Ateneo - UPO

Principles of hygiene and public health; epidemiological methods for public health; systemic reviews and meta-analysis; ; evidence-based medicine; the process of drug discovery and development; pharmacoepidemiology; adverse drug reactions and pharmacovigilance; the structure of an epidemiological paper; the scientific editorial system; ethical aspects of epidemiological research;

Barbuti, Fara, Giammanco. Igiene e medicina preventiva. Monduzzi Editore. 2008

Rothman. Epidemiology: An Introduction. Oxford press.
Versione italiana: Rothman. Epidemiologia. Idelson – Gnocchi

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

To know the most important sources of epidemiological data.

To understand the elements in the design and conduct of the most important types of epidemiological studies.

To know the most important sources of bias in epidemiological studies.

to understand the criteria for characterizing the causality of associations in Medicine.

to know the key features of a systematic review of the scientific literature

to know the most important determinants of health in Italy and worldwide

to know the key features of the process of drug discovery and development and of pharmacoepidemiology

to understand the key features of Evidence-Based Medicine.

To know the structure of an epidemiological paper and of the scientific editorial system
To know the main ethical aspects of epidemiological research

APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING

to be able to calculate measures of frequency and association

to be able to interpret the results of a meta-analysis

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interactive lectures

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Written exam including Single Best Answer, Open ended questions, and numerical exercises. In particular, open ended questions and numerical exercises will evaluate the ability of the student to calculate basic epidemiological measures and the ability of interpreting the results of a meta-analysis.

General principles of Public Health
Definition of Hygiene and Public Health.
The concept of Health and its evolution over time.

Epidemiological methods for Public Health
Introduction to medical statistics (sources of data; elaboration and presentation of epidemiological data; health indicators: incidence, mortality, prevalence, survival; measures of frequency and association).
Main Epidemiological studies: clinical trials, cohort studies, case-control studies, cross-sectional studies, descriptive studies.
Sources of uncertainty in epidemiology: the role of chance, bias and confounding. Effect modification.
Causal inference in Epidemiology.
Systematic reviews, meta-analyses.

Introduction to pharmacoepidemiology.

Evaluation of the efficacy of health interventions
process of drug discovery and development
Adverse Drug Events and pharmacovigilance
Evidence-based medicine
Disease mongering.
the structure of an epidemiological paper; the scientific editorial system; ethical aspects of epidemiological research.

KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
To know the most important sources of epidemiological data. To understand the elements in the design and conduct of the most important types of epidemiological studies. To know the most important sources of bias in epidemiological studies. To understand the criteria for characterizing the causality of associations in Medicine. To know the key features of a systematic review of the scientific literature to know the most important determinants of health in Italy and worldwide. To know the key features of the process of drug discovery and development. to understand the key features of Evidence-Based Medicine. To know the key features of National Health Systems.
APPLYING KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING
To be able to calculate measures of frequency and association; to able to interpret the results of a meta-analysis