1st Specialization in Community Health Care Studies

Epidemiology

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ECTS Credits1
Number of Hours (h/year)15
Teaching staffFILEE, Dominique
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_STECOM0007/1
Prerequisite

Course of health economy of the 3rd year IG

Aims and Objectives
Description

Epidemiology : Definition· Objectives

Main lines of epidemiology:

  • Descriptive epidemiology
  • Analytic epidemiology
  • The epidemiology of intervention and evaluation

Functions of epidemiology :

  • Systematic medical monitoring
  • Measurement of the importance of a health problem
  • Description of groups at risk
  • Evaluation in health

Measurements in epidemiology

  • Rate of prevalence
  • Rate of incidence
  • Rate of lethality
  • Rate of mortality
  • Standardization (direct – indirect)

Indicators of health :

  • Quality standards of health indicators
  • Categories of health indicators

Methods of investigation with with an explicative aim·

  • Investigation account - No account
  • Investigation witness case
  • Causality and epidemiology

Notion of risk and its utilisation

  • Relative risk
  • Attribuable risk
  • Odds ratio

Detection

  • Selection criteria of the diseases to be detected
  • Validity and reliability
  • Sensitivity and specificity
  • Predictive value
Bibliography
Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures

practical activity

Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
NotesYes
LanguageFrench

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