Aim of 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, Statistics and Intormatics necessary for 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.
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.
The student should be able to understand the tools and computer concepts that will be useful for their future profession in the medical field and understand the importance of medical statistics in the research methodology in the medical field; - read a basic biomedical scientific article, understanding its structure and critically evaluating methods and results; handle a simple database, with particular reference to clinical medicine; make a descriptive and inferential analysis.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
The specific learning outcomes of the program are coherent with the general provisions of the Bologna Process and the specific provisions of EC Directive 2005/36/EC. They lie within the European Qualifications Framework (Dublin Descriptors) as follows:

1. Knowledge and Understanding :
• Understand the experimental method and learn the use and transformation of measure units.
• Know and understand the proper terminology of physics.
• Know and understand the main physical principles and laws concerning kinetics, dynamics, electricity and magnetism, vibration and waves, radiation, nuclear physics and fluids.
• Apply these concepts to biological and physiological phenomena in living organisms.
• Identify and recognize the physical principles which govern the function of the specific human organs.
• carry out a descriptive analysis of a simple database;
• evaluate the association between variables;
• know the basic principles of correlation and linear regression analysis;
• know and apply frequency and effect measurements;
• explain how statistical inference is applied to biomedical research;
• demonstrate an understanding of probability and its application;
• demonstrate ability to manage data and to draw and present quantitative results effectively, using appropriate tables, figures and summaries
• describe the nature of the sampling variation and the role of the statistical methods in quantifying it, and be able to calculate the confidence limits and evaluate the hypotheses;
• select and use appropriate statistical methods in the analysis of simple data sets;
• interpret and evaluate the results of statistical analyses within a scientific publication;
• present and discuss the results of statistical analyses in a clear, concise and comprehensible way,
• describe the general principles of the calculation of the sample size and power.

2. Applying Knowledge and Understanding
• Apply the principles of physics, informatics and statistics to selected problems and to a variable range of situations.
• Use the tools, methodologies, language and conventions of physics, informatics and statistics to test and communicate ideas and explanations.

3. Communication Skills
• Present the topics verbally in an organized and consistent manner.
• Utilize a proper scientific language coherent with the topic of discussion.

4. Making Judgements
• Recognize the importance of an in-depth knowledge of the topics consistent with a proper medical education.
• Identify the fundamental role of a proper theoretical knowledge of the topic in the clinical practice.

5. Learning skills
at the end of the integrated teaching, the student will acquire skills useful to deepen and expand their knowledge in the field of the course, also through the consultation of scientific literature, databases, specialized websites.