VSSL051p Community Medicine

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2004
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Jan Holčík, DrSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Jan Holčík, DrSc.
Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Administration – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Helena Malenová
Prerequisites (in Czech)
(VSLT0221s Basic Medical Terminology II - seminar || VSLT011s Basic Medical Terminology - lecture) && (VSAJ0222 English Language 1 II - practice || VSNJ0222 German Language 1 II - practice || VSRJ0222 Russian Language 1 II - practice || VSSJ0222 Spanish Language 1 II - practice || VSFJ0222 French Language 1 II - practice || VSCJ0484 Czech Language for Foreigners IV - practice) && VSET021 Medical Ethics I && VSPP3X1 Nursing
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The course in Community Medicine covers basic principles of health policy, demography, epidemiology, and biostatistics.
Key topics
    • 1. Community medicine in a historical perspective.
    • 2. Measures of disease frequency.
    • 3. Mortality statistics.
    • 4. Comparing disease occurrence, population impact.
    • 5. Observational studies.
    • 6. Intervention studies.
    • 7. Distributions and summary measures.
    • 8. Estimation and testing.
    • 9. Measures of association.
    • 10. Interpretation of epidemiological studies.
    • 11. Diagnostic tests.
    • 12. Screening.
    • 13. Health care planning and evaluation.
    • 14. Health care systems.
    • 15. Current issues in health policy.
Study resources and literature
  • HOLČÍK, J.; A. ŽÁČEK and I. KOUPILOVÁ. Sociální lékařství. (Social Medicine.). 2. dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 137 pp. ISBN 80-210-1907-7. info
  • GERYLOVOVÁ, Anna and Jan HOLČÍK. Úvod do statistiky. Text pro semináře. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 31 pp. ISBN 80-210-2301-5. info
  • BEAGLEHOLE, R. Basic epidemiology. [1st ed.]. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1993, viii, 175. ISBN 92-4-154446-5. info
  • KOUPILOVÁ, Ilona and Jan HOLČÍK. Community medicine: Practical Handbook. 2nd ed. Brno: Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 1996, 114 pp. ISBN 80-210-1391-5. info
  • První dva tituly jsou základní, ostatní doplňkové.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017.
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