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Welcome to Epi 2.

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My name is Lauren Printing,

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and I will be teaching
the course this summer.

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I am an applied epidemiologist working

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in the Division of Environmental Health

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at the Vermont Department of Health.

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And I'm excited to spend the
next six weeks with you all.

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This course will build on what you learned

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in both Epi 1 and Biostats 1.

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It was originally designed and developed

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by Drs. Valerie Harder and Vicky Hart.

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Neither are able to teach
this course anymore,

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but they created some
really fantastic material

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that you'll see throughout the course

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since there's no need
to reinvent the wheel.

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I hope to add to that prerecorded material

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by bringing my perspective
as an applied epidemiologist

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to the introductory videos that you'll see

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before each module and in
the yellow dig discussion

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that we'll be having each week.

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As we build on what you have learned,

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we'll see more advanced
epidemiologic concepts

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and we'll also work

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on statistical analyses
that will prepare you

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for your capstone project.

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These concepts and skills
will help you not only

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with that project, but also as you think

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about working in the
field of public health.

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So make sure that you
have a good understanding

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of the material as we move through it

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and ask questions along the way.

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After you watch this video

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I encourage you to take a look

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at the syllabus and course
calendar to see the types

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of assignments that you can expect.

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This will be a pretty
intense course to take

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in a compressed format.

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So noting the due dates ahead of time

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and just kind of seeing the
volume of work will be helpful.

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You can expect to SPSS lab assignments

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where we will analyze and
interpret public health data,

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as well as three open-book

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and open-note exams
throughout the semester.

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There are some additional
kind of module release

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practice questions that
are not graded, as well

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as a practice exam that is available

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just to kind of help you
get used to the types

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of questions that you'll
see on the real exams.

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This class has a heavy focus

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on interpretation of study results

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so that you really get the true marriage

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of biostats and epi,

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which is what you see in
public health practice.

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This is a three credit
master's level course

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that you're taking in six weeks

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so you should expect
to be spending at least

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10 to 20 hours week on course material.

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If you have any questions,

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please don't hesitate to reach out.

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That's what I'm here for.

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And again, I'm looking
forward to our time together.