Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine Review

Section I: Epidemiology. Epidemiologic Approaches, Contributions, And Issues. Epidemiologic Data Sources and Measurements. Epidemiologic Surveillance and Outbreak Investigation. The Study of Causation in Epidemiologic Investigation and Research. Common Research Designs Used in Epidemiology. Assessment of Risk in Epidemiologic Studies. Section II: Biostatistics. Understanding and Reducing Errors in Clinical Medicine. Improving Decisions in Clinical Medicine. Describing Variation in Data. Statistical Inference and Hypothesis Testing. Bivariate Analysis. Sample Size, Randomization, And Probability Theory. Multivariate Analysis. Section III: Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Introduction to Preventive Medicine. Methods of Primary Prevention: Health Promotion. Methods of Primary Prevention: Specific Protection. Methods of Secondary Prevention. Methods of Tertiary Prevention. Special Topics in Prevention. Public Health Responsibilities and Goals. Medical Care Policy and Financing. Section IV: Comprehensive Examination. Questions. Answers and Explanations. Epidemiologic and Medical Glossary. Appendix.