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| SANT0152-2 | Module on health and society A
- Medicine and environment
- Basics of Public Health and Health Economics
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| Duration : | Medicine and environment : 7,5h Th
Basics of Public Health and Health Economics : 12h Th
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| Lecturer : | Medicine and environment : Philippe Mairiaux
Basics of Public Health and Health Economics : Jean-Yves Reginster
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| Coordinator : | Jean-Yves Reginster |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Course contents :
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| 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) Endocrine disrupters (PCS, DES, BPA...) and their impact on reproductive functions.
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. |
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| - Methodological aspect of clinical trials
- Drug discovery and development
- Assessment of quality of life
- Introduction to Health Economic Analyses in Health |
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| 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). |
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| 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. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| None |
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| Successfully completed the fourth year of medical studies. |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| None |
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| No workshop |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| 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). |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| The course notes contains all visual aids used during the course |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam (multiple choice questions, open short-answer questions, open questions) at the module level |
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| The final examination (June and/or September) will take place as a written examination. |
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Work placement(s) :
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Organizational remarks :
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| For the examination procedures, please refer to the official rules available on the University website. |
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Contacts :
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| Course coordinator: Philippe MAIRIAUX,
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 |
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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
Collaboration : Eric ABADIE, Dominique ETHGEN, Bernard AVOUAC, Marcel LECHANTEUR, Dirk CUYPERS |
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