Invited commentary : do-it-yourself modern epidemiology--at last!

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In this issue of the Journal, Keyes and Galea (Am J Epidemiol. 2014;180(7):661-668) propose "7 foundational steps" for introducing epidemiologic methods and concepts to beginners. Keyes and Galea's credo is that the methododological and conceptual components that comprise epidemiology, today scattered in textbook chapters, come together as an integrated and coherent methodological corpus in the process of designing studies. Thus, they expound, the process of designing studies should be the core of teaching epidemiology. Two aspects of their 7-steps-to-epidemiology, do-it-yourself user manual stand out as novel: 1) the approach, because of its emphasis on modern epidemiology's causal framework of a dynamic population in a steady state evolving across time, and 2) the ambition to teach modern epidemiology in introductory courses, instead of the popular mix of classical and modern epidemiology that is often used today to keep introductory courses simple. Both aspects are of potentially great significance for our discipline.

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CommentOn: Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Oct 1;180(7):661-8. - PMID 25190677

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:180

Enthalten in:

American journal of epidemiology - 180(2014), 7 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 669-72

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Morabia, Alfredo [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Causal frameworks
Classical epidemiology
Comment
Journal Article
Modern epidemiology
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Teaching

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Date Completed 21.11.2014

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Print-Electronic

CommentOn: Am J Epidemiol. 2014 Oct 1;180(7):661-8. - PMID 25190677

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/aje/kwu221

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NLM241610257