Statistic, Epidemiology and History of Health

A.Y. 2024/2025
7
Max ECTS
59.5
Overall hours
SSD
MED/01 MED/02 MED/42
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
Teaching aims to provide students with the basics of:
- acquire advanced knowledge of the historical dimension of medicine, in order to better understand the evolution of the professional figures of the health professional and the doctor-surgeon;
- to acquire knowledge to reflect on "human facts", generally regarded as "past", whose knowledge represents the attempt to provoke the encounter between two planes of humanity: the past experienced by the men of yeslsea and the present in which the effort intended to evoke this past develops, so that the man of the future benefits from it;
- acquire the statistical knowledge necessary to be able to develop a data set and draw up a reporting paper with an indication of the analyses carried out and the results achieved for research and/or planning of management activities of a health facility;
- to demonstrate and understand the purposes of Epidemiology, investigative methods, and their fields of application.
Expected learning outcomes
- have advanced knowledge of the historical dimension of medicine so as to be able to make critical reflections on the future of the profession
- have acquired the necessary statistical knowledge to be able to elaborate a set of data and draw up a report document indicating the analyzes carried out and the results achieved
- demonstrate and understand the aims of the Epidemiology, the methods of investigation, and the relative fields of application.
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

Course syllabus
The syllabus is shared with the following courses:
- [D95-39](https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/of/af20250000d95-39)
- [D97-24](https://www.unimi.it/en/ugov/of/af20250000d97-24)
Hygiene and public health
MED/42 - HYGIENE AND PUBLIC HEALTH - University credits: 2
Lessons: 16 hours
Professor: Amendola Antonella
Medical history
MED/02 - MEDICAL HISTORY - University credits: 2
Lessons: 16 hours
Professor: Porro Alessandro
Medical statistics
MED/01 - MEDICAL STATISTICS - University credits: 3
Practicals: 7.5 hours
Lessons: 20 hours
Professor(s)
Reception:
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via Celoria, 22, 20133 Milano
Reception:
previo appuntamento e-mail
via della Commenda 19 - 2* p.