Duration
15h Th, 15h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) | 3 crédits |
Lecturer
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 “My Ulg” 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