Dental School

At the end of the course the student should know the main methods of descriptive and inferential statistics; He must be able to make a collection, processing and analysis of biomedical data: must be aware of the usefulness of the application of statistical methodology for understanding the bio-medical phenomena, will understand the role of statistical methodology in the context of experimental research, and will be able to consult scientific literature. Goals: the lessons are designed to provide the needed notions to understand the evolution of the medical science. In particular, the program aim to shed light on the relationship between medicine and society, stressing the development of the medical ethics in the history. That allows to shed light on the connection between the international reflections and regulations concerning the medical experimentation and practice after the Nuremberg Trial and the actual medical bioethics, by a comparison with the actual medicine and the modern concept of health and medical profession the health professions. Students will be introduced to explanations of human behaviour. The course aims to provide a brief introduction to some of the elements of Psychology that underpin our everyday lives, with a specific focus on topics relevant for Odontology. Students at the end of the course will be acquainted with the most interesting experiments within the field of psychology, and will be familiar with the implications of those studies for our understanding of the human mind and human behavior, specificially those relevant for Odontology.