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Objectifs

• Comprendre comment les déterminants sociaux économiques et politiques à de multiples niveaux contribuent aux inégalités/iniquités en matière de santé
• Identifier les populations en situation de vulnérabilité et comprendre pourquoi ces populations sont à risques d’inégalités en santé/d’iniquités des soins
• Discuter de manière critique comment les politiques publiques et les interventions à plusieurs niveaux peuvent contribuer à lutter contre les inégalités/iniquités en matière de santé, tout en comprenant les limites
• Examiner de manière critique le rôle des professionnelles et des professionnels de la santé dans la lutte contre les inégalités en santé/iniquités des soins

Objectifs

• Savoir quand et comment utiliser des méthodes qualitatives
• Acquérir les bases sur les principales méthodes de production des données
• Être capable de concevoir un protocole de recherche qualitative
• Savoir analyser et interpréter des données qualitatives

Vector-borne diseases (VBDs), transmitted by midges, mosquitoes, or ticks, are emerging across many European countries due to the spread of their vector hosts. Factors such as warmer temperatures, globalised transport, and the management of water and wetlands in both rural and urban environments contribute to this trend. Integrated solutions are essential to mitigate the impact of these diseases. In this module, the complexity of VBD emergence is illustrated through examples in humans and animals. Integrated and community-based surveillance and control strategies are presented, along with practical field exercises. This module is taught in collaboration with SUPSI and will take place in Mendrisio in June when the vectors are active.

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Sie lernen ein übergeordnetes Konzept («Discovery & Evaluation Coil») zur Einordnung von Fragestellungen und der Auswahl von geeigneten Studiendesigns basierend auf der aktuellen Evidenz kennen und dieses anzuwenden.

Sie durchlaufen den kompletten Kreislauf am Beispiel einer randomisiert-kontrollierten Studie und erlernen anhand dieses praxisnahen Beispiels die Anwendung essenzieller epidemiologischer Forschungsmethoden.

• Sie lernen eine konkrete Forschungsfrage zu formulieren.
• Sie können die Konzepte der internen und externen Validität erläutern und anwenden.
• Sie kennen Vor- und Nachteile diverser klinischer Endpunkte.
• Sie erhalten einen Einblick in die Humanforschung Schweiz und kennen relevante regulatorische Prozesse und zentrale Stakeholder im Bereich Humanforschung.
• Sie können zentrale epidemiologische Konzepte wie z.B. systematische Fehler («Bias») anhand von Beispielen erläutern und kennen Herangehensweisen, um systematische Fehler bei der Studienplanung und -durchführung zu vermeiden.
• Sie erhalten einen Einblick in klinische Datenbanken (REDCap).
• Sie können Studienergebnisse kritisch interpretieren.

Description:

The aim of this course is to provide the students with state of the art econometric methods for evaluation of public policy.
The course deals with theoretical literature on causal inference in lectures, but emphasis is given to empirical applications using
micro data. The course therefore includes also practical computer assignments using Stata.

Objectifs

• Repérer les principaux déterminants commerciaux de la santé
• Analyser les mécanismes d’influence des acteurs commerciaux sur la santé et les politiques publiques
• Identifier les leviers d’action à disposition des professionnel·les de la santé pour réduire l’impact des déterminants commerciaux de la santé
• Développer son esprit critique, renforcer sa capacité à s’engager dans le plaidoyer et intégrer les enjeux des DCS dans sa pratique professionnelle

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Objectifs

• Connaître les représentations graphiques et les résumés quantitatifs usuels pour les données continues (histogramme, boxplot, scatterplot, médiane, quantile, moyenne, écart-type, variance, corrélation)
• Comprendre la notion de hasard de l’échantillonnage et les principes de la statistique inférentielle (test statistique, intervalle de confiance) et savoir effectuer les tests statistiques de base (t-test, test du khi-deux)
• Comprendre une régression linéaire simple et la notion d’ajustement
• Être à même de comprendre et d’interpréter correctement des résultats quantitatifs

Description:

