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Students must acquire knowledge to: explain the nature and use of pharmacoepidemiology; recognize and apply the terms associated with the pharmacoepidemiology; calculating measures of morbidity and mortality; compare without bias measures of morbidity and mortality for various populations; enumerate and evaluate the designs of pharmacoepidemiological studies; discuss limitations of methods for collecting pharmacoepidemiological data; calculate measures of association and impact between risk factors and the onset of disease; evaluating diagnostic tests. It is intended that students develop research skills, information gathering and critical analysis of the scientific literature. They should also develop the necessary recognition of the major research methodologies in Epidemiology and Public Health skills and understand the importance of research in the prevention and control of health events in populations. |