An introductory course to epidemiology, consisting of both lectures and practical exercises. Participation in classroom work, written exam and exercises.

The course gives the students knowledge on basic biostatistics and its use in public health research. Exercises, assignments, feedback discussion.

Participating in workshop sessions, familiarizing oneself with the literature, doing literal assignments, commenting other participants' papers, drawing up a learning diary and participating the course on electronic resources arranged by the department of Health Science library.

The course familiarizes students with the multidisciplinary field of public health. The students will learn how to successfully use some core learning methods. Lectures and completion of learning diary, group work, participation in site visits and literature.

Lectures, short written exercises and an essay based on lectures and literature.

Lectures, workplace visists and seminars.

Book exam.

A book exam. Other learning sessions like seminars or short courses may be organized. In such case students will be informed.

The following books are for the examination of 4 ECTS:

Nutbeam H. & Harris E. 2004. Theory in a nutshell. A practical guide to health promotion theories. Second edition. Mcgraw-Hill

Bunton R., Macdonald G. 2002. Health promotion. Disciplines, diversity and developments. Second ed. Taylor & Francis (Also as electronic publication)

Seminars, essays based on the seminars and literature OR book exam.

A book exam. The student should understand health and illness and health care as a social phenomena.

Spring 2010. Studying and demonstrating command of obligatory and additional literature by exams. Obligatory literature, or part of it, can be performed together with obligatory literature, later as optional items or in the form of written essays. The themes and scope of essays are assigned by the teacher.

Lectures and practical exercises (8h), assignment, feedback discussion

Registration is required through NettiOpsu. Group 1 is primarily for MIH students, Group 2 for MPH students.

Attendance is primarily for students of Master of Health Science (Public Health & International Health). If there are vacant places on the course, also Finnish Master of Public Health students can attend the course.

Spring 2010. Lectures, exercises, examination.

Internet -course.

Lectures, seminars, exam.

The course offers a basic introduction on qualitative research; what is knowledge, what kinds of research questions may be answered by using qualitative methods and what is data in qualitative research. A closer look will be taken on following qualitative research methods or approaches: content analysis, discourse analysis and ethnography.

The course consists of 18 hours of lectures which also contain group work and discussions. In addition students read and evaluate a relevant empirical article. Also students write in pairs a short presentation on chosen qualitative research method and use it on given data. At the end the analysis of data will be discussed in a joint session.

The course will take place at Tampere School of Public Health, Medisiinarinkatu 3, T-building, Room 2.

Altogether 15 student are admitted to the course. Please sign up by March 26, 2010, using the following link: XXX.

The co-ordinator of the course is Kirsi Lumme-Sandt, kirsi.lumme-sandt@uta.fi, 040-1901606

Altogether 15 student are admitted to the course. Please sign up by March 26, 2010, using the following link: XXX.