Foundations of epidemiology; measuring health and disease; study design; random error; bias; association and causation; prevention and screening; communicable disease; environmental and occupational health; basic statistical concepts; measurement, accuracy and precision; probability; descriptive statistics; hypothesis; testing; critical review of the literature; research question and definition of problem; formulation of hypotheses and objectives; population and sampling; sample size estimation; variables and data collection methods; data management and analysis; interpretation, report writing and dissemination; ethics; budgeting and accounting.
