- Docente: Lamberto Manzoli
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/42
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Forli
- Corso: Single cycle degree programme (LMCU) in Medicine and Surgery (cod. 5905)
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from Oct 09, 2025 to Dec 16, 2025
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course, students will have acquired a solid understanding of epidemiology as it applies to public health, health determinants, the prevention of infectious and chronic degenerative diseases, environmental and food hygiene, and hospital hygiene.
Course contents
Fundamentals of Epidemiology
Characteristics of observational epidemiological studies (ecological, cross-sectional, case-control, and cohort studies) and experimental studies (randomized clinical trials)
Concepts of bias and confounding
Epidemiological measures
Absolute risk and relative risk: importance for clinical and public health decision-making
The three steps of epidemiology
Statistical inference, confidence intervals
Significance: statistical versus clinical
Identification of scientific evidence and the importance of the epidemiological method for research and healthcare organization
Tools of Evidence-Based Medicine: reviews, systematic reviews, meta-analyses, guidelines, and diagnostic-therapeutic protocols
Concepts of Health Technology Assessment
Interpretation of clinical trial results
Fundamentals of Applied Hygiene
Causes of disease and risk factors
Epidemiology and general prevention of infectious diseases and major chronic degenerative diseases
Health promotion and disease prevention
Prevention, systemic and individual strategies, lifestyles: importance and complexity
Active and passive prevention, immunoprophylaxis, vaccines
Disinfection and sterilization
Readings/Bibliography
Manzoli L, Villari P, Boccia A. Epidemiologia e Management in Sanità. Elementi di Metodologia (2° Ed.). Edi-Ermes, 2015.
Teaching methods
Oral lectures, case-studies
Assessment methods
The exam will be an in-person oral exam. To have their grade recorded, students must register for a grade-entry session.
Teaching tools
Power point slides
Office hours
See the website of Lamberto Manzoli