| Physics and statistics
(objectives)
The aim of the course Physics and Statistics is to provide students with knowledge on the fundamentals of applied physics necessary to the performance of their future activity. In particular, the comprehension of physical principles at the base of medical physics and of functioning of medical instrumentation will be addressed. Also, students will be introduced to tools and computer concepts and will be able to read a basic biomedical scientific article, understand its structure and critically evaluate methods and results; handle a simple database and make a descriptive and inferential analysis.
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Profit certificate
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| Module: APPLIED PHYSICS
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Aim of the course of Applied Physics within the integrated course of Physics and Statistics (Applied Physics, Medical Statistics and Informatics) is to provide students with knowledge on the fundamentals of applied physics necessary to the performance of their future activity. In particular, the comprehension of physical principles at the base of medical physics and functioning of medical instrumentation will be addressed.At the end of the course, the students will know the fundamental concepts of application of the Scientific Method to the study of biomedical phenomena (choice and measure of parameters, evaluation of errors), they will be able to describe physical phenomena of complex systems using suitable mathematical tools, they will know the scientific basis of medical procedures and principles of functioning of the equipment commonly used for diagnostics and therapeutics.
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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5
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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FIS/07
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Contact Hours
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50
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Type of Activity
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Basic compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Indovina Iole
(syllabus)
Mechanics
Chapter 1: Introduction, Measurement, Estimating
1.4: Measurement and Uncertainty; Significant Figures
1.5: Units, Standards, and SI Units
1.6: Converting Units
1.8: Dimensions and Dimensional Analysis
Chapter 2: Describing Motion: Kinematics in One Dimension
2.1: References Frames and Displacement
2.2: Average Velocity
2.3: Instantaneous Velocity
2.4: Acceleration
2.5: Motion at Constant Acceleration
Chapter 3: Kinematics in Two Dimensions; Vectors
3.1: Vectors and Scalars
3.2: Addition of Vectors-Graphical Methods
3.3: Subtraction of Vectors and Multiplication of a Vector By a Scalar
3.4: Adding Vectors by Components
Chapter 4: Dynamics: Newton's Laws of Motion
4.1: Force
4.2: Newton's First Law of Motion
4.3: Mass
4.4: Newton's Second Law of Motion
4.5: Newton's Third Law of Motion
4.6: Weight-The Force of Gravity; and the Normal Force
4.7: Solving Problems with Newton's Laws: Free-Body Diagrams
4.8: Problems Involving Friction, Inclines
4.9: Problem Solving-A General Approach
Chapter 5: Circular Motion; Gravitation
5.1: Kinematics of Uniform Circular Motion
5.2: Dynamics of Uniform Circular Motion
5.6: Newton's Law of Universal Gravitation
Chapter 6: Work and Energy
6.1: Work Done by a Constant Force
6.3: Kinetic Energy and the Work-Energy Principle
6.4: Potential Energy
6.5: Conservative and Nonconservative Forces
6.6: Mechanical Energy and its Conservation
6.7: Problem Solving Using Conservation of Mechanical Energy
6.8: Other Forms of Energy: Energy Transformations and the Law of Conservation of Energy
6.10: Power
Chapter 7: Linear Momentum
7.1: Momentum and Its Relation to Force
7.2: Conservation of Momentum
7.8: Center of Mass (CM)
7.10: Center of Mass and Translational Motion
Chapter 8: Rotational Motion
8.1: Angular Quantities
8.2: Constant Angular Acceleration
8.4: Torque
8.5: Rotational Dynamics; Torque and Rotational Inertia
8.6: Solving Problems in Rotational Dynamics
8.7: Rotational Kinetic Energy
Chapter 9: Static Equilibrium; Elasticity and Fracture
9.1: The Conditions for Equilibrium
9.2: Solving Statics Problems
9.3: Applications to Muscles and Joints
9.4: Stability and Balance
9.5: Elasticity; Stress and Strain
9.6: Fracture
Electricity and Magnetism
Chapter 16: Electric Charge and Electric Field
16.1: Static Electricity; Electric Charge and its Conservation
16.2: Electric Charge in the Atom
16.3: Insulators and Conductors
16.4: Induced Charge; the Electroscope
16.5: Coulomb's Law
16.6: Solving Problems Involving Coulomb's Law and Vectors
16.7: The Electric Field
16.8: Field Lines
16.9: Electric Fields and Conductors
Chapter 17: Electric Potential
17.1: Electric Potential Energy and Potential Differences
17.2: Relation Between Electric Potential and Electric Field
17.3: Equipotential Lines
