Cardiovascular Epidemiology (online)

The objective of this online medical course is to provide you with insights into the principles of cardiovascular disease (CVD) epidemiology and the important issues that are involved – plus a lot more besides. Unlike many other courses that only go into one particular topic in depth, this course will enable you to ‘zoom out’ from your own direct research in order to look at the bigger picture. By doing so, you will be able to see your own work or research from a broader perspective. Furthermore, this is an essential course to follow if you want to gain a broader understanding of cardiovascular epidemiology than you would in your own specialty.

By the end of the course, you should be able to:

• Understand the process of atherosclerosis, which is the underlying pathology for the most common cardiovascular diseases
• Describe the risk factors for cardiovascular diseases
• Describe the worldwide trends in cardiovascular diseases and cardiovascular disease mortality
• Describe the triggers for a cardiovascular event
• Understand the principles for prevention of cardiovascular diseases

Our courses are aimed at clinical researchers, nurses, general practitioners, and other health professionals who want to improve their skills in epidemiology, statistics and (clinical) research.

3 weeks, 14 hours per week

Please note, even though you can manage your own time our courses are not intended as individual education. By learning together you will gain depth in your learning process, which is very important. Therefore flexibility from students, a positive attitude towards teachers and peers and the willingness to learn together and help each other is invaluable to our courses