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.
1° Year
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Professional Laboratories (1st year)
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
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Professional Laboratories (2nd year)
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
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Professional Laboratories (3rd year)
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Professional Laboratories (1st year)
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Professional Laboratories (2nd year)
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Professional Laboratories (3rd year)
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.
Evidence based nursing (2020/2021)
The teaching is organized as follows:
Learning outcomes
This course aims to develop students’ critical appraisal skills, with a particular emphasis on research articles and guidelines in the nursing literature.
Program
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MM: METODOLOGIA DELL'INFERMIERISTICA BASATA SULLE EVIDENZE
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• The model and the elements of EBP process • Formulating an Answerable Question using the ‘P I C O’ principle • Searching evidence in scientific databases (eg pubmed) to identify and to propose solutions/ innovations to clinical • Understanding results from quantitative evidence: RCT’s, cross.-sectional and observational studies, systematic reviews and meta analysis • Understanding results from qualitative studies • Understanding the Clinical Practice Guidelines and their relevance in the nursing practice • Integrating clinical judgment, patient preferences and other available resources as a basis for clinical decision-making • The Evidence Hierarchy: definitions and examples
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MM: STATISTICA SANITARIA E EPIDEMIOLOGIA CLINICA
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INTRODUCTION The role of Statistics in Health Professions. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS Different measurement scales – Statistical variables and their presentation through frequency distributions: one-entry or double-entry tables – Measures of central tendency: mean (arithmetic, geometric, weighted), median, mode, percentiles – Measures of dispersion: range, interquartile range, sum of squares, variance (mean square), standard deviation, variation coefficient. PROBABILITY Classic, frequentist, subjective interpretations of probability – Sum and product rules of probability – Independent and dependent events and conditional probability – Sensitivity, specificity, positive and negative predictive value of a diagnostic test – ROC curves – Bayes theorem and its application to differential diagnosis – Random variables – Theoretical probability distributions: normal distribution. SAMPLING Populations and samples - Common sampling designs – Sampling distribution of an estimator (sample mean). STATISTICAL INFERENCE Point and interval estimates: confidence interval – Logical structure of hypothesis testing: null and alternative hypotheses; acceptance and rejection regions; type I and type II error; power of a statistical test – Choice of statistical test. EPIDEMIOLOGY Measures of disease frequency: prevalence, incidence – Measures of association: risk difference, relative risk, etiologic fraction, odds ratio – Study design: cross-sectional, cohort and case-control studies.
Bibliography
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| 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 | ||
| Lantieri PB, Risso D, Ravera G | Statistica medica per le professioni sanitarie (Edizione 2) | McGraw-Hill, Milano | 2004 | ||
| Fowler J, Jarvis P, Chevannes M | Statistica per le Professioni Sanitarie | EdiSES srl, Napoli | 2006 | ||
| Polit DF, Beck CT. Edizione italiana a cura di Palese A. | Fondamenti di Ricerca Infermieristica (Edizione 2) | McGraw-Hill Education | 2018 |
Examination Methods
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MM: METODOLOGIA DELL'INFERMIERISTICA BASATA SULLE EVIDENZE
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Oral exam composed by different kind of questions to test: • evidence based nursing knowledge • critical thinking skills Appraising an article assigned from the teacher using open questions
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MM: STATISTICA SANITARIA E EPIDEMIOLOGIA CLINICA
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The written examination will consist of about 30 multiple choice questions with 5-8 possible answers, and one exercise of Statistical Inference on a simple data set. Some statistical questions will deal with an article dealing with Nursing, chosen by the teacher of Nursing. Wrong answers to the written examination will be orally discussed with the student. If a new lockdown phase will be enacted, the exam modality will be modified accordingly, i.e. exams will be performed in rooms large enough to guarantee social separation, or exams will be administered using the web-platform Zoom.
