Health Research using Secondary Data

Code:

OPT151

Acronym:

ISS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Medicine

Instance: 2018/2019 - 2S (of 11-02-2019 to 12-07-2019)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education Department
Course/CS Responsible:	Integrated Master in Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MIMED	14	Mestrado Integrado em Medicina- Plano oficial 2013 (Reforma Curricular)	5	-	3	27	81

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The objectives of the curricular unit are to promote the application of concepts and methodologies from epidemiology to investigations using secondary data, in different areas of health research.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of the curricular unit the students should be able to:

- identify and describe different sources of secondary data with potential interest for health research;

- for different research questions, to discuss the advantages, limitations and feasibility of investigations based on secondary data sources, according to the study design and sources of data.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Secondary data sources: definition and tipology

Ethical, methodological and practical aspects of research using secondary data sources

Vital statistics

Disease registries

Health services utilization data

Data on health behaviours and exposure to risk factors

Other sources of data

Mandatory literature

Boslaugh S; Secondary Data Sources for Public Health: A Practical Guide, Cambridge University Press, New York., 2007
Rothman KJ, Greenland S, Lash TL.; Modern Epidemiology, 3rd Edition., Lippincott Williams & Wilkins., 2012

Comments from the literature

The main bibliography may be complemented with specific materials to the different topic addressed.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The curricular unit will include theoretical and theoretical-practical/practical sessions, and autonomous work, supervised by the teacher. It is expected to correspond to an amount of work equivalent to 3 ECTS.

It is estimated that the Curricular Unit requires a total of 81 hours of work from the student, from which 27 are contact hours, distributed as follows:

- Theoretical classes (T): 5 h

- Seminar (S): 4 h

- Theoretical-practical classes (TP): 18 h

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	4,00
Frequência das aulas	23,00
Trabalho de investigação	54,00
Total:	81,00

Eligibility for exams

Attendance of at least 75% of the theoretical-practical classes and seminars.

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation will comprise two individual tests, to be performed in the theoretical and/or theoretical-practical classes, corresponding to 50% of the final classification, and a written group assignment, corresponding to 50% of the final classification.

The evaluation of the students with the student worker status will comprise the same components of evaluation.