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

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
7
A
BIO/09 ,BIO/16 ,BIO/17
6
A
BIO/10 ,BIO/12 ,MED/07
7
A/B
MED/04 ,MED/09 ,MED/33
6
A/B
ING-INF/07 ,MAT/05 ,MED/36

3° Year  activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023

ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
8
A/B/C
MED/09 ,MED/26 ,MED/34 ,MED/50
Attivita' seminariali (professioni sanitarie)
5
F
-
Prova finale
7
E
-
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
7
A
BIO/09 ,BIO/16 ,BIO/17
6
A
BIO/10 ,BIO/12 ,MED/07
7
A/B
MED/04 ,MED/09 ,MED/33
6
A/B
ING-INF/07 ,MAT/05 ,MED/36
activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
ModulesCreditsTAFSSD
8
A/B/C
MED/09 ,MED/26 ,MED/34 ,MED/50
Attivita' seminariali (professioni sanitarie)
5
F
-
Prova finale
7
E
-

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.




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Teaching code

4S008993

Credits

5

Language

Italian

The teaching is organized as follows:

FISICA

Credits

2

Period

Lezioni 1 semestre PERF

STATISTICA MEDICA

Credits

2

Period

1° SEMESTRE

Academic staff

Francesca Locatelli

INFORMATICA

Credits

1

Period

1° SEMESTRE

Academic staff

Andrea Sboarina

Learning outcomes

Lo studente deve acquisire gli elementi essenziali della fisica, i metodi statistici con particolare riferimento ai fenomeni coinvolti nelle scienze della vita, i principi dell’informatica.

FISICA: Grandezze fisiche e loro misurazione. I fondamenti della dinamica. Meccanica dei fluidi, Nozioni di optometria, Termologia e calorimetria. Leggi della termodinamica. Cambiamento di stato. Teoria degli errori.

INFORMATICA: Sistemi operativi. Windows. Applicazioni di informatica di uso generale, videoscrittura. Applicazioni di informatica in medicina. Telematica, Office, Posta elettronica. Terminologia informatica.

STATISTICA: Il concetto di popolazione e di campione. Bias di selezione e randomizzazione. La distribuzione di Gauss. Concetto di valore normale. La valutazione dei trattamenti sugli individui e sui gruppi.

Program

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MM: FISICA
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MM: INFORMATICA
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Introduction to informatic systems. The hardware infrastructures. The operative system. The software applications. Web applications for the research of biomedical evidences (Exercises in PubMed). The lessons will be delivered in dual mode.
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MM: STATISTICA MEDICA
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The course is structured in theoretical frontal lessons (20h). 1) Medicine, scientific research and statistics 2) The measurement process in medicine: measurement scales, validity, precision and accuracy 3) Statistical variables and frequency distributions 4) How to summarize the distribution of one or more variables: measures of location and dispersion, contingency tables 5) An introduction to probability theory: definitions, basic rules of probability, independent and conditional probabilities, random variables, Gaussian distribution 6) How to assess the validity of a diagnostic tool: sensitivity and specificity, ROC curves 7) An introduction to statistical inference: an outline of sampling theory, the sampling distribution of an estimator, confidence interval, the elements of a statistical test (null and alternative hypotheses, type I and type II errors, power of a statistical test, p-value), z test and t-test

Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Lantieri PB, Risso D, Ravera G Elementi di Statistica Medica McGraw-Hill 2007
Armitage P, Berry G Statistica medica. Metodi statistici per la ricerca in medicina (Edizione 3) McGraw-Hill Libri Italia, Milano 1996
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 2004
Triola MM, Triola MF Statistica per le Discipline Biosanitarie Pearson 2009
Sciuto, Buonanno, Mari Introduzione ai sistemi informatici 5/ed McGraw-Hill 2014 9788838668326

Examination Methods

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MM: FISICA
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MM: INFORMATICA
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The exam is aimed to verify the degree of learning of the student on the course topics. The exam consists of written test with multiple choice questions. Each question will be associated with a score (reported in the text of the exam) The maximum score achievable is 32 points. To pass the course the student must obtain a minimum score of 18 points. The final grade corresponds to the sum of the scores obtained for each question up to a maximum of 30. In order to obtain the grade of excellence (30 cum laude) the student must have answered correctly and comprehensively all the questions proposed (32 points) . The test will be delivered in presence mode. The remote mode is however guaranteed for all students who request it in the academic year 2020/21.
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MM: STATISTICA MEDICA
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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.

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE