Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians

Helen Ward, Mireille B. Toledano, Gavin Shaddick, Bethan Davies, and Paul Elliott

Oxford Medical Handbooks

Combines the trusted format of the Oxford Handbooks with a comprehensive guide to the clinical application of epidemiology
Encourages discussion on such topics as controversies in prevention intervention with the authors posing pertinent questions throughout
Focuses on the use of clinical evidence in everyday practice
Outlines how to undertake research, conduct reviews of evidence, write-up publications

Highly Commended in the Basis of Medicine Category, BMA Book Awards 2013

Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians

Helen Ward, Mireille B. Toledano, Gavin Shaddick, Bethan Davies, and Paul Elliott

Description

The Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians provides all the information required by students and junior doctors who need to understand and translate key epidemiological concepts into medical practice. Unlike standard textbooks in this area, the focus throughout is on clinical applications of epidemiological knowledge.
Divided into four sections, the handbook begins with the basics of epidemiology in the clinic, moving on to the theories behind evidence-based practice, discussions of optimum methods and studies, and then ends by looking at the epidemiology of common diseases. The material is presented in a logical manner, from problems to the most appropriate solutions or tools to be applied. Interesting topics such as controversies in prevention intervention encourage discussion and thought, and the authors pose sensible and important questions throughout. This handbook is a must for all junior doctors, medical students, and clinicians who need to apply epidemiological concepts to day-to-day practice or who want a practical step-by-step guide to undertaking research, conducting reviews of evidence, or writing up publications.

Highly Commended in the Basis of Medicine Category, BMA Book Awards 2013

Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians

Helen Ward, Mireille B. Toledano, Gavin Shaddick, Bethan Davies, and Paul Elliott

Oxford Medical Handbooks

Section 1: Epidemiology in the clinic
1:The diagnostic process
2:Management decisions
3:Risk communication and promoting health
Section 2: Evidence-based practice
4:Finding and summarizing evidence
5:Preventive medicine and screening
6:Evaluating clinical practice
Section 3: Epidemiological methods
7:Types of study
8:Sources of data
9:Statistical concepts
10:Statistical techniques in clinical medicine
Section 4: Epidemiology of common diseases
11:Global burden of disease
12:Epidemiology of diseases

Highly Commended in the Basis of Medicine Category, BMA Book Awards 2013

Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians

Helen Ward, Mireille B. Toledano, Gavin Shaddick, Bethan Davies, and Paul Elliott

Oxford Medical Handbooks

Author Information

Helen Ward, Professor of Public Health, Imperial College London, UK, Mireille B. Toledano, Senior Lecturer in Epidemiology Imperial College London, UK, Gavin Shaddick, Senior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Bath, UK, Bethan Davies, Clinical Research Fellow, Imperial College London, UK, and Paul Elliott, Chair in Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine Imperial College London, UK

Helen Ward is Professor of Public Health at Imperial College London and an Honorary Consultant in the Clinical Directorate of Public Health and Primary Care in the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. She is Director of Education for the School of Public Health and has extensive experience teaching epidemiology, public and global health to medical students and health professionals. She leads a research group working on the epidemiology and control of sexually transmitted infections and HIV, and directs Imperial's Centre for Patient Experience Research.

Dr Mireille Toledano is a senior lecturer in epidemiology at Imperial College London and an investigator of the MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health specialising in environmental epidemiology and exposure assessment. She is currently a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, following successful completion of a postgraduate certificate in higher education at Imperial College London.

Paul Elliott is Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine at Imperial College London and an Honorary Consultant in the Clinical Directorate of Public Health and Primary Care in the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust. He is also the Director of the MRC-HPA Centre for Environment and Health which coordinates a major programme of scientific research and postgraduate training in the health effects of environmental pollutants. He has particular interests in clinical biobanks and molecular epidemiology.

Gavin Shaddick is Reader in statistics at the Department of Mathematical Sciences at University of Bath. He has previously held positions as a lecturer and senior lecturer at the University of Bath, a research assistant at the Department of Epidemiology at Imperial College, London, and a research assistant and fellow at the Environmental Epidemiology Unit, London, School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Bethan Davies studied Medicine at Cambridge University and is training in Public Health. She is currently working as a Clinical Research Fellow at Imperial College London.

Highly Commended in the Basis of Medicine Category, BMA Book Awards 2013

Oxford Handbook of Epidemiology for Clinicians

Helen Ward, Mireille B. Toledano, Gavin Shaddick, Bethan Davies, and Paul Elliott

Oxford Medical Handbooks

Reviews and Awards

"The science is sound, and the coverage is comprehensive, as might be expected of the expert team of editors. The prose is easy to read, and the usual Handbook style lends itself to easy reference and a quick grasp of key points for each topic. The book is an extremely useful resource for young doctors in general clinical specialities." - Occupational Medicine

"As a hybrid between an introduction to epidemiology and a quick reference for use in clinical decision-making, this book provides a great deal of information in little space. As a quick reference for use in daily practice, it is unique." - Doody's Notes, August 2013

"More than ever clinicians need to understand evidence. This handbook is an invaluable means for grasping the principles of epidemiology as applied to everyday clinical practice. It also makes the case for integrating evidence-based prevention into our work, and includes an excellent guide to the epidemiology of diseases." - From the Foreward by Professor the Lord Darzi of Denham PC, KBE

"This excellently written book packs in a lot of material in just under 400 pages. The authors have done a great job in focusing on the clinical relevance of the material and even include helpful tips on communicating bad prognoses to patients... It is an excellent aide-memoire and refresher." - Journal of Public Health