Study Programmes 2015-2016
EPID0006-1  
Interventional Epidemiology and clinical trials
Duration :
10h Th, 10h Pr
Number of credits :
Master in public health (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Olivier Bruyère, Jean-Yves Reginster
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 :
Clinical trials
Introduction: Evidence-based Medicine Drugs development (Phases I, II, III, IV) Clinical trial methodology - Characteristics of a protocol - Particular clinical trial
- Informed consent - Clinical trial analysis
  Evidence Based Medicine
- Introductory example to EBM - Critical appraisal of EBM - The weight of evidence in medicine - EBM and modern quantitative methods - Applications to clinical in humans
Learning outcomes of the course :
Clinical trials
1. To acquire basis to perform clinical trial 2. To discuss interventional epidemiology with a pluridisciplinary point of view 3. To learn to consult international clinical trial directives
 
Evidence Based Medicine
The lessons will cover the evaluation of the levels of evidence, effects estimates, randomized controlled trials design and analysis and the development and evaluation of predictive approaches.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
Lecture notes will be available via "my ULg"
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam and/or Continuous evaluation and/or Written report
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 E-mail: olivier.bruyere@ulg.ac.be(episp@ulg.ac.be)
Items online :
Coursebook : Interventional Epidemiology and clinical trials
Course book