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| METO0004-1 | Evidence-Based Medicine and research methodology in the field of Health Care
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| Duration : | 10h Th, 10h Pr |
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| Number of credits : |
| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Epidemology, 2nd year |  | 2 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Promoting Public Health and the Environment, 2nd year |  | 2 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Management of Healthcare Institutions, 2nd year |  | 2 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Human Sexuality, 2nd year |  | 2 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Hospital and Perfusion Technology, 2nd year |  | 2 |
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| Master in Public Health, Professional Focus in Intensive Care and Emergency Room Care, 2nd year |  | 2 |
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| Lecturer : | Olivier Bruyère |
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Language(s) of instruction :
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| French language |
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Organisation and examination :
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| Teaching in the first semester, review in January |
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Course contents :
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- Documentary research methodology
- Syntax in documentary research
- Using PubMed and Medline
- Evaluation of the relevance of the literature
- Accuracy and validity of scientific studies
- Study of the risk factors and causes of diseases
- Interventional epidemiology
- Meta-analysis
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Learning outcomes of the course :
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| The objective of this course is to provide the student with elements to enalble him to judge critically the scientificdata which he will be confronted with during his professionnal practice of health and during the realisation of his end of study work. |
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Prerequisites and co-requisites/ Recommended optional programme components :
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| Statistic course of Professor Adelin Albert |
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
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| Ex cathedra Course
Group work
Individual work |
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Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
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| Face-to-face |
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Recommended or required readings :
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| Lecture notes will be available via myULg |
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Assessment methods and criteria :
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| Written exam |
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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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| Professor Olivier Bruyère
Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics
CHU Sart Tilman, Bât.B23
4000 Liège
Tel.: + 32 (0)4 366 25 81
Fax: + 32 (0)4 366 28 12
E-mail: olivier.bruyere@ulg.ac.be |
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