BZSL051p Community Medicine - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Autumn 2006
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Jan Holčík, DrSc. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Jan Holčík, DrSc.
Department of Social Medicine and Health Care Administration – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
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
The course in Community Medicine covers basic principles of health policy, demography, epidemiology, and biostatistics.
Syllabus
  • 1. Community medicine in a historical perspective.
  • 2. Measures of disease frequency.
  • 3. Mortality statistics.
  • 4. Comparing disease occurrence, population impact.
  • 5. Observational studies.
  • 6. Intervention studies.
  • 7. Distributions and summary measures.
  • 8. Estimation and testing.
  • 9. Measures of association.
  • 10. Interpretation of epidemiological studies.
  • 11. Diagnostic tests.
  • 12. Screening.
  • 13. Health care planning and evaluation.
  • 14. Health care systems.
  • 15. Current issues in health policy.
Literature
  • HOLČÍK, J., A. ŽÁČEK and I. KOUPILOVÁ. Sociální lékařství. (Social Medicine.). 2. dopl. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1998, 137 pp. ISBN 80-210-1907-7. info
  • GERYLOVOVÁ, Anna and Jan HOLČÍK. Úvod do statistiky. Text pro semináře. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2000, 31 pp. ISBN 80-210-2301-5. info
  • BEAGLEHOLE, R. Basic epidemiology. [1st ed.]. Geneva: World Health Organization, 1993, viii, 175. ISBN 92-4-154446-5. info
  • KOUPILOVÁ, Ilona and Jan HOLČÍK. Community medicine: Practical Handbook. 2nd ed. Brno: Lékařská fakulta Masarykovy univerzity, 1996, 114 pp. ISBN 80-210-1391-5. info
  • První dva tituly jsou základní, ostatní doplňkové.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2000, Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2006, recent)
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