Preventive care services (e.g., cancer screening, cardiometabolic and diabetes checks) are essential for healthy aging and reducing avoidable deaths, especially in aging societies where noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular and chronic respiratory disease are the leading causes of mortality. However, social inequalities in the use of preventive care remain widespread, even in high-income societies with universal health coverage. This course introduces the social determinants affecting individuals’ participation in preventive care, including socioeconomic and sociodemographic factors such as gender, age, marital status, nationality, and macro-level determinants (e.g., country level factors). It covers both theoretical and methodological aspects, enabling a critical analysis of how these factors influence preventive care use. Specific attention is given to population-level services, such as breast, cervical and colorectal cancer screening. Students will gain an understanding of the processes driving inequalities in preventive care use across different population groups, which is essential for informing the design of prevention programs and policy interventions.

In most organisations, financial management skills tend to be concentrated in a small core of financial management experts. Especially in small organizations and in the public sector, many employees are given responsibilities in financial management for which they have not been trained, be it budgeting, financial record keeping or financial reporting.

This course will address the basics of the financial cycle from budgeting, implementing and recording, through financial reporting. An in-depth look at the workings of bookkeeping, financial reporting, internal controlling, financial management of physical assets and stocks, as well as auditing will be covered.

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Critically evaluate nutritional research papers and understand methodologies used in dietary studies;
• Explain the connections between dietary habits and the development or prevention of NCDs;
• Apply diverse dietary assessment tools and interpret their results with regard to their validity;
• Recognize and address malnutrition in diverse settings, including understanding its prevalence, consequences, and appropriate management strategies.

By the end of the course the participant will:

• Understand the key steps in conducting systematic and scoping reviews, including literature mapping and quality appraisal;
• Gain knowledge of pivotal study designs, such as randomized controlled trials, and their strengths, limitations and susceptibility to bias;
• Master the foundational methods of meta-analysis, including heterogeneity assessment and publication bias detection;
• Develop proficiency in using AI tools to organize and synthesize evidence for public health applications.

Objective:

In this module you learn how to transparently describe data that was collected for a given study. In addition you learn how to make inferences and draw conclusions that go beyond the current data set and make statements about the underlying population of interest. Furthermore, the information in the data set has to be condensed and presented in an understandable fashion. For this

• you reduce data by calculating group level quantities (like means, risks etc)
• you quantify and interpret the amount of statistical uncertainty in your data, mostly by using 95% confidence intervals
• you make the first steps in using a statistical software (R) for data description, data transformation and simple statistical analyses (you will receive a temporary Stata license for this)
• you communicate appropriately the results obtained
• you translate specific questions into relevant statistical quantities of interest

By the end of the course participants will:

• Understand the importance of designing public health interventions with a social behavioural insights’ lens;
• Employs data triangulation and data storytelling using program data, contextual information and social behavioural insights to facilitate judgement and decision making in vaccine program design;
• Identify and analyse the root causes of sub-optimal uptake and target them with evidence-based interventions;
• Be able to develop effective, context-specific, behaviorally-informed SBC communications to encourage vaccine acceptance and demand;
• Apply learnings to a use case of psychological inoculation against misinformation;
• Design tailored, targeted demand strategies to address immunity gaps.

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Understand core systems thinking and system dynamics concepts for public health policy and planning.
• Interpret system behaviour and policy trade-offs using model simulations and visual outputs.
• Apply introductory economic evaluation concepts (cost-effectiveness, cost-benefit, time horizons) within systems models.
• Build or modify a simple system dynamics model and interactive interface with guided support.
• Recognise appropriate uses of system dynamics, discrete event simulation, and agent-based modelling for policy and service planning.

By the end of the course participants will:

• Understand the principles of Universal Health Coverage and its role in promoting equitable access to quality health services;
• Recognize the major global agreements and political commitments supporting UHC;
• Identify how law shapes the legal architecture of health systems and influences their performance;
• Develop the capacity to assess national legal frameworks for UHC, identifying strengths, gaps, and opportunities for reform.

