Epidemiology

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

Tutorial classes with critical evaluation of research papers.

Final multiple choice question exam.

Learning Outcomes

In the current status of health research, Epidemiology is an important methodological and technical tool that allows for a conceptual design approach of research preparation and analysis.

It is also a key point for a deep knowledge of the indicators that facilitate good, informative and discriminative results of health and disease status of the population, as well as at the program’s effectiveness and efficiency.

At the end of the course the student must understand the methodological principles of health research, and must be able to produce a research protocol.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Introdução à Epidemiologia. Integração da Epidemiologia e da Biostatística no processo de investigação científica. Causalidade em saúde e doença. Indicadores de estrutura, processo e resultado. Tipos de estudo: observacionais e experimentais. Amostragem: metodologias e cálculo do n amostral. Epidemiologia clínica: validade, variabilidade e reprodutibilidade, características dos testes e procedimentos de diagnóstico, indicadores de impacto.

Head Lecturer(s)

Ilda Maria Morais Massano Cardoso

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Bonita R, Beaglehole R., & Kjellstrom T (2006). Basic Epidemiology. 2nd ed. Geneve: WHO.

Christiansen-Lindquist, L., & Wall, K. M. (2024). Fundamentals of epidemiology (Kindle ed.). Self-published.

Leon G (2019). Epidemiology. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Elsevier Saunders.

Merrill, R. M. (2024). Introduction to epidemiology. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

Rothman, K. J., Lash, T. L., & Greenland, S. (2020). Modern epidemiology (4th ed.). Wolters Kluwer.Rothman, Rothman, K. J., Huybrechts, K. F., & Murray, E. J. (2024). Epidemiology: An introduction (Kindle ed.). Oxford University Press.

Wassertheil-Smoller, S., & Smoller, J. (2024). Biostatistics and epidemiology: A primer for health and biomedical professionals (Print Replica Kindle ed.). Springer.