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 LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course aims to provide the cognitive, methodological and behavioral tools, that allow to:
- Describe the health status of the population and to measure the frequency of health events;

- Proceed from the formulation of hypothesis to the evaluation of associations and causality through the descriptive, analytical and experimental epidemiological studies;

- Integrate some of the competences already acquired in the preceding progress with competences to read these problems from the point of view of the population in complex.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

- Measuring the health events;

- Describing the health status of the population through the descriptive epidemiological studies;

- Assessing the associations in epidemiology using the cohort and case-control studies;

- Knowing the experimental epidemiological studies;

- The evaluation of the risks, the needs and the effectiveness in Public Health;

- Systematic reviews, meta-analysis and guidelines in medicine; 

- Epidemiological surveillance.

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Epidemiologia di base (http://apps.who.int/iris/bitstream/10665/43541/6/887266031_ita.pdf)

Exam Board

GIANLUCA CATANIA (President)

MARINA IEMMI

FRANCESCA LANTIERI

ANTONIETTA MARIA MARTELLI

GIANCARLO ICARDI

ALESSANDRA PULLIERO

DOMENICO GALLO

DARIO BATTIONI

BRUNO CAVALIERE

STEFANO COLOGNESE

ANNAMARIA BAGNASCO (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons.

LESSONS START

The lessons will start in the second semester.

Assessment methods

The examination test is formed by multiple-choice question and exercises.