Study Programmes 2015-2016
METO1002-1  
Documentary resources: Approach by conclusive data
Duration :
5h Th, 5h Pr, 5h Mon. Read.
Number of credits :
Master in public health (120 ECTS)2
Lecturer :
Olivier Bruyère, Françoise Pasleau
Language(s) of instruction :
French language
Organisation and examination :
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite :
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Course contents :
  • Importance and difficulty of a good literature search
  • PICO / PECO strategy
  • Algorithm of databases
  • Research strategy
  • Practical use of PubMed
  • Structure of a scientific article
  • Practical example of research strategy
Learning outcomes of the course :
The objective of this course is to provide the student with the necessary tools to enable him/her to find all the documentary resources requested to deal with a question. The student will thus be able to find key information in the many documents at his/her disposal. The student will also be able to be critical towards his/her own methodology of research of documentary resources.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Ex cathedra courses, individual work
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
Resources documents will be available via myULg
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written exam and individual work
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 :
1st course
slides of the first course
Instructions for the report
Course instruction
PICO Excel Table
PICO random individual attribution