Calendar 2002–03

298 Part 5• Department Profiles andProgrammes of Studies information related to disease etiology, diagnosis,prognosis, benefits and harms of treatmentand thatfor health care provision.The bestevidence is from organized scientific resear ch. The discip line of epidemiolo gy is concerned with the methodology of scientific investigations into these issues in humans, and how to collect the best evidence for decision-making . Biostatistics is concern ed with understanding the data obtained from these investigations. Besides con vention al ep id emiolog ical an d b io statistical to pics, the pro gramme p laces a stro ng emphasis on clinical epid emio logy to prep are participantsto understand the practice of evidence-based health care or evidence- based medicine. Cou rses Offered 1. EpidemiologyI 2. Biostatistics I 3. EpidemiologyII 4. Biostatistics II 5. EpidemiologyIII 6. BiostatisticsIII Division of Microbiology PhD Prog ramme Fields of Sp ecialization 1. TopicsinMicrobiology 2. TopicsinVirology 3. TopicsinMolecularBiology and Immunology Topics outsidethe above fields would also be considered. MPhil Prog ramme Fields of Sp ecialization Same as those for the PhD programme. Division of Nursing PhD Prog ramme Fields of Sp ecialization 1. Evaluation of ClinicalNursing 2. HealthPromotion 3. Women’sHealth 4. FamilyCaregiving 5. StrokeRehabilitation 6. Care of Elderly People 7. Midwifery andMental Health Practices 8. Oncology 9. PsychosocialOutcomes