CODE 67472 ACADEMIC YEAR 2024/2025 CREDITS 1 cfu anno 4 MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA 8745 (LM-41) - GENOVA SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/42 TEACHING LOCATION GENOVA SEMESTER 2° Semester MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di: METHODS IN MEDICINE TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB OVERVIEW Epidemiology is the 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 AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES 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. Any Student with documented Specific Learning Disorders (SLD), or with any special needs, shall reach out to the Lecturer(s) and to the dedicated SLD Representative in the Department before class begins, in order to liase and arrange the specific teaching methods and ensure proper achievement of the learning aims and outcomes. 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 P.L., Tozzi A.E.- "Epidemiologia facile." Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD ANDREA ORSI Exam Board CARLO PESCE (President) MARIA PIA SORMANI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course) GIANLUCA DAMONTE (President Substitute) JOSEPH MICHAEL LEE (President Substitute) LESSONS LESSONS START The lessons will start in the second semester beginning from March 2017. Class schedule The timetable for this course is available here: Portale EasyAcademy EXAMS ASSESSMENT METHODS The examination test is formed by multiple-choice question and exercises.
