CODE 66825 ACADEMIC YEAR 2016/2017 CREDITS 3 cfu anno 2 ASSISTENZA SANITARIA (L/SNT4) - SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/42 LANGUAGE Italiano TEACHING LOCATION SEMESTER 1° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: EPIDEMIOLOGY, METHODS, COMMUNICATION AND DATA COLLECTION OVERVIEW Science that aims to analyze the illnesses in the populations, with particular respect to the study of the conditions and their determinants. AIMS AND CONTENT LEARNING OUTCOMES (FURTHER INFO) The course has the following objectives: - providing knowledges to the basic epidemiology concepts; - providing knowledges to apply the main measures used in epidemiology (frequency and association measures); - providing knowledges to the basic concepts of demography and to know the technical of standardization; - providing knowledges to know and to plan the main types of epidemiological studies (descriptive, cross-sectional, case-control, cohort studies); - providing knowledges to the methodology of clinical trials; -providing knowledges to the concepts and model of epidemiology monitoring with attention to the syndromic surveillance system; - providing knowledges to understand the epidemiology relevance for health planning and to develop the critical abilities to evaluate the results of clinical and epidemiological studies. TEACHING METHODS Frontal lessons. SYLLABUS/CONTENT - Definition and objectives of epidemiology; - Frequency measures; - Direct and indirect standardization; - Prevalence and Incidence; - Epidemiological studies: ecological studies and prevalence; - Epidemiological studies: the case-control and cohort studies; - Epidemiological surveillance and the management of an outbreak. RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY - Lopalco PL, Tozzi AE "Epidemiologia facile Il pensiero scientifico" - Jekel JF, Katz DL, Elmore JG "Epidemiologia, biostatistica e medicina preventiva" EdiSES TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD FILIPPO ANSALDI Ricevimento: Students will be received by telephone appointment. Exam Board LAURA STICCHI (President) ANDREA ORSI STEFANIA VENUTI FILIPPO ANSALDI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course) LESSONS LESSONS START The lessons will start in the first semester from October 2016. Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS ASSESSMENT METHODS The examination test is formed by choice closed questions and exercises. During the course-assessment tests are planned. Exam schedule Data appello Orario Luogo Degree type Note 15/06/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto 13/07/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto 14/09/2017 10:30 GENOVA Scritto