No	Date and Time	Location*	Topics and Instructors	Readings
1	Jan 12	SON 1230	Orientation (S. Yeo)     GROUP SIGN-UP	[Hinshaw, 1990 #137; Hinshaw, 1996 #135; Hinshaw, 1996 #136]
2	Jan 19	LRC 3950	Lecture: Orientation to Medline and other on-line systems (P. Redman, T. Adams)	Material provided on site   [LoBiondo-Wood, 1994 #190] pp93-127 [Booth, 1995 #11] 65-81
3	Jan 26	SON 1230	Lecture: Anatomy and Physiology of Research (S. Yeo) Slides       ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY DUE	[LoBiondo-Wood, 1994 #190] pp6-27 [Rosa, 1998 #134] [Hulley, 1988 #191] Chapter 1 [Booth, 1995 #11] 6-11

No	Date and Time	Location*	Topics and Instructors	Readings
4	February 2	SON 1230	Lecture: Conceiving the research question (S. Yeo) Slides             Writing a research paper (English Composition Office)	[LoBiondo-Wood, 1994 #190] pp133-151 [Mercer, 1986 #160; Mercer, 1988 #159] [Dekker, 1991 #148] [Booth, 1995 #11] 29-65
5	February 9	SON 1230	Lecture: Choosing the Study Subjects I: Specification (S. Yeo)   RESEARCH TOPIC DUE	[LoBiondo-Wood, 1994 #190] pp155-171 [Wallace, 1986 #111]
6	February 16	Media Union or New Media Center	Lecture: Power Point and Internet Introductory (R. Barnard & T. Adams) Skills Lab
7	February 23	SON 1230	Lecture: Choosing the Study Subjects II: Sampling (S. Yeo) Skills Lab Slides	[LoBiondo-Wood, 1994 #190] pp247-273
8	March 2	SPRING BREAK!
9	March 9	SON 1230   NIB Computer site	Lecture: Planning the Measurement: Precision & Accuracy (S.Yeo) Slides Skills Lab   ABSTRACT DUE	[LoBiondo-Wood, 1994 #190] "Level of Measurement" pp352-355, 328, 330-334, 337-345

No	Date and Time	Location*	Topics and Instructors	Readings
10	March 16	SON 1230   NIB Computer site	Designing a new study I: Cohort studies Slides Skills Lab	[LoBiondo-Wood, 1994 #190] pp196-200 [Kay, 1991 #177] [Gracie, 1982 #183] [Clapp, 1991 #168] [Hannaford, 1997 #161]
11	March 23	SON 1230       NIB Computer site	Lecture: Designing a new study: II. Cross sectional & case control studies (S. Yeo) Slides Skills Lab     (REFRESHMENT FOR THE PRESENTATIONS SIGN-UP)	[Solomon, 1984 #184] [Souma, 1983 #65] [Marcoux, 1989 #143] [Yeo, 1995 #173] [Yeo, 1994 #174]
12	March 30	SON 1230	Lecture: Enhancing causal influence in observational studies Slildes Skills Lab	[LoBiondo-Wood, 1994 #190] Pp200-206
13	April 6	SON 1230   NIB Computer site	Lecture: Designing a new study III: Experiments Slides Skills Lab   GROUP PRESENTATION	[Yeo, 1996 #171] [Tashiro, 1993 #176] [Bloom, 1998 #10]
14	April 13	NIB Computer site	No Class (MNRS) Skills Lab
15	April 20	SON 1230	GROUP PRESENTATION