Study Programmes 2015-2016
EPID0004-1  
clinical Epidemiology
Duration :
15h Th, 15h SEM
Number of credits :
Master in public health (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Olivier Bruyère
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the second semester
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
  • the measures of association in epidemiology
  • the main study schemes in epidemiology
  • precision/accuracy and validity
  • study of the risk factors and the causes of diseases
  • intervention epidemiology
  • the meta-analysis
  • the cause in epidemiology
Learning outcomes of the course :
The objectif of this course is to provide the student with the necessary elements to assess in a critical way the scientific data he will be confronted with during his professionnal practice and during his end of study work.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Course of statistics given by Dr Anne-Françoise Donneau
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
ex cathedra course group work individual work
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
There is no syllabus. A PowerPoint presentation on the subject will be made available to students on the &ldquo;My Ulg&rdquo; website.<br /><br /> Lecture notes will be available via "my ULg"
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam
Work placement(s) :
Organizational remarks :
For the examination procedures, please refer to the official rules available on the University website.
Contacts :
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 Email : olivier.bruyere@ulg.ac.be
Items online :
slides Courses given on 2 an 10 March
slides
Slides Chapter 1 and 2
Slides Chapter 1 and 2
Clinical Epidemiology
Course marterial 21 April
Coursebook - Clinical Epidemiology
Coursebook