Métodos de Investigación Cuantitativos
Learn quantitative research methods and their clinical use in health sciences. Master statistical and epidemiological tools for data analysis.
Learn quantitative research methods and their clinical use in health sciences. Master statistical and epidemiological tools for data analysis.
This comprehensive course introduces you to quantitative research principles in health sciences. You'll explore the validity and reliability components of epidemiological designs, understanding their applications, strengths, and weaknesses. The course emphasizes identifying validity through different types of biases and understanding confounding variables and their implications for drawing conclusions in health sciences research. Throughout the program, ethical implications of research are highlighted, emphasizing the importance of following current ethical frameworks. You'll begin by studying frequency measures, epidemiological occurrence, association measures, and diagnostic performance, then progress to understanding epidemiological design types and diagnostic tests. Later sections cover bias and confounding concepts, culminating in learning how to conduct systematic reviews and meta-analyses. The course employs case studies, epidemiological studies, and analysis of real public health research to provide practical understanding and application of concepts.
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What you'll learn
Understand frequency measures and disease occurrence, association measures, and epidemiological design classification and scope
Comprehend the importance of validity, bias, and confounding concepts in generating conclusions in health sciences research
Learn to conduct systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and use software to facilitate these research designs
Develop skills in assessing risk of bias and evidence certainty through the GRADE system
Apply quantitative research methods to real public health case studies and epidemiological analyses
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course covers essential aspects of quantitative research methodology in health sciences. Students will learn frequency and occurrence measurements in disease, association measures, and the scope of epidemiological designs. The curriculum emphasizes understanding validity, bias, and confounding concepts when generating conclusions in health sciences research. The course explores different epidemiological designs including descriptive observational, analytical observational, performance measurement studies, and clinical experiments. Students will also learn how to conduct systematic reviews and meta-analyses using specialized software, including risk of bias assessment and evidence certainty evaluation through the GRADE system. Throughout the course, ethical implications of research are emphasized, highlighting the importance of following current ethical frameworks to achieve research results.
Medidas de frecuencia y asociación
Module 1
Diseños epidemiológicos y pruebas diagnósticas
Module 2
Sesgo y confusión
Module 3
Revisión sistemática, metaanálisis y sistema grade
Module 4
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Profesor at Universidad del Rosario
Daniel Alejandro Buitrago Medina is a professional in veterinary medicine, a field epidemiologist (FETP), and holds a specialization in epidemiology with a Master's degree in Public Health. He has extensive experience in research and teaching at various Colombian universities, with over 15 years of work as an epidemiologist in public health at national, departmental, district, and municipal levels. His areas of expertise include environmental health, epidemiological surveillance, prevention and control of zoonoses, and outbreak management.
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Profesor at Universidad del Rosario
Milcíades Ibáñez Pinilla is a statistician from Universidad Nacional de Colombia, with specializations in university teaching (Universidad El Bosque), epidemiology (Universidad El Bosque), and a Master's degree in General Epidemiology (Universidad del Valle). He holds a doctorate in Social Sciences - Political Studies from Universidad Externado de Colombia. Ibáñez Pinilla serves as a teacher-researcher and research advisor for specializations at Universidad del Rosario - MEDERI, Universidad Nacional, and Unisanitas. He is also a senior researcher and peer evaluator at Colciencias. His research focuses on epidemiology, public health, and bio-statistics.
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