PUBLIC HEALTH SCIENCES Single channel
Chair (Coordinator) and Rapporteur: LAURA MARCELLINI
Module 1: WORK MEDICINE
- Activity type
- Scienze della prevenzione e servizi sanitari
- SSD
- MED/44
- Year
- N/D
- Semester
- N/D
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 8 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- LAURA MARCELLINI
Module 2: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
- Activity type
- Statistica ed epidemiologia
- SSD
- MED/42
- Year
- N/D
- Semester
- N/D
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 8 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- Gianfranco Tarsitani
Module 3: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
- Activity type
- Statistica ed epidemiologia
- SSD
- MED/42
- Year
- N/D
- Semester
- N/D
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 8 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- GIOVANNI BATTISTA ORSI
Module 4: MEDICAL STATISTICS
- Activity type
- Scienze propedeutiche
- SSD
- MED/01
- Year
- N/D
- Semester
- N/D
- CFU
- 2
- Hours distribution
- 16 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- FABIO PRESAGHI
Module 5: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
- Activity type
- Scienze umane e psicopedagogiche
- SSD
- MED/02
- Year
- N/D
- Semester
- N/D
- CFU
- 1
- Hours distribution
- 8 classroom hours
- Lecturers
- VALENTINA GAZZANIGA
Learning outcomes
Module: WORK MEDICINE
N/D
Module: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
N/D
Module: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
To know and discuss the main steps of the Western medical thought
Prerequisites
Module: WORK MEDICINE
N/D
Module: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
N/D
Module: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
Knowledge of Western history
Programme
Module: WORK MEDICINE
N/D
Module: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
N/D
Module: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
Syllabus for STATISTICS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH:
Data collection and preliminary checks.
Frequency distribution: simple and multiple.
Graphical representation of frequency distribution.
Central tendency indicators: mode, median, arithmetic mean, percentiles
Variability indicators: variance, standard deviation, inter-quartile range
Shape of frequency distribution.
Elements of probability.
Sampling.
Random variables and probability distribution: The Nornal Distribution, Student t Distribution. Tabulated probability values for the Standardized Nornal Distribution.
Sampling Distribution: Sampling Distribution of Mean, Sampling Distribution of the difference of two means
Parameter estimation. Confidence intervals. statistical hypothesis testing.
Statistical Tests: χ2, z-test, Student-t, zero-order correlations.
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
Medicine as a culture (4 h): evolution of the concepts of illness and disease, and history of hospitals (4 h)
Books
Module: WORK MEDICINE
N/D
Module: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
N/D
Module: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
NOTES FROM LESSONS
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
G. Corbellini, M. Conforti, V. Gazzaniga, Dalla cura alla scienza. e-book, Encyclomedia
Bibliography
Module: WORK MEDICINE
N/D
Module: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
N/D
Module: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
N/D
Lessons mode
Module: WORK MEDICINE
N/D
Module: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
N/D
Module: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
Face-to face lessons
Frequency
Module: WORK MEDICINE
N/D
Module: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
N/D
Module: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
Mandatory
Exam mode
Module: WORK MEDICINE
N/D
Module: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
N/D
Module: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
Evaluation of a written text on an assigned historico-medical topic
Example exam questions
Module: WORK MEDICINE
N/D
Module: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
N/D
Module: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
N/D
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
Discussion of topics covered during the lectures
Arguments
Module: WORK MEDICINE
N/D
Module: PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH PROGRAMMING
N/D
Module: HYGIENE - EPIDEMIOLOGY
N/D
Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
- Syllabus for STATISTICS FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH:Data collection and preliminary checks. Frequency distribution: simple and multiple. Graphical representation of frequency distribution. Central tendency indicators: mode, median, arithmetic mean, percentiles Variability indicators: variance, standard deviation, inter-quartile rangeShape of frequency distribution. Random variables and probability distribution: The Nornal Distribution, Student t Distribution. Tabulated probability values for the Standardized Nornal Distribution. Sampling Distribution: Sampling Distribution of Mean, Sampling Distribution of the difference of two meansParameter estimation. Confidence intervals. statistical hypothesis testing. Statistical Tests: χ2, z-test, Student-t, zero-order correlations.
Module: HISTORY OF MEDICINE AND SANITARY ASSISTANCE
- Topic: Medicine as a form of culture. What is culture, how is it formed and how is it transmitted?
- Topic: The evolution of the concept of disease from antiquity to the Middle Ages
- Topic: the evolution of the concept of disease from the Middle Ages to contemporary age
- Topic: History of places and professions related to care
- Academic year2026/2027
- Degree program to which the course belongsNursing and Midwifery Sciences
- Mandatory presenceNo
- Languageita
- CFU6 CFU, distributed among 5 integrated didactic modules
- Total duration48 hours