Competency information
Details
Determine the study population and study design.
Considerations
- How to determine the study population.
- How to choose the relevant study design:
- cross-sectional studies
- prevalence and prevalence ratios
- prospective and retrospective cohort studies
- attack rates, risk ratios and rate ratios
- attributable fraction
- case-control studies
- odds and odds ratios
- case-case studies
- case-crossover studies
- case and control selection.
- How to select the study participants:
- cohort
- cases selection
- control selection.
- How to prevent bias in study design and data collection:
- information bias
- selection bias
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 1 | Outcome Write a study protocol for an epidemiological study and consider ethical issues if required. |