17.4: The Electron Volt, a Unit of Energy
17.5: Electric Potential Due to Point Charges
17.7: Capacitance
17.8: Dielectrics
17.9: Storage of Electric Energy
Chapter 18: Electric Currents
18.1: The Electric Battery
18.2: The Electric Current
18.3: Ohm's Law: Resistance and Resistors
18.4: Resistivity
18.5: Electric Power
18.8: Microscopic View of Electric Current
Chapter 19: DC Circuits
19.1: EMF and Terminal Voltage
19.2: Resistors in Series and in Parallel
19.3: Kirchhoff's Rules
19.4: EMFs in Series and in Parallel; Charging a Battery
19.5: Circuits Containing Capacitors in Series and in Parallel
19.6: RC Circuits-Resistor and Capacitor in Series
Chapter 20: Magnetism
20.1: Magnets and Magnetic Fields
20.2: Electric Current Produce Magnetic Fields
20.3: Force on an Electric Current in a Magnetic Field: Definition of B
20.4: Force on an Electric Charge Moving in a Magnetic Field
20.5: Magnetic Field Due to a Long Straight Wire
20.8: Ampere's Law
Chapter 21: Electromagnetic Induction and Faraday's Law
21.1: Induced EMF
21.2: Faraday's Law of Induction; Lenz's Law
21.3: EMF Induced in a Moving Conductor
21.4: Changing Magnetic Flux Produces an Electric Field
Vibrations and Waves
Chapter 11: Vibrations and Waves
11.7: Wave Motion
11.8: Types of Waves: Transverse and Longitudinal
11.9: Energy Transported by Waves
11.10: Intensity Related to Amplitude and Frequency
11.11: Reflection and Transmission of Waves
11.12: Interference; Principle of Superposition
11.13: Standing Waves; Resonance
Chapter 12: Sound
12-1 Characteristics of Sound
12-2 Intensity of Sound: Decibels
12-4 Sources of Sound: Vibrating Strings and
Air Columns
12-6 Interference of Sound Waves; Beats
12-7 Doppler Effect
Chapter 22: Electromagnetic Waves
22.1: Changing Electric Fields Produce Magnetic Fields; Maxwell's Equations
22.2: Production of Electromagnetic Waves
22.3: Light as an Electromagnetic Wave and the Electromagnetic Spectrum
22.5: Energy in EM Waves
Chapter 24: The Wave Nature of Light
24.4: The Visible Spectrum and Dispersion
Chapter 25: Optical Instruments
25-11: X-Rays and X-Ray Diffraction
25-12: X-Ray Imaging and Computed Tomography (CT Scan)
Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
Chapter 27: Early Quantum Theory and Models of the Atom
27.10: Early Models of the Atom
27.12: The Bohr Model
Chapter 30: Nuclear Physics and Radioactivity
30.1: Structure and Properties of the Nucleus
30.2: Binding Energy and Nuclear Forces
30.3: Radioactivity
30.4: Alpha Decay
30.5: Beta Decay
30.6: Gamma Decay
30.7: Conservation of Nucleon Number and Other Conservation Laws
30.8: Half-Life and Rate of Decay
30.9: Calculations Involving Decay Rates and Half-life
Chapter 31: Nuclear Energy; Effects and Uses of Radiation
31.1: Nuclear Reaction and the Transmutation of Elements
31.5: Measurement of Radiation-Dosimetry
31.9: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) and Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Thermodynamics
Chapter 13: Temperature and Kinetic Theory
13.1: Atomic Theory of Matter
13.2: Temperature and Thermometers
13.3: Thermal Equilibrium and the Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
13.4: Thermal Expansion
13.6: The Gas Laws and Absolute Temperature
13.7: The Ideal Gas Law
13.8: Problem Solving with the Ideal Gas Law
13.9: Ideal Gas Law in Terms of Molecules: Avogadro's Number
13.10: Kinetic Theory and the Molecular Interpretation of Temperature
Chapter 14: Heat
14.1 Heat as Energy Transfer
14.2 Internal Energy
14.3: Specific Heat
14.4: Calorimetry
14.5: Latent Heat
14.6: Heat Transfer: Conduction
14.7: Heat Transfer: Convection
14.8: Heat Transfer: Radiation
Chapter 15: The Laws of Thermodynamics
15.1: The First Law of Thermodynamics
15.2: Thermodynamic Processes and the First Law
15.4: Second Law of Thermodynamics-Introduction
Fluids
Chapter 10: Fluids
10.1: Phases of Matter
10.2: Density and Specific Gravity
10.3: Pressure in Fluids
10.4: Atmospheric Pressure Gauge Pressure
10.5: Pascal's Principle
10.6: Measurement of Pressure; Gauges and the Barometer
10.7: Buoyancy and Archimedes' Principle
10.8: Fluids in Motion; Flow Rate and the Equation of Continuity
10.9: Bernoulli's Principle
10.10: Applications of Bernoulli's Principle: from Torricelli to Airplanes, Baseballs, and TIA
10.11: Viscosity
10.12: Flow in Tubes: Poiseuille's Equation, Blood Flow
(reference books)
“PHYSICS: Principles with Applications” Seventh edition, Pearson Education. Inc
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Delivery mode
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Traditional
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Attendance
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
Oral exam
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| Module: MEDICAL STATISTICS
(objectives)
The course aims to provide students with the necessary statistical skills to set up research and to collect and analyze data. The student should acquire a correct statistical terminology and be able to understand and interpret a scientific study.
