Welcome to Epi 2.
My name is Lauren Printing,
and I will be teaching the course this summer.
I am an applied epidemiologist working
in the Division of Environmental Health
at the Vermont Department of Health.
And I'm excited to spend the next six weeks with you all.
This course will build on what you learned
in both Epi 1 and Biostats 1.
It was originally designed and developed
by Drs. Valerie Harder and Vicky Hart.
Neither are able to teach this course anymore,
but they created some really fantastic material
that you'll see throughout the course
since there's no need to reinvent the wheel.
I hope to add to that prerecorded material
by bringing my perspective as an applied epidemiologist
to the introductory videos that you'll see
before each module and in the yellow dig discussion
that we'll be having each week.
As we build on what you have learned,
we'll see more advanced epidemiologic concepts
and we'll also work
on statistical analyses that will prepare you
for your capstone project.
These concepts and skills will help you not only
with that project, but also as you think
about working in the field of public health.
So make sure that you have a good understanding
of the material as we move through it
and ask questions along the way.
After you watch this video
I encourage you to take a look
at the syllabus and course calendar to see the types
of assignments that you can expect.
This will be a pretty intense course to take
in a compressed format.
So noting the due dates ahead of time
and just kind of seeing the volume of work will be helpful.
You can expect to SPSS lab assignments
where we will analyze and interpret public health data,
as well as three open-book
and open-note exams throughout the semester.
There are some additional kind of module release
practice questions that are not graded, as well
as a practice exam that is available
just to kind of help you get used to the types
of questions that you'll see on the real exams.
This class has a heavy focus
on interpretation of study results
so that you really get the true marriage
of biostats and epi,
which is what you see in public health practice.
This is a three credit master's level course
that you're taking in six weeks
so you should expect to be spending at least
10 to 20 hours week on course material.
If you have any questions,
please don't hesitate to reach out.
That's what I'm here for.
And again, I'm looking forward to our time together.