Curricular Unit:			Code:
Prophylaxis and Epidemiology			852PEPI
Year:	Level:	Course:	Credits:
2	Undergraduate	Nursing	4 ects
Learning Period:		Language of Instruction:	Total Hours:
		Portuguese/English	52
Learning Outcomes of the Curricular Unit:
Prophylaxis and Epidemiology projects itself in learning and in practice of public health, as it works as a fundamental science. Its objectives rely on generate interest for pursuing the knowledge of how diseases occur and, when they happen, why they do it in such a variety of forms, leaving in mind the basic questions of epidemiological studies. Thus, the objectives of this curricular unit contribute to the acquisition of competences according to criteria 21, 22, 23, 35, 41, 45, 71 and 86 of the "Regulamento do Perfil de Competências do Enfermeiro de Cuidados Gerais".
Syllabus:
Definition and background of epidemiology. Measuring health and disease. Causal inference: models and criteria of causality. Clinical epidemiology. Types of epidemiologic studies. Design of epidemiological studies.
Demonstration of the Syllabus Coherence with the Curricular Unit's Objectives:
Epidemiology is an instrument for scientific research about health. Several descriptive tools are used for describing the health and disease status of a population, and association tools for analysing the relation with the exposition to some factors. Different levels of prevention and types of epidemiological studies are also covered, as well as the importance of epidemiology for clinical practice and public health.
Teaching Methodologies (Including Evaluation):
Oral presentation and explanation of the programmatic contents, with the support of audiovisual media. Appeal to the active participation of the students, through an interrogative methodology. Exercise resolution and critical reading of articles. The minimum percentage of frequency in the theoretical and theoretical-practical lessons of this subject is of 50%, according to UFP Pedagogical Regulation. Evaluation is periodic with two tests, each with an equal weight of 50%. The dates of the evaluation tests will be scheduled at the beginning of the semester. The lack of attendance to one evaluation test implies the classification of zero for the purpose of calculation of the final classification and the non attribution of the ECTS. Pupils who present a final classification inferior to 10 values in continuous evaluation are consider non-approved and do have to perform a final examination, on a date scheduled by UFP.
Demonstration of the Coherence between the Teaching Methodologies and the Learning Outcomes:
The methodologies of teaching and learning of this course were programmed to boost application of theoretical concepts learned. Classes focus on active and participative methods with a view to a practical application of the critical contents covered. The critical reading of pappers, mainly the material and methods and the results sections, will allow to understand how to write about types of epidemiological studies and how to see/read the results of those study types through epidemiological indicators obtained. Essentially, the intention is that students acquire basic knowledge and skills applicable to the characterization of the health status of a population, the identification of the etiology of health problems and the development of public health strategies.
Reading:
[1] Greenberg, RS (2015) Medical Epidemiology – Population Health and Effective Health Care, 5th ed., Lange Basic Science – McGraw-Hill Education. [Greenberg, RS; Daniels, SR; Flanders, WD; Eley, JW; Boring, JR (2004) Epidemiologia Clínica, 3ª ed., Artmed.] [2] Gordis, L (2014) Epidemiology, 5th ed., Elsevier Saunders. [Gordis, L (2017) Epidemiologia, 5ª ed., Thieme Revinter.] [3] Friedman, GD (2004) Primer of Epidemiology, 5th ed., McGraw-Hill. [4] Beaglehole, R; Bonita, R; Kjellström, T (2006) Basic Epidemiology, 2nd ed., WHO. [Beaglehole, R; Bonita, R; Kjellström, T (2003) Epidemiologia Básica, 2ª ed., Santos.] [5] Hernández-Aguado, I; Gil, MA; Delgado-Rodriguez, M; Bolumar-Montrull, F (2011) Manual de Epidemiología y Salud Pública para grados en Ciencias de la Salud, 2ª ed., Editorial Médica Panamericana.