Research Pulse: Future focussed health insights
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Research Pulse: Future focussed health insights
Learn from the past, prepare for the future: this is epidemiology
CALHN Research Pulse Podcast | Season 3 episode 5 |
Delivering healthcare in hospitals and clinics requires intense focus on the present.
But there's another aspect of healthcare that helps doctors learn from the past, and design for the future.
It’s called epidemiology. Epidemiology is a field of science focused on the ‘how many people?’ and ‘why?’ of diseases and health conditions.
In this episode of Research Pulse we learn more about epidemiology, including why CALHN established the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology, also known as the Adelaide Epicentre, in January 2024.
We speak to Professor Stephen McDonald, Director at the Adelaide Epicentre and Senior Staff Nephrologist at the Central Northern Renal and Transplantation Service based at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
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