Study Programmes 2016-2017
METO0010-1  
Advanced Bibliographic search and systematic review of literature
Duration :
5h Th, 10h Pr, 5h Mon. WS
Number of credits :
Master in public health (120 ECTS)4
Lecturer :
Charlotte Beaudart, Olivier Bruyère, Nancy Durieux
Coordinator :
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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
Learning unit contents :
Systematic review of the literature : theory and milestones
Advanced bibliographic research: use of Medline (via PubMed or Ovid) and Scopus
Use of a bibliographic reference management software
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
The objective of this course is to provide the student with elements required to perform, interpret and analyze critically a systematic review of the literature on any subject of Public Health. This should enable the student to acquire a global and synthetic vision of a specific topic of Public Health in order to extract the most relevant elements. The student will have to clearly define the objective a priori, to establish a exhaustive research strategy in several databases, evaluate the validity and relevance of publications, extract data and synthesize.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Course of Documentary resources: Approach by conclusive data (METO1002)
Planned learning activities and teaching methods :
Ex cathedra course, group- and individual work
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning) :
Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings :
Lecture notes will be available via myULg.
Assessment methods and criteria :
Written work
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 address (XXX@student.ulg.ac.be) for any exchange of mails and specify in the subject line of your email the title of the course (METO0010).
Nancy Durieux Life Sciences Library Bât. B34 - CHU - Tour 5 Quartier Hôpital Avenue de l'Hôpital 11, 4000 LIEGE Tel. : +32(0)4/366 96 26 E-mail : Nancy.Durieux@ulg.ac.be

Professor Olivier Bruyère and Charlotte Beaudart 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 E-mail: C.Beaudart@ulg.ac.be