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Cristina Maria Nogueira da Costa Santos
Mário Jorge Dinis Ribeiro
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Portuguese – Suitable for English-speaking students
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-Explain the concept of measurement in research and diagnosis in medicine;
- Define reproducibility and validity of diagnostic tests;
- Describe the operational characteristics of the diagnostic tests;
- Characterize the measures of validity;
- Describe the different study designs for evaluating diagnostic tests;
- Describe the different study designs for the validation and evaluation of costs and impact of diagnostic tests;
- Evaluate tests and screening programs.
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-Interpret diagnostic test results
- Design studies to evaluate diagnostic tests
- Critically analyze studies regarding their quality and levels of evidence
- Integrate information from diagnostic tests into the decision analysis process
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Presencial
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- Notion of research protocol,
Measurement in medical research and diagnosis.
Definition of reproducibility and validity of diagnostic tests.
Operational characteristics of diagnostic tests: reproducibility measures (agreement proportions, kappa statistics and specific agreement proportions).
Validity measures (sensitivity and specificity, Likelihood ratios, Review of probabilities and Bayes’ theorem, predictive values, analysis of ROC curves).
Application and interpretation of multiple tests.
Design of studies for the evaluation of diagnostic tests.
Critical analysis of studies – Quality of studies and levels of evidence.
Validation studies.
Studies on the evaluation of costs and impact of diagnostic tests.
Integration of diagnostic test information in the decision analysis process.
Evaluation of tests and screening programs.
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Theoretical exposition of each topic described for the course;
Literature revision
Group discussion
Individual and group exercises
Use of an e-learning platform
Evaluation methodology:
Distributed evaluation with final exam. The evaluation will be carried out using written works (50%) and a final exam (50%).
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Distributed evaluation without final exam
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Distributed evaluation with final exam. The evaluation will be carried out using written works (50%) and a final exam (50%).
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Presence in 75% of classes
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Fletcher, R. & Fletcher, S.W; Clinical Epidemiology: The Essentials. (5th edition, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, 2014
Guyatt G., Rennie D., O’Meade M., Cook D. J.; User’s guide to the medical literature: a manual for evidence-based clinical practice (2nd edition, USA: The McGraw-Hill Companies, 2008
Hunink, M.G.M., Glasziou, P., Siegel, J., Weeks, J., Pliskin, J., Elstein A, & Weinstein, M; Decision making in health and medicine : integrating evidence and values (2nd edition), Cambridge University Press, 2014
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