Course: Global health 2

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Course title Global health 2
Course code MRS/EHV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Cahlíková Radka, M.A., B.A.
  • Mařincová Lenka, Mgr.
  • Guliš Gabriel, doc. RNDr. PhD.
Course content
Epidemiology and its meaning in the area of public health care. Public health care is based on evidence (Evidence-Based Public Health). Ways of epidemiological studies. Advantages and disadvantages of certain kinds of epidemiological studies. Epidemiological studies results and its interpretation. Special epidemiology of infections in the tropical areas: malaria, tuberculosis, AIDS, lymphatic filariosis, leishmaniasis, schistomia and other famous tropical infections.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Demonstration
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to introduce students into the basic of public health.
Describe the principles of the epidemiology and its meaning in the area of public health care.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance

The course is assessed by oral and/or written examination.
Recommended literature
  • Greenhalgh, T. (2003). Jak pracovat s vědeckou publikací - základy medicíny založené na důkazu. Praha: Grada.
  • Janout, V. (1998). Klinická epidemiologie - nedílná součást klinických rozhodovacích procesů. Praha: Avicenum.
  • Janout, V. (1995). Základy epidemiologie. Olomouc: UP.
  • Šerý, V., Bálint, O. (1999). Tropická a cestovní medicína. Praha: Medon.


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