Section outline

  • Lecture: Observational designs and studies of diagnostic tests

    Faculty:  Warren Browner

    Location:      HSW 302

    • Browner Lecture 4 Observational studies and Dx Tests 19Aug14 File

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

    • Required Reading:

      DCR-4 Chapter 7: Designing a Cohort Study

      DCR-4 Chapter 8: Designing Cross-Sectional and Case Control Studies

      DCR-4 Chapter 12: Designing Studies of medical Tests OR Chapter 13: Utilizing Existing Databases

    • Optional Reading:

    • Page proofs, Evidence-Based Diagnosis, Chapter 7. Read "Quantifying new information" page 148 and Box 7.3 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Page proofs, Evidence-Based Diagnosis, Chapter 8. It will be hard but relevant if you are studying a diagnostic test; read as much as you can File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Page proofs, Evidence-Based Diagnosis (EBD) Chapter 10 File
      Not available unless: Your ID number contains 02
    • Example of a nested case-control study (Vit D and Colorectal cancer). Wu JNCI 2007;99:-1120-9 File
    • Gilbert 1996 AnnEmergMed Chart review methods File
    • Newman & Browner 1988 AJPH Epidemiology of Life and Death. (This is the article Warren mentioned in his lecture. Enjoy!) File