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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
SANT0152-1  Module on health and society A
- Medicine and environment
- Basics of Public Health and Health Economics
- Philosophical anthropology of issues in medical ethics
Duration :  Medicine and environment : 7,5h Th
Basics of Public Health and Health Economics : 12h Th
Philosophical anthropology of issues in medical ethics : 10h Th
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in medecine, 2nd yearFirst semester3
Holder(s) :  Medicine and environment : Philippe Mairiaux
Basics of Public Health and Health Economics : Jean‑Yves Reginster
Philosophical anthropology of issues in medical ethics : Vinciane Despret, Jean‑Rémy Van Cauwenberge
Coordinator :  Jean‑Yves Reginster
Language :  French language
Course contents :  
Medicine and environment

Course is divided in 5 sessions (duration: 1 hour 30). Each session deals with a specific topic in environmental medicine and adopts the following structure:
- presentation of health complaints expressed in one or several practical cases linked to the topic of the session.;
- physical or chemical data pertaining to the noxious agent or factor;
- nature of the suspected effects on health and presentation of the epidemiological data regarding the exposure-response relation;
- pathogenic mechanisms;
- screening and problem assessment procedures to apply by the general practitioner or the medical specialist who is conatcted by a patient or members of the public.

The following 5 topics will be studied during the course:
1) noise annoyance and health (ex. people living close to airports)
2) atmospheric pollution and respiratory conditions
3) electromagnetic radiations (mobile phones and mobile phones antennas, micro-waves, high-tension lines)
4) disposal areas and toxic waste depots: risks for the inhabitants (ex. Mellery, Tarciennes, Halambay)
5) occupational pathologies and workplace medicine: how to collaborate, how to detect an emerging occupational condition?
6) foodstuffs and GMOs.
7) home environment pollution (radon, mycobacteria, benzene, solvents, lead, ...)

This is not an exhaustive list and will be updated following student requests and the latest events in environmental medicine.

Basics of Public Health and Health Economics

- Methodological aspect of clinical trials
- Drug discovery and development
- Assessment of quality of life
- Introduction to Health Economic Analyses in Health

Philosophical anthropology of issues in medical ethics

Critical analysis of ethical issues from a philosophical and cultural anthropology perspective. Which definitions of the human person are implicitly used in bio-ethical arguments? How does these issues shed light on the cultural dimensions of our society?

Course objective :  
Medicine and environment

Provide furure physicians with essential concepts regarding important environment-related aspects to allow him or her to evaluate health risks associated with these factors. At the end of the course, the student will be able to able to suggest an occupational or environmental origin in a differential diagnostic of several common pathologies. He or she will be able to react correctly to a patient's complaint or information request regarding one of these factors. He or she will be able to identify the nature of the nuisance (source of discomfort or health risk), to research the problem by contacting specialised agencies or looking up documents in data sources and by suggesting a strategy for an advanced analysis of the problem and the measures to undertake (if necessary).

Basics of Public Health and Health Economics

After this course, the student will be available to understand the methodological principles used in the development of clinical trials. He/She will understand the different stages of the development of a new chemical entity, for its pharmacological discovery to its marketing. He/She will be able to appropriately manage the different tool allowing the assessment of health-related quality of life. He/She will be able to compare the various preventive or curative health strategies. He/She will be able to critically discus the various technical approaches possibilities of economic modelisation in Public Health.

Philosophical anthropology of issues in medical ethics

The course provides the students with an opportunity to put into perspective ethical questions and to stimulate a learning process which places more focus on questioning than on providing answers.

Prerequisites :  
Medicine and environment

None

Basics of Public Health and Health Economics

Successfully completed the fourth year of medical studies.

Philosophical anthropology of issues in medical ethics

Having passed the 1st épreuve de Docteur en Médecine (1st year of the 2nd cycle in the degree in medicine)

Workshops :  
Medicine and environment

None

Basics of Public Health and Health Economics

No workshop

Organization :  
Basics of Public Health and Health Economics

Theoretical course plus a one-afternoon practical session during which the student will be able to interact with invited Professors. Those are individuals deeply involved in the economic life, who will give the student the possibility of discussing various aspects of drug development (basic, clinical, economic, regulatory and ethical aspects).

Philosophical anthropology of issues in medical ethics

10 hours (theory) during the first semester.
Location and schedule: TBD by the Département des Sciences Cliniques.
Interactive seminars with the course organiser(s) and a specialist of the discussed ethical issue.

Written notes :  
Medicine and environment

The course notes contains all visual aids used during the course

Philosophical anthropology of issues in medical ethics

Depend on the chosen topics.

Assessment :  
Medicine and environment

Written exam (multiple choice questions, open short-answer questions, open questions) at the module level

Basics of Public Health and Health Economics

Integrated examination.

Philosophical anthropology of issues in medical ethics

Multidisciplinary written and oral exams (January or June session: January). Written work for January.

Contacts :  
Medicine and environment

Course coordinator: Philippe MAIRIAUX, chargé de cours Occupational Health and Health Education (STES) Tour de Pathologie 3, Sart Tilman B23, B-4000 Liège Telephone 04 366 25 03 Fax 04 366 28 89 E-mail: ph.mairiaux@ulg.ac.be
Secretary: Mme Claudine ESCHWEILER(telephone: 04 366 25 03) E-mail: stes@ulg.ac.be

Basics of Public Health and Health Economics

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
Collaboration : Eric ABADIE, Dominique ETHGEN, Bernard AVOUAC, Marcel LECHANTEUR, Dirk CUYPERS

Philosophical anthropology of issues in medical ethics

J.R. VAN CAUWENBERGE, Faculté de Médecine, Département de la Mère et de l¿Enfant C.H.U. ¿ C.H.B.A.H. rue Laplace 40 à 4100 SERAING,
V. DESPRET, Faculté de Philosophie et Lettres, place du XX Août 7 Bât. A1,
B-4000 LIEGE.


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