aVLOZ0141c Public Health I - practice

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
0/1/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (seminar tutor)
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Abanoub Riad, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Veronika Išová (assistant)
Mgr. Pavlína Kaňová, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Bc. Michal Koščík, Ph.D.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Ing. Veronika Išová
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable of Seminar Groups
aVLOZ0141c/28: Mon 19. 9. 13:00–14:40 A21/112, Mon 3. 10. 13:00–14:40 A21/112, Mon 17. 10. 13:00–14:40 A21/112, Mon 31. 10. 13:00–14:40 A21/112, Mon 14. 11. 13:00–14:40 A21/112, Mon 28. 11. 13:00–14:40 A21/112, Mon 12. 12. 13:00–14:40 A21/112, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/29: Wed 14. 9. 15:00–16:40 A21/107, Wed 12. 10. 15:00–16:40 A21/107, Wed 26. 10. 15:00–16:40 A21/107, Wed 9. 11. 15:00–16:40 A21/107, Wed 23. 11. 15:00–16:40 A21/107, Wed 7. 12. 15:00–16:40 A21/107, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/30: Tue 13. 9. 13:00–14:40 A21/107, Tue 27. 9. 13:00–14:40 A21/107, Tue 11. 10. 13:00–14:40 A21/107, Tue 25. 10. 13:00–14:40 A21/107, Tue 8. 11. 13:00–14:40 A21/107, Tue 22. 11. 13:00–14:40 A21/107, Tue 6. 12. 13:00–14:40 A21/107, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/31: Fri 16. 9. 13:00–14:40 C15/308, Fri 30. 9. 13:00–14:40 C15/308, Fri 14. 10. 13:00–14:40 C15/308, Fri 11. 11. 13:00–14:40 C15/308, Fri 25. 11. 13:00–14:40 C15/308, Fri 9. 12. 13:00–14:40 C15/308, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/32: Mon 12. 9. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Mon 26. 9. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Mon 10. 10. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Mon 24. 10. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Mon 7. 11. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Mon 21. 11. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Mon 5. 12. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/33: Fri 16. 9. 15:00–16:40 A21/108, Fri 30. 9. 15:00–16:40 A21/108, Fri 14. 10. 15:00–16:40 A21/108, Fri 11. 11. 15:00–16:40 A21/108, Fri 25. 11. 15:00–16:40 A21/108, Fri 9. 12. 15:00–16:40 A21/108, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/34: Thu 22. 9. 8:00–9:40 A21/111, Thu 6. 10. 8:00–9:40 A21/111, Thu 20. 10. 8:00–9:40 A21/111, Thu 3. 11. 8:00–9:40 A21/111, Thu 1. 12. 8:00–9:40 A21/111, Thu 15. 12. 8:00–9:40 A21/111, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/35: Fri 16. 9. 11:00–12:40 C15/309, Fri 30. 9. 11:00–12:40 C15/309, Fri 14. 10. 11:00–12:40 C15/309, Fri 11. 11. 11:00–12:40 C15/309, Fri 25. 11. 11:00–12:40 C15/309, Fri 9. 12. 11:00–12:40 C15/309, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/36: Wed 21. 9. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Wed 5. 10. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Wed 19. 10. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Wed 2. 11. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Wed 16. 11. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Wed 30. 11. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Wed 14. 12. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/37: Wed 14. 9. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Wed 12. 10. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Wed 26. 10. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Wed 9. 11. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Wed 23. 11. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, Wed 7. 12. 8:00–9:40 C15/309, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/38: Tue 20. 9. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Tue 4. 10. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Tue 18. 10. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Tue 1. 11. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Tue 15. 11. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Tue 29. 11. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, Tue 13. 12. 11:00–12:40 A21/111, A. Riad
aVLOZ0141c/39: Thu 15. 9. 16:00–17:40 C15/309, Thu 29. 9. 16:00–17:40 C15/309, Thu 13. 10. 16:00–17:40 C15/309, Thu 27. 10. 16:00–17:40 C15/309, Thu 10. 11. 16:00–17:40 C15/309, Thu 24. 11. 16:00–17:40 C15/309, Thu 8. 12. 16:00–17:40 C15/309, A. Riad
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
After successfully completing the course, students will know the basic concepts and methods in the field of Public Health.
Students will be able to explain the benefits of the population approach to the study of health and disease and will be familiarized with the approaches, contents and basic concepts and methods of epidemiology.
Students will be able to search and interpret relevant data and use methods of descriptive and analytic epidemiology to describe and assess population health status.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the student will be able:
