Evidence Based Dentistry

A.Y. 2020/2021
5
Max ECTS
50
Overall hours
SSD
M-FIL/02 MED/01 MED/28
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
Aims of the course are to provide to the student
- the philosophical and scientific bases to approach medical sciences in evidence-based way
- basic skills to allow an evidence-based clinical practice
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will know
- which are the suitable resources to retrieve reliable scientific information;
- to search the most important biomedical databases in order to identify evidence useful for the resolution of clinical problems;
- to assess the basic research methods and the effects they have on the results, with particular attention to the methods used in preclinical dental research;
- to know which is the most appropriate design for a specific clinical problem;
- to identify the purpose and design of a clinical study and judge whether the latter is suitable for the first;
- to know the main elements of a clinical study, based on the PICO acronym, knowing the implications they have on the interpretation of the results;
- to assess the validity of the results of a clinical study by identifying and evaluating the main bias affecting the main areas of clinical research: diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and harm or cause;
- to know the meaning of the main quantitative indicators such as relative risk, relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction, odds ratio, number needed to treat;
- to know the meaning of the most common statistical tests and interpret uncertainty indicators such as the "p" or the confidence interval;
- to know the main characteristics and clinical value of systematic reviews and the meaning of meta-analysis techniques.
Single course

This course cannot be attended as a single course. Please check our list of single courses to find the ones available for enrolment.

Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Modules or teaching units
Introduction to clinical research in dentistry
MED/28 - ORAL DISEASES AND DENTISTRY - University credits: 2
Lessons: 20 hours

Medical statistics
MED/01 - MEDICAL STATISTICS - University credits: 2
Lessons: 20 hours

Philosophy of Science
M-FIL/02 - LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE - University credits: 1
Lessons: 10 hours
Professor: Andreoletti Mattia