Title: Week 5 - Epidemiological Study Designs
Course: Epidemiology PEBL Course Module

Dear students, this week you are going to study an overview of different epidemiological study designs.

In epidemiology, researchers are interested in measuring or assessing the relationship of exposure with a disease or an outcome. As a first step, they define the hypothesis based on the research question and then decide which study design will suit that question. How the researcher conducts the the investigation is directed by the chosen study design

At the end of this topic, you will be able to:

- Understand the different epidemiological study types
- Get to know what is involved in each type of study
- Understand the strengths and limitations of each study type