This Department contributes to the multidisciplinary curriculum components of Basis of Medicine, Introduction to Medicine, and Senior Clerkship Components. In addition, see the Elective Program for elective opportunities in epidemiology and community health.
Lectures and small group tutorials cover basic principles of epidemiology and biostatistics as applied in clinical and community settings. Included are research design and methods, dealing with bias and confounding, screening and risk appraisal, statistics, and critical appraisal of the literature.
(1) This course will reinforce the skills required for critical appraisal of the medical literature, introduce meta-analyses and systematic reviews and present the core principles of evidence based medicine. Students will learn how to identify and search key EBM databases such as EBM Reviews, Cochrane Library and other web-based resources.
(4) (Prerequisite: INDS 320.) (Restrictions: M.D., C.M. students only.) Social dimensions of medical judgment; social contract; organization of health services emphasizing preventative interventions, advanced topics including giving bad news, clinical thinking, cross-cultural communication, and boundary issues.
This is a short intensive course which consolidates knowledge, attitudes and skills related to public health and clinical preventive medicine. Lectures examine public health issues in prevention and health protection and promotion, including health system organization, community diagnosis, urban health, social inequalities in health, as well as implementing preventive medical services in clinical practice. Through specific case studies in small group tutorials, students gain the skills necessary to identify public health problems and collaborate with public health authorities in controlling threats to the public health.
The Department offers two degree programs of study in Epidemiology: M.Sc. (Thesis) and Ph.D.; as well as three programs in Biostatistics: M.Sc. (Thesis), M.Sc. (Non-Thesis), and Ph.D. The differences between the programs are in the specific course requirements and the focus of the research. See the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Programs, Courses and University Regulations publication for descriptions of courses and programs, available at
www.mcgill.ca/study.
The graduate program in Occupational Health offers a multidisciplinary approach to problems of occupational health and safety. It offers two graduate degrees: a Ph.D. and a Master of Science, Applied in occupational health sciences. See the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Programs, Courses and University Regulations publication for descriptions of courses and programs, available at
www.mcgill.ca/study.
The mission of the M.Sc. (Non-Thesis) in Public Health program at McGill is to train outstanding public and population health professionals by offering a rigorous academic program in concepts, methods, research, and practice. See the Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies
Programs, Courses and University Regulations publication for descriptions of courses and programs, available at
www.mcgill.ca/study.
