Research Methods III

Objectives

Students should achieve the following specific objectives:
- In the cognitive domain: allow and encourage the acquisition of knowledge about:
1. Epidemiology History.
2. Epidemiology Methods.
3. Epidemiology Techniques.
- In the affective domain: creation and development of the following attitudes:
1. Preventionist.
2. Interest for the study and behaviour of diseases.
3. Interest for the study of environmental and behaviour conditions and their improvement.
4. Concern with population's quality of life in general.
5. Interest for the study of the main medical and social problems.
- In the physical and motor domain: acquisition of the following abilities:
1. Know how to use, calculate and interpret the different epidemiological techniques.
2. Elaborate and apply epidemiological surveys.
3. Apply the epidemiological principles and techniques to the clinical practice.
4. Apply informatics means to epidemiology.

Program

• Origin of the epidemiology concept
• Historical Context
• The epidemiology "made" by non-epidemiologists (the" illness of the eight days" and the Illness of Lyme)
• Definition of Epidemiology
• Types of Epidemiology
• Descriptive Epidemiology
• Analytical Epidemiology
• Clinical Epidemiology
• Experimental Epidemiology
• Social Epidemiology
• Concepts of Health
• Concept of normality
• Population at risk
• Usual Techniques in Epidemiology
• Taxes
• Ratios
• Proportions
• Prevalence
• Incidence
• Cumulative Incidence
• Raw and standardized Taxes
• Denominators
• Models of epidemiological investigation
• Indicators of Health
• Potential Years of Life Lost (PYLL)
• Relative Risk
• Odds Ratio
• Main epidemiological studies
• Bias
• Confounding factos

Teaching Methodologies

Theoretical and practical lessons

Assessment: Exam:100%

Bibliography

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9 -Foudation of Epidemiology - Lilienfeld and Lilienf