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Public Health and Epidemiology
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:29.08.2024 11:14:52
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | SVUEK_112 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Anda Ķīvīte-Urtāne | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Institute of Public Health | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 9 Kronvalda boulevard, svek rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 67338307 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 0 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 0 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 0 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 3 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 24 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Basic knowledge in normal and pathological physiology, biochemistry and mathematical statistics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide knowledge and develop understanding of the basic issues of modern public health and to develop students’ scientific, critical, systematic and analytical thinking. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept of health. The concept and tasks of public health. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Health promotion and prevention. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Social determinants of health. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Epidemiological guidelines and the theory of disease causation. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Measuring disease incidence. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | CCommon, specific, standardised indicators. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Sources of health information. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Association indicators. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Individual work during classes, discussing the problems related to the topic of the class, calculating epidemiological tasks (basic epidemiological indicators, association indicators). | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attendance of classes, regular oral testing of understanding and skills check during classes; written final exam. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Will define the concept of health and name the main categories of factors affecting health. Will name the social determinants of health. Will formulate the tasks of public health as science and practice. Will define the levels of disease prevention and the basic functions of health promotion. Will describe the basic concepts of modern epidemiology and application thereof in health sciences. Will explain the concept of evidence-based health care. Will explain the principles of prevalence and incidence calculation. Will define the basic principles of disease screening. Will describe the types and sources of health information. Will outline the principles of calculating relative risk, attributable risk, attributable risk percentage and odds ratio indicators. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Will name examples of factors affecting health in the specialty. Will describe examples of disease prevention and health promotion within one’s specialty. Will calculate the basic indicators of frequency of health events and conditions and association indicators. Will differentiate between common, specific and standardised indicators. Will differentiate and compare different sources of health information. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Will interpret the concept of health and factors affecting health in the specialty. Will substantiate the importance of health promotion and prevention in the specialty. Will apply the indicators of health event frequency, demographic indicators and association indicators in health problem research. Will critically evaluate health information depending on the data sources. Will independently obtain and analyse information, integrating it into solutions to public health problems. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Marmot M., Wilkinson R.G. (ed.). Social Determinants of Health. 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Baltiņš M. Lietišķā epidemioloģija. Rīga: Zinātne, 2003. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students: | ||||||||
| 4 | Marmot M., Wilkinson R.G. (ed.). Social Determinants of Health. 2nd edition. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
