Section outline

  • Cognitive Biases / Course Review
    Criticisms of evidence-based medicine; stories and statistics; psychology of medical decision making: heuristics used to estimate probability.  Course review.

    Faculty:  Michael Kohn

    • Lecture Slides:

    • Lecture 10 Cognitive Bias and Course Review File
    • Example Weighted Kappa Calculation File
    • CALFRAST File
    • Moderna Vaccine with NB Calculation File

    • Lecture Audio/Video Recording (Access restricted to registered students):

    • 2020 (!) Course Review Zoom Video 12/1/2020 Media Resource

      2021 Students:  Note that this is last year's course review.

    • 2018 Lecture Cognitive Biases and Course Review (2021 students should watch this) URL
      Not available unless: You belong to a group in Registered Students Only

    • Large Group Discussion (Access restricted to registered students):
      Brief formal review of lecture followed by question and answer discussion. Recorded lecture should be viewed prior to this session.

    • Epi204 LGD and course review 11.30.2021 Media Resource

    • Required Reading:

      EBD, Chapter 12

    • Optional Reading:

    • Newman, TB. The Power of Stories over Statistics.BMJ. 2003;327(7429):1424-7 File
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    • Assignment: TAKE-HOME FINAL EXAM DUE MONDAY 12/6/21 11:59 PM

      The exam will be posted below by 2 pm on Tuesday 11/30/2021
    • Final EXAM epi 204 2021 File

    • Note: We may post clarifications in response to forum posts!

      Do NOT collaborate with classmates.

    • EPI 204 Final Exam - upload Word doc here Assignment

      If possible, please upload as a Word .docx.  We will grade using "Track Changes".

      Due 12/6/21. 11:59 PM.

      Do NOT collaborate with classmates.

    • Final Exam Answer Key (Access restricted to registered students):