- to explain the relationship between humans and the environment, its physical, chemical, biological and psychosocial factors and their interactions. The student will be able to explain the role of adaptation and its active support for the positive development and promotion of both individual and public health;
- to make a deduction about possibilities for preventive provisions in the field of clean and safe environmental, occupational and home surrounding, the quality of air, water, food.
- to understand and explain the different types of prevention, their tasks and aims and methods of realization.
- to interpret the positive and negative influences of lifestyle factors on human/public health, including the autoagressive behaviours (nutrition, physical activity, psychical overload and stress, smoking, abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs);
- to make deductions about the importance of environment and lifestyle in the health protection and promotion, and about the primary prevention priorities;
- to formulate decisions about concrete preventable possibilities for some more important non-communicable diseases, such as cardiovascular, oncological, metabolically, immune, respiratory.
Syllabus
  • 1. Health and Disease.
  • 2. Preventive Medicine.
  • 3. Epidemiologic Methodology.
  • 4. Medical Statistics.
  • 5. Evidence-based Medicine (EBM).
  • 6. Causality in Epidemiology.
Literature
    required literature
  • FLETCHER, Grant. Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials. 6th ed. Wolters Kluwer Health, 2020, 288 pp. ISBN 978-1-9751-0955-4. info
    recommended literature
  • Bonita R, Beaglehole R, Kjellström: Basic epidemiology. 2nd edition. Geneva - Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2006. 212 pages. ISBN 978-92-4-154707-9.
  • U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES: Principles of Epidemiology in Public Health Practice: Third Edition. An Introduction to Applied Epidemiology and Biostatistics. October 2006 - Updated May 2012. SELF-STUDY Course SS1978
Teaching methods
Seminars/practices and class discussion.
Reading and studying all required literature.
Assessment methods
■ Evaluation System
The subject of Public Health I is divided into two collateral courses; aVLOZ0141p (for theoretical lectures) and aVLOZ0141c (for practical seminars), that took place simultaneously during the 1st semester (1st year) of the General Medicine study program. The student is entitled to acquire 2 ECTS (European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) credits upon successful completion of the course.
The two courses of Public Health I are mutually dependent, which means that the student has to acquire the 1 ECTS credit of the seminars (aVLOZ0141c ) to be qualified for the final (written) exam, which will award them the second 1 ECTS credit.
The evaluation system of the seminars (aVLOZ0141c ) consists of 15 points that are claimable through attending (and active participation in) the seminars and successful fulfilment of the seminars assignments. Attendance (and active participation) of each seminar will award the student 1 point, and successful fulfilment of each assignment will award the student 1 point. The final group project can award the student up to 3 points, and the project will be presented in the last week of the course.
Students are entitled to sit for the final exam if they achieve 12 out of 15 points.

■ Attendance
You are expected to attend all the seminars on time.
Late coming is defined as the arrival to the seminar room 5 minutes later than the scheduled time of the seminar. Latecomers are not entitled to enter the seminar room without a prospective excuse. On extraordinary occasions, latecomers without prospective apologies may enter the seminar room, and such permission is up to the discretion of the seminar tutor on a case-by-case basis.
The location of your seminar room is precisely mentioned in your academic timetable.

■ Assignments
The assignments aim to provide a self-assessment tool for the students to evaluate their performance in studying modules content. Therefore, the students are highly encouraged to resolve assignments trustworthily and after preparing sufficiently for them.
Each assignment contains 20-30 multiple choice questions (MCQ) with a single correct answer. The questions cover the part that had been discussed during the seminar with the tutor and the part that had been denoted for self-study.
The students will have one week to submit their assignments. If the student did not achieve the passing score of the assignment (70%), they will be entitled to re-take it in December. If the students did not submit their assignment on time, they will still be able to submit it one week after the original deadline, but they will not have an opportunity to re-take the assignment in case of failure. Please note that the assignment application (ROPOT) is a single log-in application; therefore, you will be required to finish your assignment once you open the application.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 15.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2017, autumn 2018, autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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