Duration
30h Th, 30h Mon. WS
Number of credits
Advanced Master in Integrated Management of Health Risks in the Global South (Registrations are closed) | 4 crédits |
Lecturer
Language(s) of instruction
English language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
Epidemiology is the science that studies the distribution of diseases and health indicators in populations and the influences that determine this distribution. Risk analysis is a way to organize the information available on a potential event , translate them into probabilities by taking into account assumptions, variability and uncertainty, and to logically deduce decisions. The specificity is mainly, for the first, the population aspect and for the second, the interdisciplinary aspect. Their importance for health professionals is great to better prevent diseases but also manage them better.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
- Understand the basics and advanced methods in epidemiology and risk analysis
- Know the basics of public health systems, human and animal health
- Acquire basic reasoning to manage a risk of infection at farms/facilitities/care units, including emerging diseases.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
Have a first experience in a health care system whatever the origin (public health, animal health, plant health).
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
* Interactive course and tutorials.
Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)
- Face-to-face
Recommended or required readings
* Notes available on eCampus
Any session :
- In-person
oral exam
- Remote
oral exam
- If evaluation in "hybrid"
preferred remote
Additional information:
* Each student is evaluated based on the presentation and defense of a work of epidemiology and/or risk analysis in the context of his country and its sector of activities.
Work placement(s)
- Online theory course (Lifesize recording), accessible via the eCampus platform and extensively illustrated by a computer-assisted presentation.
- Online defence of personal work (via Lifesize).
- The teachers are available to students via the Lifesize platform to answer questions at the end of the theory lessons and during the time slots reserved for personal work.
Organisational remarks and main changes to the course
Contacts
- Prof. Claude Saegerman
Faculté de Médecine Vétérinaire
Epidémiologie et analyse de risques appliquées aux sciences vétérinaires
Quartier Vallée 2, Avenue de Cureghem 7A, Bât. B42, 4000 Liège
Tél. : +32(0)4-366-45-79
E-mail : claude.saegerman@ulg.ac.be
- Dr Carole Schirvel
Agence pour une Vie de Qualité
Département Santé
Direction Promotion de la Santé, Prévention et Surveillance des Maladies
Rue de la Rivelaine, 21
6061 CHARLEROI
E-mail: Carole.SCHIRVEL@aviq.be
- Prof. Nathalie Kirschvink :
Université de Namur
Rue de Bruxelles 61, 5000 Namur
Tél. +32(0)81-72-43-79
E-mail : nathalie.kirschvink@unamur.be