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Explain the value of community engagement for health-related interventions, drawing on evidence on the social determinants of health.
• Analyse health-related interventions to identify key community and sectoral stakeholders, their roles, interests, and influence.
• Design context-appropriate community engagement and co-design processes for multisector health-related interventions.
• Assess how power, incentives, and accountability shape community engagement and multisector collaboration in specific contexts.
• Select and apply practical tools to plan and facilitate community engagement across the intervention cycle (diagnosis, decision-making, implementation, and evaluation).
• Develop a draft community engagement and co-design plan adaptable to your professional or organizational contexts.

Description
Objectifs:

• Comprendre le système de santé suisse et les différences entre celui-ci et ceux d’autres pays
• Comprendre l’impact des déterminants de la santé sur la prévention et le curatif
• Comprendre les modes de régulation et les performances du système de santé Suisse
• Appréhender les contraintes, les défis du système de santé, et les rôles des professionnels, en partenariat avec le/la patient-e
• Comprendre les définitions et les enjeux de la qualité pour le système de santé ainsi que pour son institution et son secteur d’activité

By the end of the course participants will:

• Understand the key building blocks of health systems;
• Have an overview of different challenges facing health systems with regards to NCDs;
• Explore different solutions to existing challenges for health systems responses.

By the end of the course participants will:

• Conceptualize planetary and one health challenges in social ecological systems;
• Experience participatory modelling with causal loop diagrams;
• Identify leverage points and interventions in social ecological systems;
• Reflect on personal and societal challenges when implementing complex social interventions;
• Know what interventions and actions can work at the community, population, and policy levels.

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Outline the key forms of funding and financial protection in the healthcare system;
• Understand how different forms of health system financing impact both how much people pay for healthcare and how these payments are distributed within populations;
• Understand the interrelationship between health and income at the individual and national level and how this can inform pandemic preparedness;
• Calculate resource capacity to meet the health needs of the population;
• Understand the key differentiating features of the main payment models used to fund healthcare organizations.

By the end of the course participants will:

• Understand different types of research waste and be able to argue the role of implementation science in reducing research waste and enhance effectiveness of the research pipeline;
• Be able to discuss stakeholder involvement in implementation science projects;
• Be able to highlight the role and types of theories, models and frameworks in supporting implementation research;
• Have the capacity to argue the need for contextual analysis in implementation science projects and describe how to perform a contextual analysis;
• Understand the evidence base of implementation strategies;
• Know different types of implementation outcomes and their measurement;
• Be able to recognize and critically evaluate common implementation science study designs (hybrid designs);
• Be able to apply reporting guidelines (e.g., StaRI) for implementation science research studies;
• Be able to apply learned theoretical knowledge in the discussions and learning groups and participate actively in discussions and project works.

By the end of the course participants will:

• Have an understanding of how to align digital methods with core principles of Epidemiology and Public Health;
• Gain an understanding of the capabilities and limitations of large language models;
• Be able to critically reflect on the usefulness of novel technologies for Public Health and health care;
• Have acquired approaches to collaborate in multidisciplinary teams.

By the end of the course participants will be able to:

• Conceptualize humanitarian crises as dynamic public health systems
• Identify feedback loops driving escalation, stabilization, or collapse
• Explain how migration emerges from broader humanitarian dynamics
• Distinguish stocks, flows, and delays in humanitarian contexts
• Develop causal loop diagrams for complex humanitarian problems
• Build simple stock-and-flow simulation models
• Use models to explore trade-offs and unintended consequences of interventions

The field of workplace ergonomics evaluates the characteristics of human beings, their resources, and demands in respect of their working tasks, working environment, and working organization. The field further aims to evaluate work-associated risk factors and possible health hazards. It fosters healthy workspaces, e.g. through developing and optimizing human-machine interfaces, enhancing the usability of tools, and eliminating obstacles in working systems.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
• Understand and apply main human physiological and psychological functioning and
limitations
• Analyze work tasks, tools, and working environments
• Assess ergonomic risk factors at work in standard situations
• Evaluate individual balances of work demands and resources

Description:

To achieve effective results, global health leaders need to integrate evidence into their decision-making processes. To do this, they should to be able to apply basic analytical skills including science-informed information retrieval, analysis and the design and implementation of small and applied empirical research projects aimed at a specific, contextualized research questions. The skill set acquired in this course should assist global health practitioners in general and MBA students in the development of the Master thesis of the MBA programme in particular

