Study Programmes 2016-2017
EPID0004-1  
clinical Epidemiology
Duration :
15h Th, 15h SEM
Number of credits :
Master in public health (120 ECTS)3
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
Learning unit 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 cause in epidemiology
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
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 :
Please, use only your ULg email address (XXX@student.ulg.ac.be) for any exchange of mails and specify in the subject line of your email the course code (EDPH0654).
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