Master Programme Epidemiology
Specialisation course Veterinary epidemiology
May 28 – June 28, 2007
Coordinator: Karin Orsel, DVM, MSc, PhD
Utrecht University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
Department of Farm Animal Health
Yalelaan 7 3584 CL Utrecht
The Netherlands
tel +31-(0)30 253 7551
fax +31-(0)30-252 1887
email: k.orsel@vet.uu.nl
Aim of the course
The aim of the course is to make the participants familiar with all the basic principles of
veterinary epidemiology. These will be taught and illustrated during 4 weeks. Every day a
specific veterinary epidemiological topic will be discussed and illustrated and combined with
practical exercises, take home exercises and/or reading assignments. At the end of the course
every participant will be familiar with the basic principles of veterinary epidemiology, and
will be able to perform basic test evaluations and risk analysis. Through the focus on practical
application, the participant will be able to organize and perform simple variants of veterinary
epidemiological studies. He/she must be able to understand and evaluate epidemiological
publications.
Participants
Full MSc students
The master's programmes in Biomedical Sciences is offered by the Utrecht Graduate School
of Life Sciences / Academic Biomedical Centre (ABC) of Utrecht University . Utrecht
University has awarded the MSc Epidemiology programme the exclusive title 'International
Prestige Master'. This means that the programme is of high quality, internationally
competitive, and is expected to attract the best and most ambitious students worldwide. The
specialisation course Veterinary Epidemiology can be part of the research master
Epidemiology; it is open for students who finished there core courses. For MSc participants
there will a sitdown exam at the end of the course.
Additional participants
Veterinary researchers with a keen interest in epidemiology are welcome to this 4 week
specialization course. Prior basis statistical knowledge is highly recommended. Prior
epidemiological knowledge can be obtained from the textbook.
The first week of the course on mathematical modelling of infectious diseases can be
separately followed as a one week course.
These participants can obtain a certificate of attendance or attend the exam for the veterinary
epidemiology course.
Textbook:
Veterinary epidemiologic research, by Ian Dohoo, Wayne Martin and Henrik Stryhn
ISBN0-919013-41-4. Costs approx. € 80,Fee
Costs for additional participants is € 2400,- for the full course.
Costs for the first week is € 800,Reduction can be obtained for internal participants
Course Schedule for Veterinary Epidemiology
Week 1: Basics of mathematical modelling of infectious diseases (Prof. Dr. Hans Heesterbeek and Prof MJM Bonten)
Program details to be announced
Day
Mo
Date
May 28
Start
End
Topic
Registration
Instructor
Location
Lunch break
Tue
May 29
Lunch break
Thu
May 31
Lunch break
Fri
June 1
Lunch break
The first week of this course, about modelling of infectious diseases, can also be followed as a separate course.
Week 2
Day
Date
Tues
June 5
Thurs
Fri
June 7
June 8
Week 3
Day
Date
Tues
June 12
Thurs
Fri
June 14
June 15
Start
9:00
End
12:00
13.00
16:00
9:00
12:00
13.00
16:00
9:00
12:00
13.00
16:00
Start
9:00
End
12:00
13.00
16:00
9:00
12:00
13.00
16:00
9:00
12:00
Topic
Study design, veterinary approach
Lunch break
Practical training
Instructor
K. Orsel
Textbook
Chapter 7, 8, 9, 11
Diagnosis
Lunch break
Practical training
A. Bouma
Chapter 5
Bias, confounding, causality,
association
Lunch break
Practical training
K. Orsel
Chapter 4, 6, 12, 13
Topic
Stratified analysis
Lunch break
Practical training
Instructor
K. Orsel
Textbook
Chapter 13
Sampling
Lunch break
Practical training
A. Bouma
Chapter 2
Regression models, practical &
veterinary approach
Lunch break
K. Orsel
Chapter 14
Week 4
Day
Date
Tues
June 19
Thurs
Fri
June 21
June 22
13.00
16:00
Practical training
Start
9:00
End
12:00
Instructor
K. Orsel
13.00
16:00
Topic
Logistic regression & coding
Lunch break
Practical training
9:00
12:00
K. Orsel
13.00
16:00
Outbreak investigation & risk analysis
Lunch break
Practical training
9:00
12:00
K. Orsel
13.00
16:00
Matching, model building &
interaction
Lunch break
Practical training
Sit down exam will be held at Thursday 28 th of June
Textbook
Chapter 16
Chapter 15, 26