Description:

This course is designed to support PhD students, MD students, and postdocs of the ���޾��ֲ�+ IGC by offering the opportunity to focus exclusively on their academic writing projects (proposals, papers, thesis). A professional scientific writing facilitator will guide participants through structured writing sessions, feedback rounds, and reflective discussions. The retreat combines protected writing time and guided workshops focused on the principles of scientific writing with hands-on practice to learn practical strategies for streamlining the writing process. Students will be grouped according to their main writing focus, allowing them to benefit from targeted peer exchange as well as dedicated feedback sessions with the facilitator. Participants are expected to have started drafting their manuscripts or proposals prior to the retreat.

Description:

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• Santé mentale des populations vulnérables et/ou migrantes et éléments de psychiatrie transculturelle
• Violences, traumatismes et migrations
• Santé en milieu carcéral
• Spécificités de la santé des femmes
• Familles, migrations et étapes de vie

Ziel:

In diesem Einführungsmodul werden grundlegende Begriffe, Konzepte, Sichtweisen und Werte aus der Public-Health-Perspektive behandelt und vermittelt. 

Public Health ist die praxisorientierte und empirische Wissenschaft, die als Fokus die Gesundheit der Bevölkerung (öffentliche Gesundheit) und nicht des Individuums hat. Als stark interdisziplinäre Wissenschaft bedient sie sich der Ansätze und Methoden verschiedenster Fachdisziplinen, um unter anderem die Bedingungen bzw. Voraussetzungen für Gesundheit, die Ursachen für Krankheit, die Gesundheitssysteme oder auch die Wechselwirkung zwischen Menschen und ihrer Umwelt zu untersuchen.

Description:

This course will give a broad overview of the potentials and limitations of machine learning and deep learning applications in healthcare, with a focus on clinical data exploitation. After providing an overview of the pros and cons of different approaches, and a list of examples of their application, the student will learn the basics of using Python for data analysis, machine learning and deep learning. Data management and ethical issues will shortly be presented from different perspectives. Application in Healthcare domain, including public health, will be presented and discussed. Throughout the course, the theoretical insights acquired from the lectures will be applied to a specific use case, starting with descriptive statistics, followed by regression analysis and explainable machine learning models using clinical features, up to a deep learning model. The course is meant for a generic audience that includes both data scientists, biomedical engineers and clinicians, physicians that are interested in expanding their knowledge.

Learning Objectives:

•  Understand the LHS framework and the role of community partners at every phase
•  Explore the historical, social, and economic drivers of health inequities
•  Conduct subgroup analysis to tailor health solutions to diverse populations
•  Apply measurement tools to assess health equity at multiple levels
•  Engage with human-centered, equity-centered, and liberatory design thinking
•  Develop knowledge translation strategies to inform policy and practice

In allen Gesundheitssystemen stellt sich die Frage, wie medizinische Leistungen vergütet werden sollen. Parallel dazu bedarf die Praxis der Leistungserbringung und -finanzierung ständiger Optimierung. Neben der Gesundheitsökonomie stellen Health Technology Assessment (HTA) und die Versorgungsforschung für diese Bereiche methodische Grundlagen bereit. In diesem Modul lernen Sie mögliche Vorgehensweisen bei Vergütungsentscheidungen und bei der Preisbildung von Arzneimitteln und anderen Gesundheitsleistungen kennen. Sie explorieren zudem die Grundlagen und ökonomischen Aspekte der Versorgungsforschung. Hinsichtlich der Eignung verschiedener Optionen entwickeln Sie eigene Positionen.

