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David Kleinbaum, 2015
ActivEpi Web, is an electronic textbook for teaching epidemiology, available free on-line. This unique instructional tool can be accessed using the link: http://activepi.herokuapp.com.
ActivEpi Web features:
• 15 lessons (chapters), each with several activities.
• Topics covered in most introductory epidemiology texts:
- study designs, measures of frequency and effect, potential impact,validity (selection, information, and confounding biases),interaction/effect modification, analysis of 2x2 tables, control of variables, stratified analysis, matching, introduction to logistic regression.
• A full range of learning activities:
- Narrated instructional expositions that use video and/or animation
- Interactive study questions within expositions
- Interactive short quizzes
- Exercises using computer software to analyze data
- Homework exercises with solutions available to instructors only
- Linkage to resources on the World Wide Web
• Materials for the Instructor:
- PowerPoint presentation lecture materials
- Homework exercises and exam questions
- Answer files to homework exercises and exam questions available only to instructors
Dr Kleinbaum (CDC/EIS) comedy skit
David Kleinbaum, Ph.D., Professor of Epidemiology at Rollins School of Public Health at Emory University, originally developed ActivEpi in 2001 as a CD Rom. Because many computers no longer have CD capability, Kleinbaum converted it to a Web format in 2015.
“I consider this text an important educational gift to the world and hope it has a major impact on education in the health, medical and mathematical/statistical fields,” said Kleinbaum who has written seven epidemiology textbooks and won numerous teaching awards during his 40-year career. “I hope it provides a clear understanding of how epidemiology links the health and medical sciences with mathematics and statistics.”