Overview
- Compact and comprehensive – perfect length and coverage for medical school courses
- Basic concepts of epidemiology and of biostatistics presented and illustrated with extensive examples from the clinical literature
- Learning objectives frame beginning of each chapter
- New – chapter on genetic epidemiology and updated coverage of effect modification, diagnostic testing, and randomized trials
- Clarifies and simplifies sections on clinical trials and effect modification
- Features long and short answer questions as well as multiple choice questions with extensive answers provided
- Based off of new teaching points pertaining to concepts throughout the textbook (Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2nd edition) that have arisen from author's experiences teaching the course the medical students
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Keywords
- biostatistics
- clinical research
- clinical research design
- epidemiology
- case report
- survival analysis
- cohort studies
About this book
This set contains two books:
The textbook is a concise introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics written specifically for medical students and first-time learners of clinical research methods. It presents the core concepts of epidemiology and of biostatistics and illustrates them with extensive examples from the clinical literature. It is the only book on the market written to speak directly to medical students and first-time biomedical researchers by using language and examples that are easy to understand.
This newly updated second edition is extensively rewritten to provide the clearest explanations and examples. The book is an excellent review for the epidemiology section of the United States Medical Licensing Examination Part I which all medical students must take at the end of the second year.
Alongside the textbook is the the workbook that is designed to teach the major fundamental concepts in Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and clinical research design alongside the textbook "Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2nd Edition". It is written in concise and organized fashion with many examples to illustrate the concepts deriving from a collection of written materials created to teach Epidemiology and Biostatistics to medical students. The major differences from related titles include a “story” based approach toward teaching the material, relative brevity while maintaining focus on key concepts, and taking the perspective of first-time learners (avoiding and/or clearly defining jargon, using clear common-sense language). It features a variety of questions: long, short, and multiple choice questions. The workbook is made to provide students with the tools necessary to form their own informed conclusions from the clinical research literature.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Book Subtitle: An Introduction to Clinical Research - The Textbook and The Workbook
Authors: Bryan Kestenbaum
Publisher: Springer Cham
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Illustrations: 20 illustrations in colour