STATISTICA E MANAGEMENT

6 CFU - 1° Semester

Teaching Staff

MASSIMO COSTANZO - Module STATISTICS - SECS-S/02 - 2 CFU
MARIA FIORE - Module General and applied Hygiene - MED/42 - 2 CFU
PAOLO LORETO - Module Organizational Behaviour - SECS-P/10 - 2 CFU

Learning Objectives

STATISTICS
Method of teaching course:
Lectures, active participation of students through questions, preparation of a questionnaire for data collection and subsequent data collection and exercises.
General and applied Hygiene
At the end of the course the student will know the meaning of health indicators, the general health situation of our country, possess the notions of epidemiological methodology for reading and interpreting the scientific work, know the basics of prevention of infectious and non-infectious diseases, possess general notions of organization, planning and health economics, communication and health management.
Organizational Behaviour
At the end of the course the student acquires advanced knowledge and understanding of the main business and management topics, methods and tools concerning management and organizations.

The student acquires the capacity to apply the strategic approach of the problem solving and decision making process, gaining the key methods and operating tools to manage people, leading human resources into the motivational process, teambuilding, managing conflicts and leadership, communicating effectively.

Course Structure

STATISTICS
VALUTATION: Writing and oral exam
General and applied Hygiene
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.
Organizational Behaviour
- Frontal lections
- Applications
- Seminars
- Case studies
- Project work
Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus

Learning assessment may also be carried out on line, should the conditions require it.

Detailed Course Content

STATISTICS
1.Brief introduction to epistemology of knowledge
2. Scientific use
3. Types of measurement scales: nominal, ordinal, interval and ratio scales
4. Representation of data in graphs and tables
5. Central indicators, variability indicators, asymmetry and kurtosis
6. Diagnostic tests: sensitivity, specificity, predictive values
7. Probability distributions: binomial, Poisson and normal

1. Standardized Gaussian curve
2. Inference: central limit theorem, sample distribution of the mean and standard error
3. Confidence interval for the mean and variance
4. Hypothesis test: null and alternative hypotheses
5. Significance tests between two groups: Student t test for dependent and independent groups
6. Contingency tables and chi square test
7. Brief description of linear correlation and regression
General and applied Hygiene
Objectives and methods of Hygiene, Preventive Medicine and Public Health. Disease models. Prevention of infectious and chronic degenerative diseases. Risk factors and prevention in living and working environments. Care-associated infections. Overview on epidemiology and epidemiological methodology.

The communication for the protection and promotion of health. Definitions. Mode of communication and communication models. The health system in Italy. The evolution of National Health Service in Italy. The basic level of assistance (LEA). The financing of health care in Italy. The corporatization in health.

The health planning, general aspects, the programming, the National Health Plan (PSN) and Regional Health Plans (RDP)

Accreditation. The health management, managerial skills, managerial activities: planning and target selection, negotiate the budget, management control, the clinical governance, the promotion of quality, efficiency, effectiveness, clinical appropriateness, organizational appropriateness.
Organizational Behaviour
Management, Organization, Personality, Motivation, Team building, Decison Making, Problem Solving, Communication, Managing Conflicts, Leadership and Power.

Textbook Information

STATISTICS
Daniel W Biostatistica EdiSES Napoli 1996 pp 736
Costanzo M. R, (2019). “Statistica sperimentale per le professioni sanitarie”, Createspace by Amazon
General and applied Hygiene
Material provided by the teacher
Organizational Behaviour
Pilati M., Tosi H., Comportamento Organizzativo (III Ed.), EGEA, Milano, 2017

Additional handouts and lectures’ material available online on STUDIUM

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