Research Methods/Population Health V
4
2022-2023
02026162
Multidisciplinary
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
2.0
Compulsory
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado
Recommended Prerequisites
Students must:
1. have completed with success the previous Research methods/Population Health UC's
2. Have good proficiency in english language reading
3. Have good skills to do scientific databases research
Teaching Methods
The UC will use two main teaching methods:
1. Tutorial teaching of the concepts included in the syllabus
2. Intensive uso of published scientific papers for student study and training
Learning Outcomes
The present UC is part of the Research methdos/Population Health area, in a teaching vertical perspetive, using previous syllabus of the area.
The goals are:
1. To integrate epidemiologic metthodogies with biostatistics techniques in the epidemiological research process
2. To perform literature systematic research
3. To begin the preparation of scientific research protocols
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
1. The research question
2. The rules of bibliographic information, systematic research review and meta-analysis
3. The integration of the design with measurement, monitorization and evaluation
4. General rules of clinical trials
5. Systematic critical ppraisal of scientific literature
a. About prevention
b. About risk
c. About diagnosis
d. About treatment
e. About prognosis
f. About clinical decision rules
g. About quality of live
6. The evaluation of the cause-efect relationships
7. General principles of research protocolos
Head Lecturer(s)
Victor José Lopes Rodrigues
Assessment Methods
Assessment
Resolution Problems: 25.0%
Exam: 75.0%
Bibliography
- R.Brian Haynes, David L.Sackett, Gordon H.Guyatt, Peter Tugwell. Epidemiologia Clínica, 5ª ed, Artmed, 2014
- David L.Sackett, Sharon E.Straus, W.Scott Richardson, William Rosemberg, R.Brian Haynes. Medicina baseada em evidências, 2ª ed, Artmed, 2003
- Trisha Greenhalgh. How to read a paper. 5nd, BMJ books, 2014