Universität Wien

330092 UE Practise Nutritional Epidemiology (2009W)

Continuous assessment of course work

Die Übungen setzen eine vorherige Teilnahme an der Vorlesung Ernährungsepidemiologie (330072) voraus.

Prior to the course students have to visit the lecture Nutritional Epidemiology (330072).

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 60 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 09.11. 13:00 - 18:00 Seminarraum 2F546 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II
  • Tuesday 10.11. 09:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 2F546 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II
  • Wednesday 11.11. 09:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 2F546 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II
  • Thursday 12.11. 09:00 - 16:00 Seminarraum 2F546 Ernährungswissenschaften UZA II

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Using recently published studies students will learn to read papers in nutritional epidemiology critically and to discuss study design, results and conclusions. They will be instructed in approaching to given papers from different standpoints and will have to discuss their views orally. They also have to develop a study design for a given hypothesis, thus experiencing use and calculation of epidemiological estimates.

Assessment and permitted materials

Successful participation will be certified and graded after
(1) oral presentation and discussion of a recent publication,
(2) conclusive and founded answering of test questions,
(3) solving epidemiological problems and calculations.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The seminar is dedicated to consolidate the knowledge presented in the lecture "Nutritional Epidemiology" and will enable students to become familiar with understanding and applying epidemiological methods in nutritional science and interpreting the results.

Examination topics

(1) Reading, evaluation, oral presentation (in German) and discussion of a recently published study in nutritional epidemiology,
(2) establishing a study design for a given nutritional problem, ways of data collection, evaluation and interpretation,
(3) answering and discussion of written questions,
(4) calculation of examples with epidemiological background.

Reading list

Jeweils aktuelle Publikationen aus ernährungswissenschaftlichen und epidemiologischen Zeitschriften

Recent scientific publications in nutritional and epidemiological journals

Association in the course directory

Last modified: Sa 02.04.2022 00:27