Eléments d'épidémiologie appliquée aux sciences pharmaceutiques et biomédicales

Teacher(s)

Henrard Séverine;

Language

French

Prerequisites

The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.

Content

• Introduction to epidemiology: history of epidemiology, definition and components
• Natural history of a disease, causality and causal reasoning
• Epidemiological observation: data sources, types of variables
• Frequency measures in epidemiology: indicators of morbidity, mortality and standardization
• Types of studies in epidemiology
• Measures of effect in epidemiology: association and impact measures
• Bias in epidemiology, including diagnostic tests and introduction to multivariable models

Teaching methods

The course will involve lectures illustrated with concrete examples from the scientific literature. It will be accompanied by exercises.

Evaluation methods

Written exam

Other information

Participation in the online exercises on Moodle is compulsory to validate the teaching unit. In case of non-participation in the Moodle exercises during the course, the teacher may propose to the jury to oppose the registration for the examination related to the course in accordance with article 72 of the RGEE.

Bibliography

Livres disponibles à la Bibliothèque :

• T. Ancelle. Statistique épidémiologie. 4me éd. Maloine 2017
• T. Ancelle. Statistique et épidémiologie : 100 exercices corrigés – Etudiants et professionnels en sciences de la santé. Maloine 2016

Vidéos du Professeur Thierry Ancelle disponibles sur youtube (Méthodes en épidémiologie : https://www.youtube.co/playlist?list=PLDtut0doG41ZH8owcjxvSYgNq2vkw92tH

Teaching materials

• Supports du cours (diapositives, vidéos, documents,...) disponibles sur Moodle.

Faculty or entity

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