- Docente: Stefano Mattioli
- Credits: 3
- SSD: MED/42
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Rimini
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Health Assistance (cod. 8879)
Learning outcomes
The main objective of this course is to provide basic knowledge on the following items:
-basic principles of the evidence-based prevention
-introduction to the main methods of the epidemiological studies used in public health
Course contents
- introduction to evidence-based prevention; human population and exposure variability; pros and cons of observational studies and trials in public health; randomized controlled trials and cluster randomized controlled trials; efficacy and effectiveness; effectiveness of a preventive intervention: data collection, data synthesis and evaluation of the evidence; traditional review of the literature; systematic review and metanalysis in evidence-based prevention.
- Cochrane Collaboration and Cochrane Work; methodology in conducting a systematic review: search strategies; use of PubMed for literature search; systematic reviews: study selection and quality appraisal; introduction to writing a Cochrane review; development and evaluation of a preventive intervention.
Readings/Bibliography
Geoffrey Rose. Rose's Strategy of Preventive Medicine. OUP Oxford, 2008
Teaching methods
Lectures
Working in small groups using the computer room as well
Assessment methods
Multiple choice test and practical proof on Pubmed search
Teaching tools
Teaching materials that can be downloaded through AMS CAMPUS
Office hours
See the website of Stefano Mattioli