Dazu

• lernen Sie den Unterschied zwischen statischer und dynamischer Effizienz kennen
• vergleichen Sie die Preisbildung in unterschiedlichen Gesundheitssystemen am Beispiel der Arzneimittel
• lernen Sie die optimale Vergütung der Leistungen von Ärzten und Spitälern kennen
• beurteilen Sie die Vorgehensweisen in der Schweiz im Licht der Erfahrungen anderer europäischer Länder
• setzen Sie sich damit auseinander, wie Methoden der Gesundheitsökonomie und der Versorgungsforschung kombiniert werden können
• beschreiben Sie, wie Routinedaten für die Versorgungsforschung genutzt werden können und verstehen deren Limitationen
• lernen Sie, wie die Versorgungsforschung die Gesundheitspolitik und die Vertragsgestaltung eines Krankenversicherers prägen kann

Ziel

Der Besuch dieses Moduls befähigt Sie, Entstehungs- und Verlaufsprozesse von Gesundheit und Krankheit in der Bevölkerung unter Berücksichtigung kultureller, sozialer und psychologischer Einflussfaktoren zu verstehen und zu beschreiben. Hierbei wenden Sie gesundheits- und sozialwissenschaftliche Theorien und Konzepte an. Dazu

• formulieren Sie Public-Health-Fragestellungen zu Entstehung und Verlauf von Gesundheit und Krankheit
• ziehen Sie relevante gesundheits- und sozialwissenschaftliche Theorien und Konzepte zur Beschreibung und Erklärung von Problem- und Aufgabenstellungen im Bereich Public Health bei
• verstehen und analysieren Sie das Zusammenwirken verschiedener Faktoren, die die Entstehung und den Verlauf von Gesundheit und Krankheit beeinflussen
• verbinden Sie erkenntnisleitend Public-Health-Fragestellungen mit gesundheits- und sozialwissenschaftlichen Theorien und Konzepten

Aim:

Employees have to deal with a large variety of working demands and work-related exposures. Furthermore, technical systems and human-machine interfaces and interaction are subject to constant and sometimes rapid change. To keep people healthy and safe at work, human factors need to be assessed and managed.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Conduct ergonomic risk assessments
• Evaluate the balance between individual work demands and available resources
• Understand and apply key concepts related to human reliability and human error
• Identify and assess human-related risk factors in the workplace

Students will:

• understand the setting for which causal inference is warranted and the framework for potential outcomes 
• understand the difference between causal estimands, estimators, and estimates
• understand how to generate and interpret a directed acyclic graph
• understand hypotheses underlying the identification of causal effects,
• identify the most suitable methods to answer different research questions,
• run basic analyses with the methods presented

Description:
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• Connaître et comprendre les processus communs sous-jacents à toute initiative visant à résoudre un problème, rechercher une amélioration ou conduire un projet
• Comprendre les facteurs de réussite d’une idée ou d’une initiative
• S’approprier les outils et techniques ad hoc dans les démarches d’amélioration
• S’approprier les domaines fondamentaux de la gestion de projet
• Acquérir une démarche méthodologique pour identifier le "bon" problème et trouver la solution la plus appropriée au contexte
• Comprendre les notions de travail en équipe, de rôles et responsabilités
• Comprendre la notion d’esprit client
• Être sensibilisés aux notions de mise en place d’un changement pérenne dans l’équipe opérationnelle/cliente

Description:

Submitting, reviewing, and publishing papers is a key part of research, but it can be frustrating due to its complexity and time demands. This course offers a practical guide on how to navigate these steps effectively. It covers everything from formatting your paper to understanding publication fees and agreements. The goal is to equip you with the skills to format your papers efficiently, making revisions and resubmissions easier, and focused but not unique in Public Health.

In this module, students use case studies and decision-analytic modelling approaches to design a health programme: conducting a situation analysis and setting priorities for interventions that are consistent with existing national health policies in resource constraint countries. It covers salient topics such as analysing the problem, developing log frames, setting indicators and monitoring and evaluation.

With this module, students will learn how to design a research project to address a public health issue. The major stages of the research process - ie research design, data collection and data analysis - will be examined, through concrete examples and personal work. Upon completion of the module, students will be able to:

• Formulate a relevant research question
• Select an appropriate data collection method
• Define an appropriate sample
• Plan data collection
• Select an appropriate data analysis method

Content:

• Characteristics of good research questions
• Quantitative and qualitative social science research methods
• Sampling issues (types of sampling, recruitment of participants)
• Ethical issues related to field work
• Data collection methods (individual interviews and focus groups, questionnaire)
• Data analysis methods (statistical analysis, content analysis)
• Feasibility of a planned project with respect to available resources (time, staffing, budget)

Objectives:

Learn and employ strategies and tools (including AI tools for translation and writing) to structure your paper-writing process from beginning to end. Depending on your starting point, you will produce a first or second draft of a manuscript and receive individualized help and critique.

