| Code |
11607
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
S1
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| ECTS Credits |
5
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| Workload |
O (21H)/TP(12H)
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| Scientific area |
Medicina
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Entry requirements |
N/A
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Learning outcomes |
- Acquire basic knowledge in the disciplinary area of General Epidemiology and Health
Community
--Learning to use Epidemiology as a tool of undeniable value in the characterization
health status of populations
--In the scope of health care provision, learn to use Epidemiology as a support for studies, innovation and evaluation of care
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Syllabus |
1 - Definition of Epidemiology, its objectives and methods. Historic evolution;
2 - Epidemiology in the management and quality of health organizations;
3 - Health indicators in a community, calculation and interpretation. Data sources;
4 - Measure health and disease - frequency measures;
5 - Natural History of a Disease, Levels of Prevention and respective interrelation;
6 - Epidemiological Studies, their characteristics, indications and limitations. Association and impact measures.
7 - Screening and diagnostic tests;
8 - Characteristics of diagnostic tests;
9 - Introduction to the epidemiology of infectious diseases;
10 - Introduction to environmental epidemiology;
11 - Clinical Epidemiology;
12 - MBE, NNT;
13 - Basic concepts of statistics for reading epidemiological studies.
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Main Bibliography |
- Beaglehole, R; Bonita, R; Kjellstrom, T;(2003)Epidemiologia Básica. Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública
- Nunes, Manuel L. Epidemiologia (algo) Básica. Universidade da Beira Interior, 2019
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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