PHYSICS, STATISTICS AND COMPUTER SCIENCE

Integrated educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in NURSING

Moduls:

APPLIED PHYSICS

2 credits
COMPUTER SCIENCE

2 credits
MEDICAL STATISTICS

3 credits

Credits:

Programme Year:

Hours of classroom activity:

105

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledges of Trigonometry, Algebra and Geometry.

AF code:

40000309

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

Medical Statistics:
Final written exam
Written test and oral exam.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

Medical Statistics:
- Ability to perform spatial, temporal, and frequency measures;
- Ability to make tables and plots;
- Ability to perform a simple statistical analysis.
The course aims to provide students with the tools of the scientific method, understanding and operational capabilities of the principles of classical physics, with particular emphasis on topics that are used in nursing fields.

Contents

Medical Statistics:
1. DATA MANAGEMENT
Experimental and observational studies. Study design. Variables. Frequency distribution. Tables and graphs.

2. DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS
Central tendency and variability indicators.

3. SAMPLING AND INFERENCE
Populations and samples. Sampling procedures. Hypothesis tests.
The experimental method. Measurement units and dimensions of physical quantities. Kinematics: time, position, velocity, acceleration. Mechanics: force, mass, Newton's laws, energy and work. Conservative and non-conservative forces. Conservation laws. Fluid and gas: pressure, Stevin's law, Archimede's Force, Bernoulli's law. Ideal gas, kinetic theory of gases. Thermodynamics: thermal equilibrium, heat and energy.Essentials of oscillations and waves. Essentials of linear optics.

Recommended Bibliography

Medical Statistics:
-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 .
Principles of Physics, Serway & Jewett, Cengage Learning, 2006

Teaching Methods

Medical Statistics:
Lectures
Exercises on fundamental laws of physics.

Contacts/More Information

Medical Statistics:
1)Readiness to offer individual assistance also in a foreign language (please specify) to incoming students:
SI X NO Lingua / Language Inglese
2) Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language (please specify):
SI X NO
3)Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (please specify):
SI X NO Lingua / Language Inglese

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