Download Summary of the different MPH modules, M1 and M2, ECTS value

Syllabus M1 :
Summary of the different MPH modules, M1 and M2, ECTS value
and teaching schedule, academic year 2010-2011
Key Words:
Molecular biology, Pathogenesis, Infectious disease, Genetic disease
Incentives, Health care regulation, Information asymmetry, Economic evaluation, Health econometrics, Sociology and political science in health;
Health economics; Health geography and demography; Health education; Law and health, Behavioral sciences
Global health, International health, Developing countries, Burden of diseases, Health inequalities, Complex emergencies
Biostatistics, Theoretical modeling, Medical information system, Epidemiology of infectious diseases, Integrative modeling, Multiple linear regression,
Logistic regression,
Epidemiology, Causal inference, AIDS, Stroke and cardiovascular disease, Life table, Survival analysis, Cohort studies, Case control studies,
Ecological studies, Proportional hazards, Poisson regression
Environmental health, Occupational health, Exposure sciences, Health risk assessment, Toxicology, Environmental epidemiology, Vulnerability,
Globalization and health, Global change and health, Ecology of infectious disease, Climate change and health, Large-scale transportation and disease,
Ecosystem alteration and disease emergence. Anthropogenic effects, Health impacts
Vector-borne disease; Dengue fever; Public intervention; Interdisciplinary approach; Public health; Diagnosis.
Humanitarian health, humanitarian emergency interventions, international law, operational research, developing countries, ethics and humanitarian
action
Key Words referencies:
EHESP, Master, Public, Health, Population, Interdisciplinary, Biology, Infectious, Disease, Genetic, Sciences, Care, Management, Leadership,
Regulation, Economic, Evaluation, Sociology, Policy, Politics, Decision making, Geography, Demography, Education, Law, Behavioral, Global,
International, Burden, Inequalities, Biostatistics, Modeling, Information, Epidemiology, Regression, Logistic, Causal, Inference, Life, Table, Survival,
Analysis, Cohort, Studies, Case control, Ecological, Proportional, Hazards, Environmental, Occupational, Exposure, Risk, Assessment, Toxicology,
Vulnerability, Globalization, Change, Climate, Ecosystem, Emerging, Impacts, Vector, Dengue, Humanitarian health, humanitarian Action.
N°
Module title
Syllabus
Module
Coordinator
ECTS
Teaching
period
(week,
year)
Learning objectives: at the end of the module, the students should be able to:
118
Interdisciplinary module 3
"Introduction to health
sciences"
The module consists of 4 days of intensive courses delivered by experts from different fields of biological
science. The aim is to introduce the students to the key concepts related to biology and to the more
important of the techniques used in biology and in medical research. An understanding of these concepts
is important in the analysis of epidemiological and other scientific data related to biology and for
subsequent decision-making in public health policy.
Elifsu
SABUNCU
and
Colin TINSLEY Target audience: The course is intended both for MPH students who don't have initial training in biology
and for those who would like to update their knowledge of biological concepts important in health
sciences.
3
35, 2010
3
36, 2010
Course format: The course consists of 4 days of 5 lectures (1.5 hour long each) , including one « close-up
» lecture/day (20 lectures total). Prerequisite: none
Learning objectives: at the end of the module, the students should be able to:
101
Interdisciplinary module1
“Introduction to Global
health”
Philippe
GUERIN
This module aims to introduce students with basic knowledge in global health. The module will cover the
concept of burden of disease, with a particular focus on HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria. It will also
provide basic concepts in health economics in order to understand the main challenges faced by public
health and health systems in developing countries.
Learning objectives: at the end of the module, the students should be able to:
- Identify basic theories, concepts and models from a range of social and behavioural disciplines that are
used in public health research and practice.
102
to
104
Social and behavioral
sciences in public health
Jocelyn RAUDE
- Identify the causes and nature of social and behavioral factors that affect health of individuals and 3 x 3
populations.
- Identify critical stakeholders (individuals, organizations and community), steps and procedures for the
planning, implementation and evaluation of public health programs, policies and interventions.
38, 40
and 42
2010,
The module devoted to behavioral and social sciences in public health addresses the cognitive,
behavioral, social and cultural factors related to individual and population health and health disparities.
Research and practice in this area contributes to the development, administration and evaluation of
programs and policies in public health and health services to promote and sustain healthy environments
and healthy lives for individuals and populations.
Learning objectives: at the end of the module, the students should be able to understand key concepts in
epidemiology; read critically an epidemiology paper; discuss the appropriate design for investigating an
epidemiologic question.
The module will cover the variety of epidemiological approaches, will address the summary measures of
disease frequency and will introduce concepts useful for epidemiological literature critical reading as well
as for designing an epidemiological study, e.g. exposure assessment, case ascertainment, bias and
confounding.
