Description

Overview:

Epidemiology is an openly licensed text designed for medical degree–seeking clinical students without a prior background in public health. Using sports medicine and injury prevention examples and applications, it aims to provide students with the basics of epidemiology terms and concepts and is intended to guide medical school students as they prepare for the USMLE Step 1 Exam and to transition from student to clinician. It includes an introduction to general concepts and terminology of epidemiology, study designs and their relationship to clinical questions, and the use of epidemiology in clinical diagnosis and screening of disease. Concluding sections of the book present sources of errors in epidemiologic studies, including bias, confounding, and effect modification. The book is notable for its use of accessible, inclusive figures and examples, and end-of-chapter study guides that summarize the chapter visually.

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The main landing page for this book is https://doi.org/10.21061/epidemiology.
The open textbook is freely available online in multiple formats, including PDF, ePub, and Pressbooks (https://pressbooks.lib.vt.edu/epidemiology/).
A paperback print version (in color) is available for order here: https://a.co/d/90xBmnO.

ISBN (PDF): 978-1-957213-63-7
ISBN (Pressbooks): 978-1-957213-65-1
ISBN (EPUB): 978-1-957213-64-4
ISBN (print): 978-1-957213-62-0

Suggested citation
Baker, Charlotte (2023). Epidemiology. Blacksburg: Charlotte Baker. https://doi.org/10.21061/epidemiology. Licensed with CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0).

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Subject:

Health, Medicine and Nursing

Level:

College / Upper Division, Adult Education

Material Type:

Textbook

Author:

Charlotte Baker

Provider:

Virginia Tech

Provider Set:

VTech Works

Date Added:

01/02/2024