Corso di Laurea in Infermieristica - Asti

Identify research approaches and the study designs in the epidemiological field.

Understand the research methods applied to Public Health for the definition of causal associations between risk factor(s) and health outcome(s).

In the context of knowledge and understanding, the student should know the basic concepts of Epidemiology and the main concepts of study designs in the epidemiological field.

As part of the ability to apply knowledge and understanding, the student should be able to:

-identify the most suitable study design to answer epidemiological questions regarding some of the main health problems of patients;

-identify and calculate the appropriate occurrence measures to describe health phenomena in an epidemiological context.

In the area of ​​independent judgement, the student should be able to critically evaluate the outcomes of healthcare decisions taken on the basis of patient outcomes and healthcare standards.

In general, the student should be able to develop independent study skills and:

- demonstrate the ability to cultivate doubts and tolerate the uncertainties arising from study and practical activity by asking suitable and relevant questions to resolve them;

- demonstrate the ability to continuously seek self-learning opportunities;

- demonstrate the ability to self-assess one's skills and outline one's development and learning needs;

- demonstrate ability and autonomy in seeking the information necessary to resolve problems or uncertainties in professional practice, critically selecting secondary and primary sources of research evidence.

Basic knowledge of the history of epidemiology. Natural history model of the disease.

The main study designs in epidemiology, their application and possible biases. Occurrence measures.

The evaluation test, with a mark out of thirty, is written with both open and multiple-choice questions. The multiple-choice questions will test the acquisition of basic notions (e.g. definitions of Epidemiology and their theoretical aspects). The open-ended questions will evaluate the level of general understanding, the acquisition of scientific vocabulary, and the ability to synthesize and connect the notions acquired by the student.

The teacher will make the teaching material used during lessons available on the Moodle/Campusnet platform. Furthermore, both the teacher and the teaching collaborators will be available for further clarifications for the reception of the students by appointment. The teacher can be contacted at the following e-mail: giulia.squillacioti@unito.it.