Pharmacoepidemiology

Year
3

Academic year
2019-2020

Code
01550970

Subject Area
HEALTH SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
4.0

Type
Compulsory

Level
1st Cycle Studies

Recommended Prerequisites

All courses taught in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd years of the LFB are important for the understanding of matter taught in class. Students must have English language skills.

Teaching Methods

Theoretical and theoretical-practical lectures with the participation of students in the analysis and comments to the topics that are being taught.

Learning Outcomes

Provide students the skills to interpret pharmacoepidemiological studies with different designs in order to determine which therapeutic option has the best benefit/risk ratio.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

Measures occurrence (frequency) of disease; Accuracy measures; Measures of association; Survival analysis; Study designs in Pharmacoepidemiology; Bradford-Hill criteria for causality assessment.

Head Lecturer(s)

Francisco Jorge Batel Marques

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Textbook of pharmacoepidemiology
John Wiley & Sons Ltd, The Atrium, Southern Gate, Chichester,
West Sussex PO19 8SQ, England.