EPID1001-1 : General epidemiology Elements

Study Programmes 2016-2017

EPID1001-1

General epidemiology Elements

Duration :

10h Th

Number of credits :

Bachelor in pharmacy		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

Learning unit contents :

Epidemiology : what is it ?
Key study designs
Health indicators
Measures of association
Bias in epidemiology
Meta-analysis

Learning outcomes of the learning unit :

The objective of this course is to provide the student with the basic concepts in epidemiology. Through this, he will be able to identify the appropriate methodology for analyzing a health problem. He will be able to set up an epidemiological study in compliance with the methodological requirements. He will be able to judge critically the scientific data he will be confronted with during his health care professional practice. Finally, he will be able to analyze critically the links observed between a factor and a disease.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills :

N/A

Planned learning activities and teaching methods :

Ex cathedra course
+ critical analysis of the scientific literature

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :

Face-to-face