This Epidemiology section will comprise a common body of studies followed by Minors and/or Majors. At the end of the M2, students will have a substantial understanding of epidemiological methods as well as a substantive specialty at the master's level.
Common body of studies will establish epidemiology as one of the pillars of public health and will give the student the elementary skills to understand the basics of epidemiology, function at an entry level and go forward to further epidemiologic studies. Specifically, the student will understand that the discipline covers a full range of disease occurrence and views causation from one end to the end, i.e. from molecular factors to social and cultural determinants of disease.
In specific terms, the course objectives will be for the student to be able to discuss:

• the role of epidemiology in the broader field of public health
• the principles of disease prevention within a population
• the terminology used in epidemiology and their precise definition and understanding
• the computation and interpretation of basic population measures of health and disease occurrence
• distinguish between basic measures of association, including odds ratio, risk ratio, rate ratio, incidence density ratio, attributable risk and population attributable risk
  

Charge de travail et ECTS

Heures de cours	Charge totale de travail	ECTS
30	90	3