Please read the book, The Health Gap and write a 3-5 page scholarly paper discussing the content of this book. Please be sure to integrate course objectives (found in the syllabus) from the course modules into your paper.
Marmot, M. (2015). The health gap: the challenge of an unequal world. Bloomsbury Press.
Course objectives below:
Use basic statistical and epidemiologic
concepts such as, but not limited to,
prevalence, incidence, rates, ratios, validity,
reliability, variation, and normal
distribution, to interpret study findings at
the individual and / or population level for
clinical practice.
2. Use clinical epidemiology concepts such as,
but not limited to, sensitivity, specificity,
PPV, NPV, null hypothesis statistical testing,
Bayesian thinking, receiver operating
characteristic (ROC) curve, survival/ hazard
curves, LR, NNT, effect size, statistical
significance, and clinical significance to
interpret findings at the individual and / or
population level for clinical practice.
Discussion board postings
Mid term presentation
Final paper
3 Evaluate select clinical trials, meta-analyses,
and systematic reviews for their clinical
usefulness and their adherence to ethical/
legal principles.
4 Evaluate select theories and models of
decision-making for clinical practice
including cost-effectiveness analysis.
5 Understand the use of select clinical
epidemiological analytical and reporting
tools such as dashboards, run and control
charts, root cause analyses, and failure and
mode effects analysis.
Course Structure