Epidemiology
105
to
107
A primer in Epidemiology
Denis BARD
Students will manipulate epidemiologic data for 2 days, and will spend a significant amount of time in
group work. Students will be provided with relevant material to read prior to each lecture, e.g. abstracted
from the Centers for Disease Control’ “Principles of Epidemiology” and alike. Conferences will be given
by invited scientists at least once a week during lunch break.
3x3
44, 46
and 48,
2010
3x3
50, 2010,
2 and 4,
2010
Each main topic lecture will be followed by an approximately equal time for students working as a small
group (3-4) to read an article abstract and the section related to the topic presented in the lecture. Each
group will contribute to a wrap-up discussion with the teacher.
Learning objectives: at the end of the module, the students should be able to:
- To complete
The main objective of this program is to give methodological keys to comprehend quantitatively a public
health problem. More precisely, this course covers the basic tools for the collection, analysis, and
presentation of data.
111
to
113
Information Sciences and
biostatistics
Séverine
DEGUEN
At the end of the biostatistics program, each student should be able to:
(1) Read critically an article/report dealing with biostatistical notions
(2) Exchange with scientific persons including biostatisticians
(3) Conduct a preliminary/simple statistical analysis
Topics covered include:


Statistical descriptive analysis
Hypothesis testing: methods for comparison of categorical, discrete and continuous data including
ANOVA, t-test, chi-Squares …
 Three regression models are studied in detail: linear, logistic and Cox models, which are the most
basic models used in public health.
Each methodological course is followed by an application including exercises, cases study, articles/report
discussion and data analysis on computers. Those applications cover different public health topics. The
data analysis is carried out using the STATA Software.
Each week is ended by a conference that illustrates the usefulness of biostatistics methodology.
Learning objectives: at the end of the module, the students should be able to:
- Understand the processes of environmental contamination, pollution transfers and exposures
- Critically assess papers on environmental epidemiology and risk assessment
- Acquire the knowledge and skills to identify and treat health problems with an environmental and
occupational exposures component
- consider the most critical health effects associated with globalization and climate change
114
to
116
Environmental and
occupational health sciences
Olivier
BLANCHARD
The impact of some environmental factors on public health is known since the Minamata disaster or
Rachel Carlson’s book on pesticides (“Silent spring”). From the early 60’s up to now, the interrelations
between environmental or occupational problems and politics and health of populations have been 3 x 3 6, 10 and
12, 2011
increasing. They are often complex and unforeseeable. The aim of this module is to analyse and
understand (i) the interdisciplinary context of public health challenges of environmental or occupational
origin, (ii) the main environmental or occupational risk factors for public health and the corresponding
issues (iii) the weight of related uncertainty in a changing context (climate, spatiotemporal variability,
globalization, threats...).
Lectures, case studies and group works are proposed during three week-ends (9ECTS) where students
will be in contact with researchers of high professional experience, a conference closing each period.
Learning objectives: at the end of the module, the students should be able to:
- To complete
108
to
110
Management and health
policy sciences -1
Introduction to health
systems and policies
Karine
CHEVREUL,
Sébastien
WOYNAR
and Olivier
BORRAZ
The modules "management and health policy" provides students with an understanding of the issues of
managing health system and organizations.
The health policy part examines health care systems and the policy process, with an emphasis on the role
of the different stakeholders (the state, the medical profession, patient organizations). It uses a
comparative approach and presents several examples of health care systems to illustrate the health policy
process.
The second part of this module will provide basic understanding of health care management and
3x3
14, 17
and 19,
2011
organizational dynamics, including how organization relates to their environment, organization design,
the managerial role, leadership, communication and power and strategy."
Learning objectives: at the end of the module, the students should be able to:
- To complete
117
119
120
Interdisciplinary module 2
“Emerging and re-emerging
diseases”
Antoine
FLAHAULT
Langage
Denis
ZMIROUNAVIER
International training
course
Elias
MOSSIALOS
and
Karine
CHEVREUL
The content of the M1 and MBA course on emerging infectious diseases will focus on studying a
contemporary case study of emergence of vector-borne epidemic. The objective is to provide students and
professionals with the main contributions of the interdisciplinary approach to face this emergence
(epidemiology, virology, immunology, social and behavioural sciences, entomology, clinical research and
animal health) and on the process of public intervention. The first year, the case study will be the dengue
fever epidemic in the Caribbean islands and the course, provided by researchers and health professionals,
will be concentrate on two days (18 hours).
This 32 hours course will be offered to international students who are not familiar with French and,
conversely, to French speaking students who want to have a better master of English as the international
language of communication.
Personal work will complement the class lessons.
1 week seminar abroad (location TBA)
3
21, 2011
3
All along
the year,
Friday
afternoon
3
24, 2011