84244 - SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

Anno Accademico 2017/2018

  • Docente: Franco Trevisani
  • Crediti formativi: 1
  • Lingua di insegnamento: Inglese
  • Modalità didattica: Convenzionale - Lezioni in presenza
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: Laurea Magistrale a Ciclo Unico in Medicine and surgery (cod. 9210)

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

Understand the Scientific Method as the basis for scientific inquiry, with reference to biomedical research. Summarize the goals, structure, creation process, and types of scientific literature in the biomedical sciences. Utilize bibliographic and biomedical resourses to locate and critically review scientific literature related to a specific question.

Contenuti

Lecture 1

Basic principles of scientific methodology. The fundamentals of evidence-based medicine. Explanatory and pragmatic randomized clinical trials.

Lecture 2

Levels of evidence in scientific research and the Cochrane collaboration. How to keep up-to-date and follow the most valid and appropriate evidence: biomedical databases and guidelines. Systematic reviews and meta-analyses: a basic instruction manual.

Lecture 3

A practical example of literature search in PubMed databases: how to build evidence-based search strings and filters for the identification of all relevant studies to answer clinical questions.

Lecture 4

Indices of diagnostic accuracy and ROC analysis.

Metodi didattici

Interactive lectures and practical examples of bibliographical research.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Written test and oral examination (for examination dates, see almaesami.unibo.it)

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Franco Trevisani