Epidemiology as a fundamental science of Public Health currently constitutes one of the most important fields within certain professions, such as Graduates in Environmental Sciences, since environmental determinants are one of the most influential in Health.

This subject interrelates and completes the knowledge that the Graduate in Environmental Sciences has acquired throughout the degree, offering an overview of the most important and current problems within the field of health, in addition to providing tools for research.

TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES

- Be able to use information from various sources on an applied topic, interpret it appropriately, draw meaningful conclusions and present them publicly.

- Teamwork: Exchange information, ideas and proposals in a work team to achieve scientific and/or professional objectives.

SPECIFIC COMPETENCES

- Plan and carry out environmental impact assessments.

- Design, analyze and interpret epidemiological studies that assess environmental risks in relation to human health.

- Know and apply the mechanisms for analyzing and preventing occupational health risks.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

- Correctly defines the concepts of Health and Public Health and knows the functions of the Graduate in Environmental Sciences in Public Health.

- Describes and adequately differentiates the epidemiology and general prevention of communicable and non-communicable diseases, and knows the effects of environmental pollutants on health.

- Identify the main health problems caused by lifestyle.

- Recognizes the importance, objectives, programs, agents and methods of health education and plans health education programs for the most important health problems in our environment.

- Completely interprets the methods used in Public Health research.

HEALTH

Health concept. Determinants of health.

PUBLIC HEALTH

History of Public Health. Public health. Public Health Strategies.

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS AND HEALTH

Communicable diseases: Epidemiology and general prevention of communicable diseases. Main health effects of biological contaminants.

Non-communicable diseases: Epidemiology and general prevention of non-communicable diseases. Main health effects of chemical and physical pollutants.

LIFESTYLE AND HEALTH

Nutrition and environment.

HEALTH EDUCATION

Development of a Health Education Program: Importance. Goals. Programs. Agents. Methods.

EPIDEMIOLOGY

Description of the disease situation. Descriptive studies. Observational analytical studies. Causality and causality criteria.

The theoretical-practical content of the subject will be carried out in different Master sessions, where the following topics will be worked on: Health, Public Health, Environmental Pollutants and Health, and Lifestyle and Health. In the computer practices, a Health Education Program will be developed that will later be presented. In the classroom practices and the subject seminar, Epidemiology will be studied.

• Continuous Assessment System
• Final Assessment System
• Tools and qualification percentages:
  • Written test to be taken (%): 20
  • Multiple-Choice Test (%): 40
  • Realization of Practical Work (exercises, cases or problems) (%): 15
  • Team projects (problem solving, project design)) (%): 15
  • Exhibition of works, readings ... (%): 10

The evaluation of the subject will be done according to the following:



Continuous assessment:

- 1.5 points: Carrying out work on a Health Education Program.

- 1 point: Presentation of work on a Health Education Program.

- 1.5 points: Resolution of Epidemiology exercises

. 0.3 points: 10 multiple choice questions (Correct: 0.03 points; Incorrect: -0.0075 points;

In white: 0 points)

. 1.2 points: 3 problems: 0.4 points each problem

- 6 points: Exam

. 4 points: 40 multiple choice questions (Correct: 0.1 points; Incorrect: -0.025; In white:

0 points)

. 2 points: 2 questions to develop (1 point each question)

. 3 points in the Exam: minimum to pass the subject

. 0.75 points in Carrying out epidemiology exercises: minimum to pass the subject

. 5 points in total: minimum to pass the subject

Resignation from the call will result in the qualification of Not Presented or Not Presented, for this, it will be enough to not take the subject exam.



Final evaluation:

Students may waive continuous evaluation and will have the right to be evaluated through the evaluation system, final evaluation. To do so, you must present your resignation in writing to the teaching staff responsible for the subject within the deadlines established by current regulations. The choice of the final system will be effective for both calls (ordinary and extraordinary).



- 1.5 points: Epidemiology Exam

. 0.3 points: 10 multiple choice questions (Correct: 0.03 points; Incorrect: -0.0075

points; In white: 0 points)

. 1.2 points: 3 problems: 0.4 points each problem

- 8.5 points: Rest Exam

. 4 points: 40 multiple choice questions (Correct: 0.1 points; Incorrect: -0.025; In white: 0

points)

. 2 points: 2 questions to develop (1 point each question)

. 2.5 points: questions consistent with the development of a health education program

. 0.75 points in epidemiology: minimum to pass the subject

. 4.25 points in the rest exam: minimum to pass the subject

. 5 points in total: minimum to pass the subject

Resignation from the call will result in the qualification of Not Presented or Not Presented, for this, it will be enough to not take the subject exam.

The evaluation of the subject will be done according to the following:



Continuous assessment:

- 1.5 points: Carrying out work on a Health Education Program.

- 1 point: Presentation of work on a Health Education Program.

- 1.5 points: Resolution of Epidemiology exercises

. 0.3 points: 10 multiple choice questions (Correct: 0.03 points; Incorrect: -0.0075 points;

In white: 0 points)

. 1.2 points: 3 problems: 0.4 points each problem

- 6 points: Exam

. 4 points: 40 multiple choice questions (Correct: 0.1 points; Incorrect: -0.025; In white:

0 points)

. 2 points: 2 questions to develop (1 point each question)

. 3 points in the Exam: minimum to pass the subject

. 0.75 points in Carrying out epidemiology exercises: minimum to pass the subject

. 5 points in total: minimum to pass the subject

Resignation from the call will result in the qualification of Not Presented or Not Presented, for this, it will be enough to not take the subject exam.



Final evaluation:

Students may waive continuous evaluation and will have the right to be evaluated through the evaluation system, final evaluation. To do so, you must present your resignation in writing to the teaching staff responsible for the subject within the deadlines established by current regulations. The choice of the final system will be effective for both calls (ordinary and extraordinary).



- 1.5 points: Epidemiology Exam

. 0.3 points: 10 multiple choice questions (Correct: 0.03 points; Incorrect: -0.0075

points; In white: 0 points)

. 1.2 points: 3 problems: 0.4 points each problem

- 8.5 points: Rest Exam

. 4 points: 40 multiple choice questions (Correct: 0.1 points; Incorrect: -0.025; In white: 0

points)

. 2 points: 2 questions to develop (1 point each question)

. 2.5 points: questions consistent with the development of a health education program

. 0.75 points in epidemiology: minimum to pass the subject

. 4.25 points in the rest exam: minimum to pass the subject

. 5 points in total: minimum to pass the subject

Resignation from the call will result in the qualification of Not Presented or Not Presented, for this, it will be enough to not take the subject exam.

There is no mandatory material.

Basic bibliography

. Piédrola Gil. Medicina Preventiva y Salud Pública. 12ª ed. Barcelona: Elsevier Masson, 2015.

Web addresses

. www.osakidetza.euskadi.eus