METODOLOGIA EPIDEMIOLOGICAModule EPIDEMIOLOGIA
Academic Year 2024/2025 - Teacher: MARIA FIOREExpected Learning Outcomes
The course aims to provide the conceptual foundations and tools for planning and interpretation of
an epidemiological study. At the end of the course the student must be able to set up the plan correctly
of an epidemiological study by orienting itself between different observational designs and providing a statistical contribution to
drafting a research report.
Knowledge and understanding.
This course will provide knowledge and understanding of:
Epidemiological reasoning,
Epidemiological indicators and designs,
Main errors of epidemiological studies.
Ability to apply knowledge and understanding
At the end of the course students will be able to: Critically read the results of an epidemiological study, Correctly analyze data from an epidemiological study, Interpret the summary measurements obtained synthetically and in technical language
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Epidemiological relationship and causality
Determinants, confounders and effect modifiers
Measurements of occurrence and association
Types of studies, descriptive and analytical, observational and experimental
Ecological studies
Observational studies: cross-sectional, case-control, cohort
Experimental studies: RCT
Review and meta-analysis
Textbook Information
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Epidemiological relationship and causality | SLIDES and MATERIALS distributed by the teacher |
| 2 | Determinants, confounders and effect modifiers | SLIDES and MATERIALS distributed by the teacher |
| 3 | Measurements of occurrence and association | SLIDES and MATERIALS distributed by the teacher |
| 4 | Types of studies, descriptive and analytical, observational and experimental Ecological studies | SLIDES and MATERIALS distributed by the teacher |
| 5 | Observational studies: cross-sectional, case-control, cohort | SLIDES and MATERIALS distributed by the teacher |
| 6 | Experimental studies: RCT | SLIDES and MATERIALS distributed by the teacher |
| 7 | Review and meta-analysis | SLIDES and MATERIALS distributed by the teacher |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
1) If an Odds Ratio equal to 3 was calculated through a case-control study, the factor investigated is...
a) a protective factor
b. a risk factor
c. a neutral factor
d. None of the above
2) In the forest plot on your right, what does the number 1.0 indicated by the arrow represent?
a) overall relative risk
b. sample size
c. absence of association
d. None of the above