Zdrowie publiczne: Higiena i epidemiologia

Basic knowledge of biology, microbiology, scientific research methodology, statistics

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1. Study hours involving teacher participation:

- participation in lectures: 40 hours (with the use of distant learning methods):

- participation in tutorials: 10 hours (with the use of distant learning methods):

- consultations: 3 hours (with the use of distant learning methods):

Workload associated with classes requiring direct participation of academic teachers amounts to 53 hours, corresponding to 2 ECTS points.

2. The balance of the student's work:

- participation in lectures: 40 hours (with the use of distant learning methods)

- participation in classes: 10 hours (with the use of distant learning methods)

- consultations: 3 hours (with the use of distant learning methods)

- preparation for the classes (reading indicated literature and preparing reports): 6 hours

- preparation for passing the course + credit: 10 + 1 = 11 hours

The effort of the student work is 70 hours, which corresponds to 3 ECTS.

3. Work related to the carried out research:

- reading the scientific literature: 3 hour

- participation in lectures (taking into account the results of the epidemiological studies): 40 hours (with the use of distant learning methods)

- participation in classes (taking into account the results of the epidemiological studies): 10 hours (with the use of distant learning methods)

- preparation to pass (taking into account the results of the epidemiological studies): 5 hours

- consultations (taking into account the results of the epidemiological studies): 1 hours (with the use of distant learning methods)

The combined effort of the student work associated with scientific research is 59 hours, which corresponds to 2 point ECTS.

4. The time required to prepare and to participate in credit:

- preparation to pass: 10+ 1 = 11 hours (0.5 point ECTS)

5. The balance of the student's practical work

- participation in classes (including passing practical): 10 + 1 = 11 hours (with the use of distant learning methods)

The combined effort of the student practical work is 11 hours, which corresponds to 0.5 ECTS point.

6. The time required to hold mandatory practices:

does not apply to

The Student knows:

B.W20. public health tasks;

B.W22. basic concepts on health and disease;

B.W23. the essence of disease prevention and prevention;

B.W25. specific health risks in the environment of residence, education and work;

C.W16. principles for health promotion and prevention;

C.W17. rules for the construction of health promotion programmes;

C.W18. strategies for promoting local, national and global health;

C.W19. the organisation and functioning of primary health care in the Republic of Poland and other countries, taking into account the tasks of nurses and other healthcare professionals;

The Student:

B.U11. develop educational programmes for health activities for different audiences;

B.U13. assess global health trends in terms of the latest epidemiological and demographic data;

B.U15. use international statistical classifications, including diseases and health problems (ICD-10), medical procedures (ICD-9) and the functioning of disability and health (ICF);

C.U29. identify the conditions of the patient's health behaviour and risk factors for lifestyle diseases; C.U39. monitor the risks at work of nurses and factors conducive to the occurrence of occupational diseases and accidents at work;

C.U49. use self-protection measures, patients and colleagues from infections;

D.W39. use methods and techniques for conducting research;

D.U31. critically analyse the published results of research;

The Student:

Systematically improves professional knowledge and skills aiming at

professionalism (K_D.K02).

Lectures: lecture with a multimedia presentation with the use of distant learning methods

Classes: practical project (written reports), educational discussion, case study, reports, team work with the use of distant learning methods

Other: consultations with the use of distant learning methods

- wykład informacyjny (konwencjonalny)

- ćwiczeniowa

The aim of this subject is to acquaint students with the principles underlying preventive activities of health care service, health status evaluation and monitoring in an individual and a population, and with options for using epidemiological data for evaluation and planning of medical services. Students will find out about epidemiology of non-contagious or contagious diseases, preventive vaccination, environmental epidemiology, nutritional epidemiology.

Classes will be used to develop skills in recognising a state of health risk and in interpreting demographic and epidemiological data.

Lectures

1. Public health, hygiene and epidemiology – basic terms and definitions, subject, position in medicine, ‘health’ as a term, conditions determining the health status.

2. Action strategy in the public health area.

3. Frequency measures, epidemiological research.

4. Epidemiology of contagious diseases. Methods preventing their occurrence at various stages of a natural disease history. Vaccinations.

5. Newly occurring and recurring contagious diseases as one of the biggest threats to public health.

6. Epidemiology of non-contagious diseases. Methods preventing their occurrence at various stages of a natural disease history. Cardiovascular epidemiology. Epidemiology of cancers.

7. Health promotion and preventive programs – particularly for cardiovascular and cancer diseases.

8. Foodborne poising. Food hygiene.

9. Nutritional epidemiology.

10. Environmental and occupational epidemiology

Classes develop skills in the use of epidemiological and statistical materials in an analysis of the population health status. During classes, standard methods used in epidemiological studies and risk factors for contagious and civilisation diseases are analysed.

1. Measures of a population health status. Interpreting demographic data.

2. Methods of epidemiological studies.

Obligatory textbooks:

1. Basic Epidemiology by R. Bonita, R. Beaglehole, T. Kjellstrom, 2nd edition, WHO Library.

Additional textbooks:

1. Public Health and Epidemiology at a Glance by Margaret Somerville, K. Kumaran and Rob Anderson.

2. Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Preventive Medicine, Jekel J., Katz D., Elmore J., Wild D. Saunders Elsevier, 2007.

Assessment methods:

Getting the credit from tutorials requires:

- active involve in classes,

- theoretical preparation and correct performance of data analyses at classes with a written report.

- extended observation of social competences caring out during classes (0-10 points, passing the > 50%).

Getting the final credit requires:

Getting the credit from classes in accordance with the established effects of education. Absences must be justified and graded orally or in written form. Student should make up missing classes in a form and date appointed by coordinator of the course.

Final credit takes place after all lectures and tutorials. The final credit is carried out in the form of a written descriptive test covering of the lectures and classes.

Assessment criteria:

55.0-68.0% - pass

68.1-76.0% - pass +

76.1-84.0% - above average

84.1-92.0% - above average +

92.1-100% - excellent

not applicable