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Methodology - C4VL003
Title: Metodologie
Guaranteed by: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 3FM CU (12-EPID)
Faculty: Third Faculty of Medicine
Actual: from 2021 to 2023
Semester: winter
Points: 1
E-Credits: 1
Examination process: winter s.:
summer s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:4/6, C [HS]
summer s.:0/6, C [HS]
Capacity: winter:unknown / unknown (unknown)
summer:unknown / unknown (unknown)
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
Key competences:  
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Teaching methods: full-time
Teaching methods: full-time
Level:  
Guarantor: MUDr. Eliška Selinger
Examination dates   Schedule   
Annotation -
Last update: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (12.12.2019)
The goal of the Methodology course is to provide students with tools that should be used to assess information from the continuously increasing numbers of scientific publications. The course provides with general introduction into the topic of causality and validity of studies. Students practice methodological aspects of studies that are set into the clinical context, analyze sources of bias in publications and get acquainted with some statistical methods.
Aim of the course -
Last update: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (09.09.2020)

Students should gain the following

SKILLS: 

  • recognize:
    • study design
    • sources of confounding, selection bias and misclassification
    • possibility for causal interpretation of results
  • analyse:
    • effects of bias on study results
    • internal and external validity of study results 
    • strengths and limitations of studies given their design
  • assess adequacy of:
    • study design utilized for the research question
    • utilized statistical methods
    • interpretation of results given the utilized design and statistical methods
  • demonstrate:
    • orientation in scientific literature
    • ability to prioritize studies of higher quality
    • effective communication of critical appraisal of scientific studies

ATTITUDES

  • understand ethical perspective of research, principles of informed consent, balance between risk and benefits for study participants
  • understand the necessity to apply principle of critical appraisal of scientific literature for health promotion and improvement of health care
  • consider as a priority to integrate adequate scientific data into real clinical setting, given the strentghs and limitations of studies 

KNOWLEDGE

  • demonstrate understanding of the following concepts:
    • association, correlation, causality
    • precision and validity
    • confounding, selection bias, misclassification
  • describe differences between 
    • principles of experimental and observational studies
    • random and systematic errors
    • type I and type II errors
  • list:
    • criteria for determining causality
    • sampling methods
    • basic types of observational and experimental studies
Course completion requirements -
Last update: MUDr. Eliška Selinger (02.10.2021)

The credits will be awarded when 2 conditions are fullfilled:

1) Participation in at least 2 practices

2) Completion of the final assignment (Zombie test)

Literature -
Last update: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (12.12.2019)

 

Teaching methods -
Last update: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (30.11.2019)

The course is held in the form of 2 lectures and 6 seminars. Lectures are held at the beginning of the academic year. They are followed by 6 methodological practices, which are integrated into 6 clinical modules. They are usually organized as group work and discussions about methods used in publications. 

Syllabus -
Last update: doc. MUDr. Pavla Brennan Kearns, Ph.D. (12.12.2019)

Topics:

1) Looking for causality

2) Errors in studies

3) Methodological aspects in the context of nephrology, urology, rheumatology and geriatrics

4) Methodological aspects in the context of pediatrics, gynecology and obstetrics

5) Methodological aspects in the context of orthopedics, traumatology, anaesthesiology and resuscitation

6) Methodological aspects in the context of neurobehavioral sciences

7) Methodological aspects in the context of diabetology, endocrinology, gastroenterology and abdominal surgery

8) Methodological aspects in the context of cardiology, angiology, cardiac surgery, pneumology 

Entry requirements -
Last update: MUDr. Eliška Selinger (29.09.2022)

It is necessary to prepare for practices in advance. Details on preparation are published on Výuka.

 

Course completion requirements -
Last update: MUDr. Eliška Selinger (02.10.2021)

The credits will be awarded when 2 conditions are fullfilled:

1) Participation in at least 2 practices

2) Completion of the final assignment (Zombie test)

 
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