Duration
10h Th, 30h SEM
Number of credits
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) | 5 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
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
- Recall of the basis of epidemiology.
- Identify, describe, quantify in field epidemiology.
- Analyse, understand and interpret epidemiological data.
- Measure the subjectivity in Health.
- Causality in epidemiology.
- Seminars outside the institution.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
This course will enable students to acquire knowledge and skills to implement, in the field, increasingly sophisticated methods and tools aimed at addressing increasingly complex phenomena of Public Health, yet requiring often increasingly fast decisions and management. Upon completion of this course, students will understand the reasoning and epidemiological methodology applied in the field.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
None
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Ex cathedra course 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 and oral defense
Work placement(s)
Organizational remarks
For the examination procedures, please refer to the official rules available on the University website.
Contacts
Professors Jean-Yves REGINSTER and Olivier BRUYÈRE Department of Public Health, Epidemiology and Health Economics CHU SART-TILMAN Bât. B23 Tél. : +32 4 366 29 26 - Fax : +32 4 366 25 96 E-mail : episp@ulg.ac.be Secretary: Vanessa STRAUVEN