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| SANT0726-1 | Module on health and society covering: biostatistics, epidemiology and introduction to the social role of health professionals, epistemiology of health sciences and primary care
- Biostatistics I
- Epidemiology and introduction to the social role of health professions
- Epistemology of Health Sciences
- First Aid
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| Duration : | Biostatistics I : 15h Th, 10h Pr
Epidemiology and introduction to the social role of health professions : 25h Th
Epistemology of Health Sciences : 15h Th
First Aid : 5h Th, 10h Pr
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| Holder(s) : | Biostatistics I : Adelin Albert
Epidemiology and introduction to the social role of health professions : Philippe Mairiaux, Jean‑Yves Reginster
Epistemology of Health Sciences : Vinciane Despret
First Aid : N...
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| Substitute(s) : | Biostatistics I : Paul Gérard
Epidemiology and introduction to the social role of health professions : /
Epistemology of Health Sciences : /
First Aid : Jean‑François Brichant
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| Coordinator : | Adelin Albert |
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| Language : | Langue française |
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| Course contents : |
 | | Biostatistics I |
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| The course starts with an introduction to descriptive statistics, outlining methods to summarise data graphically (bar diagram, histogram, cumulative frequency distribution) or numerically (mean value, standard deviation, proportion, percentiles, median, range, correlation). Next, there is an introduction to sampling theory and probability theory whch bridge descriptive statistics to inferential statistics (standard error, confidence interval). Finally, some of the major statistical tests are described including the use of statistical tables (Normal Z, Student t, Snedecor F and chi-squared). |
| | Epidemiology and introduction to the social role of health professions |
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| - Definition of epidemiology
- Objectives of epidemiology
- Assessment of normal and abnormal conditions
- Health indicators
- Critical analysis of the relationships between a risk factor and a disease
- Comparison of the various types of epidemiological studies
- Causality in medicine |
| | Epistemology of Health Sciences |
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| a. Introduction: What is epistemology? The place of epistemology in philosophy. The different sciences¿ specific problems: norm and objectivity; the specificity of sciences; the issue of testing.
b. The notion of truth: history of the production of truth (M. Foucault)
c. Science philosophy: theoretical history (Inductivism, Falsificationism, Popper, Kuhn¿s paradigms). New theories: the sociology of science, constructivism.
d. How does science relate to culture?
Practical case: nature sciences: Darwinism and its reception; contemporary ethology and primatology. How does the social, political or ideological context influence the definitions of scientific subjects, examination and interview methods and information collection? (Is science really natural?)
e. Biology as a science of culture
Practical case: the role of metaphors, practices and representations in biology¿s recent history: ova; embryology and genetics; sexual hormones. How have political, social, ideological but also technical contexts influenced the evolution of the subjects of biomedical sciences; how do scientists build reality? Are scientific facts objectively established or collectively created? |
| | First Aid |
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| Whether at work or in private life, any citizen is likely to face acute situations.
Our Criminal Code provides for compulsory assistance.
This is even truer for professionals, who must have the required means and specific skills.
The First Aid course aims at providing students with the necessary skills for globally managing emergency or acute situations, including basic life support and automated external defibrillation.
