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B020273 - APPLIED TECHNICAL MEDICAL SCIENCES
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Academic Year 2016-17
Course year
First year - First Semester
Belonging Department
Experimantal and Clinical Medicine
Modulo di sola Frequenza of
Scientific Area
MED/50 - APPLIED MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY AND METHODOLOGY
Credits
2
Teaching Hours
16
Teaching Term
05/10/2016 ⇒ 30/04/2018
Attendance required
No
Type of Evaluation
Giudizio Finale
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Lectureship
Mutuality
Course teached as:
B020348 - SCIENZE TECNICHE MEDICHE APPLICATE
Second Cycle Degree in HEALTH PROFESSIONS OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES (DIAGNOSTIC)
B020348 - SCIENZE TECNICHE MEDICHE APPLICATE
Second Cycle Degree in HEALTH PROFESSIONS OF TECHNICAL SCIENCES (DIAGNOSTIC)
Teaching Language
Italian
Course Content
To increase the knowledge on scientific research.
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Learning Objectives
To learn and understand knowledge regarding population based studies on public health issues.To learn basic knowledge in order to understand the role that health personnel might have in population based studies on public health issues.
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None
Teaching Methods
Classroom-taught lesson and practice exercise in small groups in the classroom
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Type of Assessment
Written test that includes: 5 questions with 4 possible answers but only 1 correct; 4 questions with open answer; 4 questions regarding the introduction and methods of a published paper.
Course program
(1) A brief excursus on the development of epidemiological research in public health realm. Epidemiological research versus other types of scientific health research. The role played by demographic, social and cultural factors on population health. Exercise in small groups: discussion on a paper published few decades ago, about the criteria to be used today to publish a similar study and about the today and the reliability of results.(2) The epidemiological research in public health realm: from the descriptive studies to the analytical and evaluation studies. Particular attention it is devoted to epidemiological surveillance systems, to cohort and case-control studies, and to intervention randomized trials. Exercise in small groups: discussion on a published paper.(3) The study protocol: development and evaluation fro scientific literature review to aim of the study, methods (study design, study population, source of information, data definition and registration, analysis and ethical aspects). Exercise in small groups: discussion on a study protocol.(4) The methods for data collection (source of information, questionnaires, biological markers, etc.). Data quality. The field work. The evaluation of obtained results in relation to the scientific evidences. Multidisciplinary and multicentre studies. Exercise in small groups: discussion on the development of methods in an illustrative study.