Study Programmes 2016-2017
METO1005-1  
Critical analysis of scientific literature, communication and medical writing
Duration :
10h Th, 10h Pr, 10h Mon. WS
Number of credits :
Master in public health (120 ECTS)4
Lecturer :
Olivier Bruyère
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 :
Reminder on basic epidemiology
Methodological bias + Practical Work
Study quality assessment tools + PW
Medical communication
Writing of a scientific article
Learning outcomes of the learning unit :
The objective of this course is to provide the student with the tools requested to analyze, critically, the medical literature. More particularly, the intrinsic assessment of study quality based on validated tools will be discussed. Students will be asked to assess constructively and critically these tools. Moreover, after having discussed the theoretical concepts of communication and medical writing, students will be faced with concrete implementations that should enable them to better understand the issues, challenges and opportunities of communication in the medical field. An important link will be made with the topic of the end of study work of each student.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills :
Course of Documentary resources: Approach by conclusive data
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 report
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 (METO1005).
Professors Olivier Bruyère and Jean-Yves Reginster and Mrs Fanny Buckinx 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: jyreginster@ulg.ac.be E-mail: fanny.buckinx@ulg.ac.be