This unit focuses on issues in planning and conducting research in dental public health, issues and techniques in the management of information in dental public research and surveillance and monitoring as a key public function. The topics covered are observational, analytical and interventional studies in dentistry and the evidence hierarchy; qualitative research methods and dental research; sampling and sources of data issues in dental research; measurement and data analysis in dental research; the rationale, principles and evaluation of surveillance and monitoring; and dental research in its broader societal and scientific context (research ethics, systematic evaluation of literature,... -- Course Website
Instructor: Associate Professor Estie Kruger
