Course Unit / Foundations of General Epidemiology

Foundations of General Epidemiology

Year
1
Academic year
2024-2025
Code
02046390
Subject Area
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Language of Instruction
Portuguese
Mode of Delivery
B-learning
Duration
SEMESTRIAL
ECTS Credits
2.0
Type
Compulsory
Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Recommended prerequesites.

Teaching Methods

Face to face theoretical presentation followed by examples e practical exercises.

Learning Outcomes

To know and hoe to use measures of disease, risk and population at risk. Understand the concept of causality and itsepistemology. To understand descriptive and analytical epidemiology.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Concept and applications of epidemiology. Caractherization of populations and sub-groups. Mesasures of frequencyand disease distribution. Descriptive and analytical epidemiology. Models of study design, experimental andobservational.

Head Lecturer(s)

Victor José Lopes Rodrigues

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Rothman, KJ. Epidemiology: an introduction. New York, NY: Oxford University Press; 2012.
Webb, P; Bain, C; Page, A. Essential Epidemiology: An Introduction for Students and Health Professionals. CambridgeUniversity Press; 4th edition; 2020.