At the end of the course, the student will have to:
Knowledge and understanding
• Understand the importance of statistics for the biomedical disciplines
• Have acquired sufficient knowledge of descriptive and inferential statistics, so to be able to understand the design of a scientific study and to interpret its results
• Have acquired basic knowledge of research methodology
Ability to apply
• Be able to apply statistical knowledge to the design of scientific studies and to integrate them with epidemi
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Language
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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3
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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MED/01
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Contact Hours
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30
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Emberti Gialloreti Leonardo
(syllabus)
Introduction to statistics: casualty and causality, natural history of diseases
Observing facts: clinical and epidemiological observations
Descriptive and inferential statistics
Quantitative and qualitative variables
Absolute, relative and percentage frequencies
Tables, Graphs, and Diagrams
Statistical indices: central tendency and dispersion
Central limit theorem
The normal (Gaussian) distribution and its properties
Statistical Inference: null and alternative hypotheses, alpha and beta error, p value, statistical association
Association and causality
Examination of hypotheses and introduction to the tests of statistical significance
Correlation
Uni- and Multivariate Linear Regression
Differences between proportions: observed and expected values
(reference books)
Geoffrey R. Norman, David L. Streiner
Biostatistics: The Bare Essentials
4th Ed. 2014
PMPH-USA Limited
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Traditional
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Mandatory
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Evaluation methods
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Written test
Oral exam
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| Module: INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
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Aim of the course is to provide students with knowledge of the fundamentals of Information Technology necessary to the performance of their future activity in medicine. In particular, the concept of information systems and specialization of health information system allows locating activities of a physician in the general context that is the source for the complete information about a patient. Next step is the analysis of the languages for the representation of medical analysis and standards that allow a precise communication and read of data and systematic and random error management. Given elementary data, procedures to collect, store and query information are investigated with RDBMS concepts. After the focus is in the statistical analysis of the data and then statistical software is described. Last, the evolution of the e-health is analyzed, and the concept of personalized medicine is introduced.
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Language
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ENG |
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Type of certificate
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Profit certificate
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Credits
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4
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Scientific Disciplinary Sector Code
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INF/01
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Contact Hours
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40
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Type of Activity
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Core compulsory activities
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Teacher
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Talamo Maurizio
(syllabus)
1) Introduction to health information systems. The Italian
health information system. Health standards for data acquisition, storing and visualization. The electronic medical record.
2) Privacy and security in the management of healthcare data.
3) Introduction to databases. The E-R schema. RDBMS: tables,
records, fields, queries using the SQL language.
Public heath databases:
- PubMed, Medline, Medline plus.
- Cochrane Library
4) Data mining in Healthcare. How to read the output of a statistical package.
The use of R.
5) Digital devices, sensors and mobile app for precise medicine.
Supporting systems for the physicians.
(reference books)
1) Material provided by the teacher
2) Kathleen Mastrian, Dee McGonigle
Informatics for Health Professionals
3) Joseph Tan
E-Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals
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