PHYSICS, STATISTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2017/2018

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in MIDWIFERY

Language:

Italian

Moduls:

APPLIED PHYSICS

2 credits
COMPUTER SCIENCE

2 credits
MEDICAL STATISTICS

3 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

None

AF code:

40000309

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Course test written (multiple choice quiz and exercises).

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

At the end of the course the student must demonstrate:
- Be familiar with the principles of the medical statistics and know the statistical terminology adopted in the scientific research to describe populations and samples.
- To possess adequate knowledge on the probability, the statistical inference, and on the methodological tools adopted to understand the design of a scientific study.
- To acquire the statistical techniques for the appropriate interpretation of the findings of a scientific study.

Contents

Evidence-based medicine. Observational and experimental studies. Design of a scientific study. Assessment of a scientific article. Statistical terminology. Variables. Principles of uni-, bi-, and multivariate statistics. Frequency distribution. Plots and tables.
Central tendency indicators. Variability indicators.
Principles of probability. Diagnostic test indicators. Normal probability distribution.
Population and sample. Sampling techniques. Hypothesis test. Correlation and regression.

Recommended Bibliography

- Armitage P. Statistica medica. Feltrinelli Ed.Milano.
- Daniel W. Biostatistics: a foundation for analysis in the health sciences. WILEY.
- Daniel W. Biostatistica: concetti di base per l’analisi statistica delle scienze dell’area medico-sanitaria. EdiSES.
- Pagano M., Gauvreau K. Biostatistica. Ed. Gnocchi.
- Lantieri P.B., Risso D., Ravera G. Elementi di Statistica Medica. The McGraw-Hill Companies, S.r.l.
- Jekel J.F., Katz D.L., Elmore J.G, Wild D.M.G. Epidemiologia, Biostatistica e Medicina Preventiva. Elsevier-Masson.
- Dunn G., Everitt B. Biostatistica clinica: una introduzione alla evidence-based medicine. Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore.
- Campbell M.J., Machin D. Statistica medica: un approccio Evidence-based. Wiley.
- Fabbrocini G., Quarto M. Statistica medica: guida multimediale alla metodologia statistica in medicina. Esselibri-Simone.
- Bland M. Statistica medica. Apogeo.
- Glantz S.A. Statistica per discipline biomediche. The McGraw-Hill Companies, S.r.l.

Methods of Provision

Conventional

Teaching Methods

Lectures and lessons.

Contacts/More Information

Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language (English) to incoming students.
Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language (English).

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