2017-2018 / EPID0004-1

clinical Epidemiology

Duration

15h Th, 15h SEM

Number of credits

 Master in public health (120 ECTS)3 crédits 

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
  • quality of life in health
  • 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 Professor 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

multiple choice and open questions

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