aVLOZ0141p Public Health I - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught in person.
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Marie Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Abanoub Riad, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Veronika Išová (assistant)
Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Ing. Veronika Išová
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Wed 14. 9. 18:00–19:40 B22/116 aula, Wed 12. 10. 18:00–19:40 B22/116 aula, Wed 26. 10. 18:00–19:40 B22/116 aula, Wed 9. 11. 18:00–19:40 B22/116 aula, Wed 23. 11. 18:00–19:40 B22/116 aula, Wed 7. 12. 18:00–19:40 B22/116 aula
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
Course objectives

After successfully completing the course, students will know the basic concepts and methods in the field of Public Health.
Students will be able to explain the benefits of the population approach to the study of health and disease, and will be familiarized with the approaches, contents and basic concepts and methods of epidemiology.
Students will be able to search and interpret relevant data and use methods of descriptive and analytic epidemiology to describe and assess population health status.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to Public Health & Determinants of Health.
  • 2. Health Demographics.
  • 3. Evidence-based Medicine (EBM).
  • 4. Health Systems.
  • 5. Health Equity.
  • 6. Global Health.
Literature
    required literature
  • FLETCHER, Grant. Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials. 6th ed. Wolters Kluwer Health, 2020, 288 pp. ISBN 978-1-9751-0955-4. info
    recommended literature
  • Bonita R, Beaglehole R, Kjellström: Basic epidemiology. 2nd edition. Geneva - Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2006. 212 pages. ISBN 978-92-4-154707-9.
  • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice: Third Edition. An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics. October 2006 - Updated May 2012. SELF-STUDY Course SS1978
  • Ray M. Merrill: Principles of Epidemiology Workbook: Exercises and Activities. Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2011, ISBN 9781284177374, 1284177378
  • Noel S. Weiss: Exercises in Epidemiology 2nd Edition Applying Principles and Methods. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190651534, 0190651539
Teaching methods
Lectures.
Reading and studying all required literature.
Assessment methods
■ Evaluation System
The subject of Public Health I is divided into two collateral courses; aVLOZ0141p (for theoretical lectures) and aVLOZ0141c (for practical seminars), that took place simultaneously during the 1st semester (1st year) of the General Medicine study program. The student is entitled to acquire 2 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits upon successful completion of the course.
The two courses of Public Health I are mutually dependent, which means that the student has to acquire the 1 ECTS credit of the seminars (aVLOZ0141c) to be qualified for the final (written) exam, which will award them the second 1 ECTS credit.
The evaluation system of the seminars (aVLOZ0141c) consists of 15 points that are claimable through attending (and active participation in) the seminars and successful fulfilment of the seminars assignments. Attendance (and active participation) of each seminar will award the student 1 point, and successful fulfilment of each assignment will award the student 1 point. The final group project can award the student up to 3 points, and the project will be presented in the last week of the course.
Students are entitled to sit for the final exam if they achieve 12 out of 15 points.

■ Attendance
You are expected to attend all the lectures on time.
Late coming is defined as the arrival to the lecture room 5 minutes later than the scheduled time of the lecture. Latecomers are not entitled to enter the lecture room without a prospective excuse. On extraordinary occasions, latecomers without prospective apologies may enter the lecture room, and such permission is up to the discretion of the lecturer on a case-by-case basis.
The location of your lecture room is precisely mentioned in your academic timetable.

■ Assignments
The assignments aim to provide a self-assessment tool for the students to evaluate their performance in studying modules content. Therefore, the students are highly encouraged to resolve assignments trustworthily and after preparing sufficiently for them.
Each assignment contains 20-30 multiple choice questions (MCQ) with a single correct answer. The questions cover the part that had been discussed during the seminar with the tutor and the part that had been denoted for self-study.
The students will have one week to submit their assignments. If the student did not achieve the passing score of the assignment (70%), they will be entitled to re-take it in December. If the students did not submit their assignment on time, they will still be able to submit it one week after the original deadline, but they will not have an opportunity to re-take the assignment in case of failure. Please note that the assignment application (ROPOT) is a single log-in application; therefore, you will be required to finish your assignment once you open the application.

■ Final Exam Instructions
The final exam of Public Health I will take place during January and February 2023 (the final schedule will be released later). The exam consists of 30 multiple-choice questions (MCQs) with single correct answers, and its duration is 45 minutes.
The specific instructions for the final exam will be released in December 2022.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2023.
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