ILOs

• Explain the value of 'doing the right things' in healthcare systems
• Demonstrate how a clear understanding of causality helps with 'doing the right things'
• Give an overview of a simple framework for exploring apparent associations
• Demonstrate the limitations of this over-simplified model
• Describe how a good understanding of causality supports rational healthcare
• Apply the concepts learned in this activity to an important contemporary health problem

Causation

• What is the holy grail of epidemiology?
• What is a cause?
• Why do we need models of causation?
• What is a necessary cause?
• So... what is a sufficient cause?
• Ok... tell me what a risk factor is, NOW
• Explain what the line model of causation is
• What's the triangle model of causation?
• What is the wheel of causation?
• Why was the web of causation model developed?
• What led to causal pies arising?