Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Epidemiology, statistics and research (2019/2020)
Teaching code
4S007231
Credits
7
Coordinator
Language
Italian
Also offered in courses:
- Health Law and Economics - SANITA' PUBBLICA of the course Master's degree in Rehabilitation Science in Healthcare Professions
The teaching is organized as follows:
Program
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MM: STATISTICA PER LA RICERCA SPERIMENTALE
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DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS The measurement process in medicine: measurement scales, validity, precision and accuracy Statistical variables and frequency distributions How to summarize the distribution of one or more variables: measures of location and dispersion, contingency tables PROBABILITY THEORY Definitions of probability Rules of probability calculation Independent and conditional probabilities Random variables Gauss and Student's T distributions How to assess the validity of a diagnostic tool: sensitivity and specificity, ROC curves INFERENTIAL STATISTICS An outline of sampling theory Sample distribution of an estimator Confidence interval The logic of the statistical test: null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis, type I and type II errors, power of a statistical test, p-value, z test and t test PRINCIPLES OF OBSERVATIONAL EPIDEMIOLOGY: Definition and objectives of epidemiology Measures of disease frequency: prevalence, cumulative incidence, incidence rate Measures of association: attributable risk, relative risk, odds ratio Design and analysis of an observational epidemiological study: cross-sectional, case-control and cohort designs Effect modification Causal interpretation of an empirical association: random variability, systematic variability (selection bias and information bias), confounding
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MM: BASI METODOLOGICHE PER LA RICERCA APPLICATA
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MM: EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SANITA' PUBBLICA
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Epidemiological methods and tools: - organization of an epidemiological study; - types of study and results; - population observational studies; - health and disease indicators in observational studies Data sources: - demographic data - health data - socio-economic data Evaluation tools for health planning: - indicators of the health status of the population (rates, indices, mortality, morbidity, causes of death, causes of illness, avoidable mortality) - population structure indicators (birth rate, aging index, Lexis curve, household composition, population distribution on the territory) - indicators of healthcares'use facilities (number and size of hospital facilities in Italy, hospitalization rates, hospital discharge records, consumption of drugs, number of services and efficiency of facilities) The programming tools: - assessment of needs - resource evaluation (outline) - tools for analyzing the effectiveness of resource allocation (outlines)
Bibliography
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Daniel WW, Cross CL | Biostatistica (Edizione 3) | Edises | 2019 | ||
| K.J. Rothman | Epidemiologia | Idelson-Gnocchi | 2007 | ||
| Dunn G, Everitt B | Biostatistica Clinica | Il pensiero scientifico editore | 1999 | ||
| W. W. Daniel, C. L. Cross | Biostatistica Concetti di base per l’analisi statistica delle scienze dell’area medico-sanitaria (Edizione 3) | EdiSES | 2019 | 9788833190419 | |
| Jekel JF, Katz DL, Elmore JG, Wild DMG | Epidemiologia, Biostatistica e Medicina Preventiva | Elsevier-Masson | 2009 | ||
| Verlato G, Zanolin ME | Esercizi di Statistica Medica, Informatica ed Epidemiologia | Libreria Cortina Editrice, Verona | 2000 | ||
| Swinscow TDV, Campbell MJ | Le basi della Statistica per scienze bio-mediche | Edizioni Minerva Medica S.p.A., Torino | 2004 | ||
| Fowler J, Jarvis P, Chevannes M | Statistica per le Professioni Sanitarie | EdiSES srl, Napoli | 2006 | ||
| Polit D, Beck CT | Fondamenti di Ricerca Infermieristica (Edizione 3) | Edizioni Mc Graw Hill | 2020 | ||
| Lo Biondo-Wood G, Haber J. | Metodologia della ricerca infermieristica. | Ed. Mc Graw Hill, Milano | 2003 | ||
| Francesco Vitale, Michele Zagra | Igiene, epidemiologia e organizzazione sanitaria orientata per problemi (Edizione 1) | ELSEVIER | 2012 | 978-88-214-3424-2 | |
| Triassi M, Aggazzotti G, Ferrante M | Igiene Medicina preventiva e del territorio (Edizione 2) | Sorbona | 2015 | 978-88-7947-599-0 |
Examination Methods
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MM: STATISTICA PER LA RICERCA SPERIMENTALE
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The final test is a written exam with short answer questions and multiple choice questions. The aim of the test is to verify the knowledge of all the topics discussed. The final evaluation is expressed in thirtieths.
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MM: BASI METODOLOGICHE PER LA RICERCA APPLICATA
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MM: EPIDEMIOLOGIA E SANITA' PUBBLICA
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Written exam with open questions and possible oral integration
