Seminar in Epidemiology
Code
9277
Academic unit
Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
Department
Saúde Pública e Comunidade
Credits
12.0
Teacher in charge
Carla Nunes, Carlos Manuel Matias Dias
Total hours
30
Teaching language
Português
Objectives
- Describe the purposes and uses of the main epidemiological methods;
- Describe the main types of epidemiological studies, the conditions for its application and weaknesses;
- Understand the principles of spatial analysis of health data;
- Understand the principles of sampling populations for use in epidemiology;
- Knowing how to define, calculate and interpret the main epidemiological measures of frequency, association and impact;
- Define the concept of risk, its main variants, and be able to interpret its meaning;
- Knowing how to define the concept of screening, describe the conditions for its application and validity measurements associated;
- Describe the concepts and applications of the concepts of bias and confounding and its use in the design, analysis and interpretation and epidemiological studies, as well as the discussion of causality;
Subject matter
- Introduction to the history, principles and epidemiological methods.
- Types of epidemiological study: design, analysis and interpretation;
- epidemiological measures of frequency, association and impact: definition, calculation and interpretation: The specific case of health indicators and epidemiological risk
- Theoretical and practical aspects of screening; validity measurements and screening tests;
- Spatial analysis in public health;
- Theory and practice of sampling;
- Critical appraisal of epidemiologic studies.
Teaching method
This course includes theoretical and practical aspects, target to the research problems of each student. It is based on: theoretical-practical Lectures, individual works with presentations and group discussion; case studies.
Evaluation:
Evaluation method
Lective component (4 ECT)
- Attendance and participation: 20%
- 2 essays (between 5-10 pages each) and oral presentation: 30%
- critical appraisal of epidemiological research paper (15-20 pages): 50%
Preparation of a research protocol (8 ECT)