemiological,

  q give 4 examples of chronic non comm...,

  q what is the rise in cases of chroni...
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• 6 Cardiovascular Disease

  6 Cardiovascular Disease

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  q where are more deaths caused by cvd...,

  q what are top 2 for cause specific m...,

  q why are there more cvd patients but...
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• 8 Clinical Trials

  8 Clinical Trials

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  q define bias,

  q define confounding,

  q what is a clinical trial and what i...
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• 9 Key Challenges To Medicine

  9 Key Challenges to Medicine

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  q what are the 2 achievements of nhs ...,

  q describe longevity as an achievemen...,

  q name 10 challenges to medicine
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• 10 Understanding And Appraising Evidence

  10 Understanding and Appraising Evidence

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  q what is prevalence what do prevalen...,

  q how do you think the prevalence of hiv,

  q what are the problems with determining
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• 7 Observational Studies And Routine Data

  7 Observational Studies and Routine Data

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  q what is the hierarchy of study desi...,

  q what are descriptive studies in epi...,

  q best study design to determine the ...
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• 11 Systematic Reviews And Meta Analysis

  11 Systematic reviews and Meta-analysis

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  q compare a systematic review and a meta,

  q why undertake a systematic review p...,

  q what does assessing quantity and qu...
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• 12 Screening

  12 Screening

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  q what is screening different to,

  q when is screening not generally ind...,

  q what are the limitations of screeni...
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• 14 Introduction To Critical Appraisal And

  14 Introduction to Critical Appraisal and How to Read Published Papers

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  q it is important to consider first w...,

  q how do you systematically find refe...,

  q how do you deal with finding more p...
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• 15 Public Health And Health Promotion Int

  15 Public Health and Health Promotion Interventions

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  q define health,

  q define public health,

  q public health as a speciality has 3...
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• 16 International Health

  16 International Health

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  q explain what neglected tropical dis...,

  q provide examples of ntd under 4 sub...,

  q what are the 2 strategies used to deal
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• 17 Strategic Revision For Exams

  17 Strategic Revision for Exams

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  cohort study method with example invo...,

  q what is crucial for a cohort study,

  q cohort study calculations incidence...
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• Tutorial 1 Example 1

  Tutorial 1- Example 1

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  q a primary care trust pct wants to e...,

  q a primary care trust pct wants to e...,

  q suppose they asked 100 people if th...
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• Tutorial 1 Example 2

  Tutorial 1- Example 2

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  q how is the attributable risk for lu...,

  q what are the attributable risk and ...,

  q what is the main aim of epidemiolog...
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• Definitions

  Definitions

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  q attributable risk,

  q case,

  q case control study whats explored a...
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• Practice

  Practice

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  q which of the following is the only ...,

  q the prevalence is the number of new...,

  q which of the following is an advantage
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