Generally speaking, first-aid skills should include: general situation analysis, ensuring local security, calling rescue teams, giving first-aid treatment and watching over victims while waiting for rescue teams. |
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| Course objective : |
| | Biostatistics I |
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| Statistics plays a major role in health sciences (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, biomedical and motricity sciences). The course is intended to give students the basics of statistical thinking, reasoning and computing. Emphasis will be put on (1) data analysis, (2) planning of experiments and survey, (3) research, (4) critical reading of the scientific literature, and (5) the logic of scientific reasoning. Students should be able to carry out the statistical analysis of a dataset by means of a pocket calculator and give a proper interpretation of the results. |
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| After this course, the student will be able to understand and define the basic concept of epidemiology. He/She will be able to understand and apply the appropriate methodology pertaining to a preparatory analysis of a health problem. He/She will be able to set up an epidemiological study, in full accordance with the methodological requirements. He/She will be able to calculate and describe the relative frequency and probability of disorders. He/She will understand and discus the basic principles of probability applied to the interpretation of quantitative results in medicine. He/She will identify the biases most frequently appearing in scientific papers and will be able to assess the importance of the effect generated by these biases. Eventually, he will be able to evaluate whether the techniques used for the quantitative assessment as well as the conclusion found in scientific publication are correct. |
| | Epistemology of Health Sciences |
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| Critically considering the epistemological foundations of sciences, esp. those on which biomedical knowledge relies. |
| | First Aid |
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| At the end of the course, students will be able to:
- assess situations;
- see to everyone¿s safety;
- move victims in danger;
- get appropriate aid;
- stabilize osteoarticular lesions;
- take care of burns victims;
- control external bleeding;
- anticipate circulation distress (state of shock);
- take care of victims with chest pain;
- and in particular detect vital disorders (consciousness, breathing, circulation) and give appropriate first-aid treatment (clearing the respiratory tract and lateral position, ventilation through mouth-to-mouth resuscitation with or without a protective device, thoracic compressions).
Students will also be introduced to Automatic External Defibrillation (AED). |
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| Prerequisites : |
| | Biostatistics I |
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| The mathematical background acquired in highschool and the course of physics should suffice to understand the course. |
| | Epidemiology and introduction to the social role of health professions |
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| Course of Biostatistics |
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| Workshops : |
| | Biostatistics I |
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| There will be 5 sessions of practicals (statistical exercises), with a duration of 2h each.
In statistics, practice is vital. Students are therefore requested to attend these sessions. They will be splitted in groups of about 50-80 people. Students are inveited to check the timetable at the appropriate advertisng boards.
Please take with you the lecture notes, a pocket calculator and a pad. |
| | First Aid |
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| Informations concerning practical assessment will be available on-line shortly.
Please note the participation to practicals is compulsory. |
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| Organization : |
| | Biostatistics I |
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| The lectures will be given each Friday of the first quadrimester from 8h15 to 10h15 in the auditorium 604 at the following dates: 19/9, 26/9, 3/10, 10/10, 17/10, 24/10 and 30/10.
Remark: The course for students of the BAC1 in kinesitherapy and in motricity sciences is given by Prof. Paul GERARD (Institut de Mathématique, Service de Statistique - tél: 04-366.93.84 - Email: Paul.Gerard@ulg.ac.be.) on Fridays from 17h00 to 19h00 at the University hospital (auditorium CHU) at the same dates. |
| | Epidemiology and introduction to the social role of health professions |
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| Fore theoretical lessons (2 hours each) during the first half-year. |
| | First Aid |
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| Informations will be available on-line shortly. |
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| Written notes : |
| | Biostatistics I |
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| Students will have to buy the lecture notes "Biostatistics, A. Albert, edition 2008" at the Editions de l'Université de Liège at the cost of 15 EUR. This book contains the course material as well the main statistical tables. It will be used during exercise sessions and at the final examination. Finally, it can be used as a reference book in biostatistics in subsequent years.
Textbook
D.G. Altman. Practical statistics for medical research. Chapman & Hall, London, 2000. |
| | Epidemiology and introduction to the social role of health professions |
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| Extensive material is available to "Point de vue" (Bât. B7).
Books:
Eléments d'épidémiologie. R. Beaglehole, R. Bonita, T. Kjellstrom. Organisation Mondiale de la Santé, Genève, 1994 - ISBN 92-4-254446-9.
Medical Biostatistics and Epidemiology. D. Essex-Sorlie. Prentice-Hall International Inc, London, 1995 - ISBN 0-8385-6214-0. |
| | Epistemology of Health Sciences |
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| Recommended reading: Stengers I. (1993) L¿Invention des sciences modernes. Paris: la Découverte.
Bruno Latour (2001) L'espoir de Pandore. Paris: La Découverte.
