Educational guide
IDENTIFYING DATA 2023_24
Subject EPIDEMIOLOGICAL METHODS Code 00105006
Study programme
0105 MU.INVES.EN VETER. Y C.Y TEC.DE LOS ALIMENTOS
Descriptors Credit. Type Year Period
2 Compulsory First First
Language
Castellano
Prerequisites
Department SANIDAD ANIMAL
Coordinador
CARVAJAL URUEÑA , ANA MARÍA
E-mail amcaru@unileon.es
jmfreg@unileon.es
hargr@unileon.es
Lecturers
CARVAJAL URUEÑA , ANA MARÍA
FREGENEDA GRANDES , JUAN MIGUEL
ARGÜELLO RODRÍGUEZ , HÉCTOR
Web http://
General description The main resources used in Veterinary Epidemiology for the study of disease in animal populations are addressed. The software Epi Info, a free computer package developed by the CDC, USA, will be used for the design of epidemiological questionaries, for data entry and for data analysis.
Tribunales de Revisión
Tribunal titular
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente SANIDAD ANIMAL RUBIO NISTAL , PEDRO MIGUEL
Secretario SANIDAD ANIMAL DIEZ BAÑOS , MARIA NATIVIDAD
Vocal PRODUCCION ANIMAL FUENTE CRESPO , L. FERNANDO DE LA
Tribunal suplente
Cargo Departamento Profesor
Presidente SANIDAD ANIMAL GUTIERREZ MARTIN , CESAR BERNARDO
Secretario SANIDAD ANIMAL MARTINEZ MARTINEZ , SONIA
Vocal PRODUCCION ANIMAL BAYON GONZALEZ , YOLANDA

Competencies
Type A Code Competences Specific
  A10835
  A10837
  A10840
Type B Code Competences Transversal
  B2040
  B2048
  B2053
Type C Code Competences Nuclear
  C1
  C2
  C3
  C4

Learning aims
Competences
A10835
A10837
A10840
 B2040
B2048
B2053
 C1
C2
C3
C4
B2040

Contents
Topic Sub-topic

Planning
Methodologies  ::  Tests
  Class hours Hours outside the classroom Total hours
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms 10 12.5 22.5
 
Case study 3 3 6
Other methodologies 0 4 4
Personal tuition 1 0.5 1.5
 
Lecture 5 10 15
 
Objective short-answer tests 1 0 1
 
(*)The information in the planning table is for guidance only and does not take into account the heterogeneity of the students.

Methodologies
Methodologies   ::  
  Description
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms
Case study
Other methodologies
Personal tuition
Lecture

Personalized attention
 
Lecture
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms
Case study
Other methodologies
Description

Assessment
  Description Qualification
Lecture 10 %
Practicals using information and communication technologies (ICTs) in computer rooms 50 %
Case study 30 %
Other methodologies 10 %
 
Other comments and second call

Sources of information
Access to Recommended Bibliography in the Catalog ULE

Basic Noordhuizen, J.P.T.M., Frankena, K., Thrusfield, M.V., Graaf, E.A.M., Application of quantitative methods in veterinary epidemiology, Wageningen Press, 2001
Martin, S.W., Meek. A.H., Wileberg, P., Epidemiología veterinaria, Acribia, 1997
Straus, S.E., Richardson, W.S., Glasziou, P., Haynes, R.B., Medicina basada en la evidencia, Elsevier, 2006
, Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Elsevier,
R.D. Smith, Veterinary Clinical Epidemiology: from patient to population, Taylor & Francis LTD, 2019
Thrusfield, M., Veterinary epidemiology, Blackwell Science, 1999
Thrusfield & Christley, Veterinary Epidemiology, Wiley & Blackwell, 2018
Dohoo, I., Martin, W., Stryhn, H., Veterinary epidemiology research, AVC, 2003

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