OCCUPATIONAL INJURY PREVENTION RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM (OIPRTP)
RESEARCH SEMINAR
PubH 8120
Spring 2006
1 credit –
each semester/term (S/N basis, only)
PRIMARY FACULTY
Susan Goodwin
Gerberich, Ph.D., Professor and Director, OIPRTP;
Bruce Alexander,
Ph.D., Associate Professor and Associate Director, OIPRTP;
Andrew Ryan, M.S.,
Research Fellow
SUPPORTING FACULTY
Nancy M.
Nachreiner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor; Jo-Ida Hansen, Ph.D., Professor; Nic
Ward, Ph.D., Director – Human Factors Research Laboratory; Arthur Erdman,
Ph.D., Professor; Patricia McGovern, Ph.D., Associate Professor
Division of
Environmental Health Sciences
School of Public
Health
University of
Minnesota
1155 Mayo Memorial
Building
420 Delaware
Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN
55455
Telephone:
612-625-5934
Telefax:
612-626-0650
E-mail: gerbe001@umn.edu
I. Course Description:
This course builds on other coursework, including the basic course in Injury Prevention/Injury Epidemiology (PubH 6120 – Gerberich) and other relevant epidemiology, biostatistics, and occupationally-related courses. It enables students to synthesize information in concert with other coursework to enhance critical thinking and application to specific research efforts.
II. Purpose and Overall Objectives:
Purpose
To facilitate student research efforts in the Occupational Injury Prevention Research Training Program and relevant programs through interdisciplinary involvement of students.
Detailed
Learning Objectives
III. Methods of Instruction:
Discussions/critiques of various aspects of research projects (ideas for projects; proposals; development of methods; analyses; interpretation) ; Informal lectures and presentations by students, faculty and guest lecturers; Practice presentations for thesis committees and professional/other meetings ; Field trips relevant to Occupational Injury Prevention Research; Other
IV. Grading Criteria - Course
Requirements and Evaluation (University of Minnesota criteria):
S/N ONLY
S = 2.00 or
above
N* = below 2.00
Course Grade
Components:
Participation 100%
Students are
expected to attend all classes and to participate in discussions/presentations, as appropriate.
V. Textbooks/Readings
Checkoway H., Pearce N., Kriebel D. Research Methods in Occupational Epidemiology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004.
Greenland S, Pearl J, Robins J. Causal diagrams for epidemiologic research. Epidemiology, 10: 37-48, 1999.
Hernan, M.A., Hernandez-Diaz, S., Werler, M.M., and Mitchell, A.A. Causal knowledge as a prerequisite for confounding evaluation: An application to birth defects epidemiology, Am J Epid, 155(2): 176-184, 2002.
Maldonado, G. and Greenland, S. (2002), Estimating causal effects, Int J Epid, 31: 422-429, 2002.
Robertson, Leon S., Injury Epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998.
Rothman, Kenneth, Epidemiology: An Introduction. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
Rothman, Kenneth and Greenland, Sander, Modern Epidemiology. Philadelphia: Lippincott-Raven, 1998.
Selvin, Steve, Epidemiologic Analysis: A Case-Oriented Approach. New York: Oxford University Press, 2001.
Baker, Susan P., O'Neill, Brian, Ginsburg, Marvin J., and Li, Guohua, The Injury Fact Book, Second Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Bonnie, Richard J., Fulco, Carolyn E., and Liverman, Catharyn T., Editors, Institute of Medicine, Committee on Injury Prevention and Control, Reducing the Burden of Injury: Advancing Prevention and Treatment, Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 1999.
Breslow, N.E. and Day, N.E. Statistical Methods in Cancer Research, Volume I-The Analysis of Case-Control Studies IARC Scientific Publications No. 32, Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1980.
Breslow, N.E. and Day, N.E. Statistical Methods in Cancer Research, Volume II-The Design and Analysis of Cohort Studies IARC Scientific Publications No. 82, Lyon, France: International Agency for Research on Cancer, 1987 (reprinted, 1989).
Checkoway, Harvey, Pearce, Neil E., and Crawford-Brown, Douglas J. Research Methods in Occupational Epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press (Refer to new edition).
Christoffel, Tom and Gallagher, Susan Scavo, Injury Prevention and Public Health: Practical Knowledge, Skills, and Strategies, Gaithersburg, Maryland: Aspen Publishers, Inc., 1999.
Good, Phillip I. and Hardin, James W. Common Errors in Statistics (and How to Avoid Them), New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2003.
Kelsey, Jennifer L., Whittemore, Alice S., Evans, S, and Thompson, W. Douglas. Methods in Observational Epidemiology. Second Edition, New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
Marubini, Ettore and Valsecchi, Maria Grazia, Analysing Survival Data from Clinical Trials and Observational Studies, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2004.
McClure, Roderick, Stevenson, Mark, and McEvoy, Suzanne. The Scientific Basis of Injury Prevention and Control, Melbourne: IP Communications, 2004.
Rosenberg. Mark L. and Baer, Editors, Injury and Violence, in Maxcy-Rosenau-Last, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, 14th Edition, Stamford, Connecticut: Appleton and Lange, 1998. Refer to - Chapter 72: Kraus, J.F., Peek-Asa, C., and Vimalachandra, D., Injury Control: The Public Health Approach; Chapter 73: Rosenberg, M.L., Mercy, J.A., and Annest, J.L., The Problem of Violence in the United States and Globally.
Van Belle, Gerald, Fisher, Lloyd D., Heagerty, Patrick J., Lumley, Thomas. Biostatistics: A Methodology for the Health Sciences, New Jersey: John Wiley and Sons, Inc., 2004.
VI. Course Schedule/Location: 1156 Mayo Memorial Building; Fridays, 12:20-2:15 pm
Refer to separate schedule for specific details.
Any student with a documented disability (e.g., physical, learning, psychiatric, vision, hearing, etc.) who needs to arrange reasonable accommodations must contact the instructor and Disability Services at the beginning of the semester. All discussions will remain confidential. For further information contact the University of Minnesota Disability Services website at http://disserv3.stu.umn.edu/index2.html or call 612-626-1333 (V/TTY)