2019-2020 / EPID1001-1

General epidemiology Elements

Duration

10h Th

Number of credits

 Bachelor in pharmacy2 crédits 

Lecturer

Olivier Bruyère

Language(s) of instruction

French language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the second semester

Schedule

Schedule online

Units courses prerequisite and corequisite

Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program

Learning unit contents

  • Epidemiology : what is it ?
  • Key study designs
  • Health indicators
  • Measures of association
  • Bias in epidemiology
  • Meta-analysis
 

Learning outcomes of the learning unit

The objective of this course is to provide the student with the basic concepts in epidemiology. Through this, he will be able to identify the appropriate methodology for analyzing a health problem. He will be able to set up an epidemiological study in compliance with the methodological requirements. He will be able to judge critically the scientific data he will be confronted with during his health care professional practice. Finally, he will be able to analyze critically the links observed between a factor and a disease.

Prerequisite knowledge and skills

N/A

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Ex cathedra course
+ critical analysis of the scientific literature

Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)

Face-to-face

Recommended or required readings

Lecture notes will be available via myULiège

Assessment methods and criteria

Written exam as a multiple-choice questions.
It is strongly recommended to have your calculator for the exam.

Work placement(s)

none

Organizational remarks

For the examination procedures, please refer to the official rules available on the University website.

Contacts

Please, use only your ULiege email address (XXX@student.uliege.be) for any exchange of mails and specify in the subject line of your email the course code (EPID1001).
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@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session

Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning

Distance learning: most of the material was given before confinement, the rest (the last course) has been canceled.  

Assessment subjects

Identical except the exercises on methodological biases which are not part of the subject

Assessment methods

MCQ online

Contacts

olivier.bruyere@uliege.be

Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session

Assessment subjects

Same as exam topic for the May-June session.

Assessment methods

MCQ online via e-campus.

Contacts

olivier.bruyere@uliege.be