April 12, 2010
THE FINAL CLASS!!
Congratulations to Erin!
Did we have fun?
Thanks to HSSA
All the photos will be posted soon on both the CSEBottawa website and Deonandan.com
Which reminds me…
• Consider joining CSEB (www.cseb.ca)
• Consider joining CSEB Ottawa
(www.csebottawa.ca)
Poster Marking
• Remember:
– 50% of mark is based on my evaluation of your
text
– 50% of mark is based on judges impressions of
your poster and presentations
Poster Marking – the Judges’ 50%
• Most people were judged by 2 judges
– Mark will be average of the two
• If you were judged by only one judge
– Mark will determined by this mark alone
• If you were judged by >2 judges
– Mark will be determined by the best 2 reports
The Exam
• April 29
• 9:30-12:30
• Montpetit gym
– Same room as Gomes’s class
– Make sure you sit in OUR section and receive OUR
exam
The Exam
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Yes, it is CUMULATIVE
Everything covered in class is fair game
Bring a calculator
All multiple choice
Review
• April 22, 2:00-3:30, SCS E218
• April 26, 2:00-3:30, SCS E218
What Did You Learn That Was Useful?
• Bias
– When you hear about studies in the news, will you
be more critical?
• Designs
– The limits of scientific knowledge -> what do
different methods get you?
• Causation
– What does it mean when we say something
causes something else?
What Did You Learn That Was Useful?
• Appraisal
– When you read articles, can you now tell if it’s good or
crap?
• The nature of knowledge
– How did people get what they know? Is it rational?
• Data
– Many questions about public health still linger… a lot
of it has to do with insufficient or inadequate data
What Did You Learn That Was Useful?
• Logic
– From your posters: your methods can only answer
the question that you ask, and no more
• Decision making
– How do health policy makers or clinicians make
important decisions?
• Evidence
– What is it? Are you shocked to know that the
world is not evidence based?
What Did You Learn That Was Useful?
• Epidemiology is a paradigm
– What does this mean?
The Future of Epidemiology
• Molecular
• Genetics
• Coordination with other sciences
– Sociology?
– Psychology?
– Political science?
– Archaeology?
Your Future
• You don’t have to be an epidemiologist
• You don’t have to love epidemiology
• But you must embrace the central tenets of
epidemiology: truth and logic
Good luck!