Aim of the integrated course of Behavioral sciences and scientific methodology (Medical Statistics, Information Technology and Psychology) is to provide students with knowledge on the fundamentals of statistics, informatics and psychology necessary for their future activity.
In particular, aim of the Teaching is:
• to provide students with the basic knowledge to understand the essential role of Information Technology (IT) in our society, and specifically in the context of health-related technical professions;
• to provide basic knowledge of the theoretical and methodological principles of analysis and research in the field of general psychology;
• to illustrate the basic neuroscientific foundations of psychology, with references to the principles of anatomical physiology of the brain;
• to elaborate knowledge on the functioning of the mind and behaviour;
• to provide the main knowledge about the functioning of the different cognitive domains and higher mental functions. to acquire knowledge on the main IT tools and on the electronic communication in the specific areas of competence;
• to understand the importance of medical statistics in the research methodology in the medical field;
• to read a basic biomedical scientific article, understanding its structure and critically evaluating methods and results;
• to handle a simple database, with particular reference to clinical medicine;
• to make a descriptive and inferential analysis.