Duration
5h Th, 10h Pr, 5h Mon. WS
Number of credits
| Master in public health (120 ECTS) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
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 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