Lecture notes will be available at the end of the cycle. |
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| Premiers Secours course book (First Aid), Professeur Maurice Lamy's lecture notes, prepared by Tony Hosmans, Graduate in Public Health Sciences.
(http://www.ulg.ac.be/anesrea) |
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| Assessment : |
| | Biostatistics I |
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| A written test will take place in January (this does not apply for students in medicine and dentistry). Any score of 10 or more will be considered as a success, exempting the student from the examination in June or September. All exams are written exams and students can used their lectures notes or any other documents. Exams are scored 0-20. |
| | Epidemiology and introduction to the social role of health professions |
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| The final examination (June and/or September) will take place as a written examination and the note obtained will be incorporated in a global note pertaining to the various dimensions of the "Health and Society" module. |
| | Epistemology of Health Sciences |
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| Exam: written |
| | First Aid |
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| 1st exam period:
Theory: multiple-choice questionnaire
Practice: individual technical assessment at the end of practicals
Possible 2nd exam period:
multiple-choice questionnaire |
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| Contacts : |
| | Biostatistics I |
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| Lecturer
Adelin ALBERT (Professeur ordinaire), Département des Sciences de la Santé Publique (DSSP)- Informatique Médicale et Biostatistique, CHU Sart Tilman (B35), 4000 Liège.
Tél: 04-366.25.91/90 - Fax: 04-366.25.96
Email: aalbert@ulg.ac.be
Secretary
Mrs Anna MARCHETTA, Département des Sciences de la Santé Publique (DSSP)- Informatique Médicale et Biostatistique (IMBS), CHU Sart Tilman (B35), 4000 Liège.
Tél: 04-366.25.90 - Fax: 04-366.25.96
Email: imbs@ulg.ac.be
Assistants
Laurence SEIDEL-VERMEERSCH Tél: 04-366.25.95 - Email: Laurence.Seidel@ulg.ac.be
Laetitia COMTE Tél: 04-366.94.60 - Email: L.Comte@ulg.ac.be
Anne-Françoise DONNEAU Coordination
Tél: 04-366.47.90 - Email: afdonneau@ulg.ac.be
David MAGIS Tél: 04-366.94.24 - Email: David.Magis@ulg.ac.be
Sophie VANBELLE Tél: 04-366.47.90 - Email: Sophie.Vanbelle@ulg.ac.be |
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| Jean-Yves REGINSTER, Professor
Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics
CHU SART-TILMAN
Bât. B23
Tél. : +32 4 366 25 01 - Fax : +32 4 366 28 12
E-mail : episp@ulg.ac.be
Secreatry: Vanessa STRAUVEN |
| | Epistemology of Health Sciences |
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| Professor V. Despret
Département de Philosophie, office 2/32b
Place du XX Août
Phone: 04/366 55 98
Secretary: 04/366 55 99
Email: v.despret@ulg.ac.be |
| | First Aid |
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| Lecturer:
Maurice LAMY, Professor, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, CHU Liege (Sart Tilman, B35), Tower 2 - 1st level - Room 52
Phone: 04/366 71 80; Fax: 04/366 76 36
E-mail: mlamy@chu.ulg.ac.be
Secretary:
Ms Christine BETTONVILLE, Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, CHU Liege (Sart Tilman, B35), Tower 2 - 1st level - Room 52
Phone: 04/366 71 80; Fax: 04/366 76 36
Assistant lecturers and assistants:
Mr. T. HOSMANS, Graduate in Public Health Sciences, Out-of-Hospital Emergency Medicine (04/366 77 75)
Mrs V. SLAATS, Graduate in Public Health Sciences (04/366 81 37)
Mr. M. MARGANNE, Nurse (04/366 81 37)
Practical exercises are provided with the valuable help of supervising students of the Department of Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine. |
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| Remarks : |
| | Biostatistics I |
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| The course of Biostatistics is part of the module "Health and Society" |
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| Items online : |
First Aid
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| Syllabus "Premiers Secours", notes of the course of Professor Maurice Lamy |
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