aVLOZ0241p Public Health I - lecture

Faculty of Medicine
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0.5/0/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
MUDr. Kräuff Rainer Schwanhaeuser Wulff, MBA, Ph.D. et Ph.D., M.A. (lecturer)
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc. (lecturer)
MUDr. Marie Kolářová, CSc. (lecturer)
Zdeňka Jochová (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Bc. Zuzana Derflerová Brázdová, DrSc.
Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Department of Public Health – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 10:15–11:30 B11/114
Prerequisites

No prerequisites.
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 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.
Syllabus

  • 1. Introduction to public health I - orientation, development, contents and methods. Contribution of the population approach to health.
  • 2. Health and population. Healthcare system in the society.
  • 3. Health and its determinants. Social determinants of health.
  • 4. Epidemiology as the basis of health policy.
  • 5. International cooperation in preventing the spread of infections, eradication programs.
Literature
    required literature
  • .
  • REQUIRED LITERATURE / POVINNÁ LITERATURA
  • .
  • Bonita R, Beaglehole R, Kjellström: Basic epidemiology. 2nd edition. Geneva - Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2006. 212 pages. ISBN 978-92-4-154707-9.
  • .
    recommended literature
  • RECOMMENDED LITERATURE / DOPORUČENÁ LITERATURA
  • .
  • WHO: Health 2020. A European policy framework and strategy for the 21st Century. Geneva - Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2013. 182 pages. ISBN 978-92-890-0279-0
Teaching methods

Lectures.

Reading and studying ALL REQUIRED LITERATURE.

For those who will have to write research projects and seminar papers during third, fourth and fifth year, it is strongly recommended to enrol the following courses:

 VSIL021 - Information literacy - (3 credits) - e-learning.
 VSKP041 - A course of working with information sources and tools (4 credits).
Assessment methods

COLLOQUIUM INFORMATION:

1.   To sit for colloquium, it will be required to have obtained the subjectʼs credit - aVLOZ0241c.

2.   Each student must register in the Information System (IS) in one of the offered colloquium / examination terms. The colloquium has fixed colloquium / examination terms / dates - (Only during the examination period, except the examination pre-term). No extra-terms will be given.

3.   Students registered to a colloquium term will fail the term if:
  a-) arrive late. No late arrival will be allowed after the start of the colloquium.
  b-) they are not present and previously did not cancel the term in the stipulated periods (see IS).

4.   In case of failure, EACH STUDENT CAN RETAKE THE COLLOQUIUM TWO MORE TIMES, only in given terms (according to Masaryk University study rules).

5.   In case of failure during the third term (second resit), the student must repeat the course in the following school year.

6.   All colloquium questions are based on ALL REQUIRED LITERATURE, seminars and lectures.


Colloquium → Written examination → 20 multiple choice question test, with only one correct answer - (to pass the test, it is required a minimum of 14 correct answers / points).

SCORE:

  Passed → 14 and more correct answers / points.
  Failed → 13 or less correct answers / points.


*** This subject is part of the Public Health State Examination ***
  See VLZP11XX - Public Health State Examination.



ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT, PLAGIARISM DETECTION AND ETHICAL ISSUES:

1.   Any attempts of ACADEMIC MISCONDUCT, such as cheating or assisting someone else to cheat during the colloquium, will result in disciplinary actions, such as:
  a-) You will be required to hand over your examination paper and asked to leave the examination room. This means, you failed the examination (examination term), with the respective score F / 4, on your academic records in the information system.
  b-) Opening disciplinary proceedings.
  c-) Failing the subject / course.
  d-) Expulsion from university.

2.   During the colloquium, it is forbidden to use items such as:
  a-) Smart phones / Tablets.
  b-) Laptops.
  c-) To wear earphones or headphones (if not medical prescribed).
  d-) To talk.

*In such cases, disciplinary actions will be taken (See above numeral 1).
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
Study Materials
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Autumn 2017.
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