Sistema Sanitario Regionale del Piemonte
UNIVERSITA’ DEGLI STUDI DI TORINO
Corso di Laurea in Infermieristica
Corso Unione Sovietica, 612/3/C
10134 TORINO
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FACOLTÀ DI MEDICINA E CHIRURGIA
SAN LUIGI GONZAGA
AZIENDA OSPEDALIERO-UNIVERSITARIA
SAN LUIGI GONZAGA
Corso di Laurea in Infermieristica
Sede di Orbassano
Modello da compilare in Inglese
INTEGRATED COURSE PROGRAMME:
(Indicare il corso Integrato in Inglese)
Evidence based nursing
A.A. :Academic Year : 2010/2011
Anno di corso : _____II_____
C.F.U.: __5 ______
Semestre : ____I_____
Nominativo Docente : Teacher’s Name
Dott.ssa Sara Campagna – Dott.ssa Paola Culotta - Dott.ssa Elisabetta Versino – Prof. Giuseppe
Migliaretti
OBIETTIVI FORMATIVI : Aims of the Course
CONTENUTI : Contents
General overview: what is statistics; the concept of populations, samples and randomness; Scientific
Design of medical studies
Descriptive statistics: categorical and numerical variables; measures of location (arithmetic mean,
median, percentiles) and measures of spread (range, variance, standard deviation); some graphical
methods for describing data.
The concept of regression and multivariate analysis
The concept of causality in medicine and the confounding
Phases of an epidemiological study
Characteristics of studies to evaluate effectiveness of health interventions: the experimental and
descriptive study designs
The significance of epidemiological measures of frequency and association (relative risk, odds ratio,
measures of sensitivity, relative risk reduction, absolute risk reduction, number of patients to be
treated to prevent a negative outcome, or produce a positive one)
The requirements of a clinical question
Biomedical databases and Internet resources
The drafting process and quality characteristics of meta-analysis and clinical guidelines
Introduction to principals software available in Windows
Introduction to Excel as spreadsheet software to store and analyze data: import / export data, data
summary and graphics
Using Excel formulas and basic statistical analysis
TIPOLOGIA DELLA VERIFICA DEL PROFITTO : Exam Evaluation
Written test or quiz questions and open solution of exercises.
Oral examination with questions about course content
TESTI DI RIFERIMENTO : Text Book
Fain J. La ricerca infermieristica: leggerla, comprenderla e applicarla. Milano, Mc Graw Hill 2004
http://www.evidencebasednursing.it
Swinscow T.D.V., Campbell M.J. ‘Le basi della Statistica per scienze bio-mediche’. Ed. Minerva
Medica. 2004, Torino
Altman D.G., Machin D., Bryant T.N. Gardner M.J. ’Statistica Medica-Intervalli di Confidenza
nella ricerca biomedica’. Ed. Minerva Medica. 2003, Torino.
Glantz S.A. ‘Statistica per discipline biomediche’. McGraw-Hill. 2003, Milano
T. Colton ‘Statistica in Medicina’. Piccin. 1991, Padova
Other materials that teacher gives during the course
Firma Signature
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