Pharmacoepidemiology

Recommended Prerequisites

Recommended prerequesites.

Teaching Methods

Face to face theoretical presentation followed by examples e practical case studies.

Learning Outcomes

Course participants should be able to understand and apply:a) Measures used in pharmacoepidemiology(frequency,association, accuracy and effect). b) Hypothesis generating studies and confirmative studies. c)Strength ofassociation from analitycal studies and scientific evidence. d)Tools for methodologic quality assessment.e) Levels ofrecomendation according to the scientific evidence. Interprtation and f) apllication of studies results.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

Relative risk, absolute risk, odds ratio and risk ratios. Sepcificity and sensibility, positive postive and negative values.Experimental studies: tipology and design. Observacional studies with and without time sequency. Coorte, case-control, case-coorte and nested sutdies. Survival analysis.

Head Lecturer(s)

Francisco Jorge Batel Marques

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 100.0%

Bibliography

Strom, BL; Kimmel, SE; Hennessy, S. Pharmacoepidemiology. 6th Edition. John Wiley and Sons Ltd. 2019.
Montastruc JL, Benevent J, Montastruc F, Bagheri H, Despas F, Lapeyre-Mestre M, Sommet A. What ispharmacoepidemiology? Definition, methods, interest and clinical applications. Therapie. 2019 Apr;74(2):169-174.
Sommet A, Pariente A. Methods in pharmacoepidemiology. Therapie. 2019 Apr;74(2):187-197.