Description:

Objectifs:

• Comprendre les fondements du Total Quality Management, ainsi que l’influence de ce concept sur les autres méthodes d’amélioration de la qualité
• Comprendre la structure d’un système de management de la qualité et son potentiel
• Connaître les outils de la qualité et leur application en santé
• Comprendre le concept des care bundles et son application dans un service clinique
• Comprendre les principes sous-jacents à la gestion du changement
• Renforcer ses propres capacités de conduite des changements à venir

Ziel:

Systematische Reviews und Meta-Analysen geben für die Einschätzung von Risiken und der erwünschten und unerwünschten Wirkungen von Interventionen oft die bessere Evidenz als Einzelstudien. In diesem Modul lernen Sie, die methodischen Grundlagen von systematischen Reviews und Meta-Analysen kritisch zu beurteilen und ihre Anwendung zu diskutieren.

Dazu:

• lernen Sie, die wichtigsten Quellen für Public Health relevante Reviews zu nutzen
• beschreiben Sie die Bedeutung und Problematik von systematischen Reviews und Meta-Analysen
• lernen Sie systematische Literatursuchen in Medline und anderen Datenbanken
• entwickeln Sie ein Protokoll für einen systematischen Review mit Meta-Analyse
• führen Sie eine Meta-Analyse durch
• beurteilen Sie kritisch die Qualität von Reviews

Contents

• Key stakeholders within the framework of Swiss laws and regulations
• Ethical principles in occupational health and safety, including relevant legislation
• Responsibilities of management and occupational health and safety professionals under Swiss laws and ordinances
• Legal foundations for occupational health and safety in Switzerland
• Integration of ASGS legal requirements into the company’s health and safety system and overall corporate strategy
• Conducting company visits and inspections in collaboration with relevant stakeholders

Description:

This course is designed to equip participants with the fundamental concepts and techniques necessary for the analysis of clustered data. In many research fields and study designs, including epidemiology and clinical trials, data are often collected in clustered or hierarchical structures. Examples include repeated measurements of the same subject over time, data grouped by family or school or other type of units, and cluster randomized trials. Ignoring clustering can lead to incorrect standard errors and overly precise confidence intervals, thereby compromising the validity of the conclusions of the study.

In diesem Modul analysieren Sie komplexe Problemstellungen aus dem Themenbereich Umwelt und Gesundheit aus der Public-Health-Perspektive und setzen sich mit den besonderen Schwierigkeiten bei der entsprechenden Forschung auseinander. Dazu

• interpretieren Sie die umweltepidemiologische Forschung und bewerten diese hinsichtlich ihrer gesundheitlichen Auswirkungen aus individueller und aus Public-Health-Sicht
• führen Sie eine Gesundheitsrisikoabschätzung zu einem bestimmten Umweltthema durch
• diskutieren und erfahren Sie, wie Sie sich als Public-Health-Experte hinsichtlich der Prävention oder Begrenzung von gesundheitlichen Umweltschäden einbringen können

Inhalte

• Gesundheit und Lärm, Luftschadstoffe, Radon, ionisierende und nicht-ionisierende Strahlung
• Gesundheit und Klimawandel
• Umweltepidemiologische Studiendesigns
• Kausalität bei beobachtenden Studien
• Methoden zur Einschätzung von Umweltexpositionen in der Bevölkerung
• nationale und internationale Datenquellen im Bereich Umwelt und Gesundheit
• Gesundheitsrisikoabschätzung (Impact Assessment): Methoden zur Quantifizierung gesundheitlicher Auswirkungen von Umweltschadstoffen auf individueller und gesellschaftlicher Ebene

This module focuses on work-related health problems. The aim is to enable you to assess and improve or maintain the ability and aptitude for work of individuals and special groups.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Examine, document, and analyze the data on biopsychosocial work demands and the biopsychosocial work capacity of an individual
• Select and adapt effective interventions with the aim of maintaining or regaining an individual’s work ability

Contents:

This module is divided into four main components:

• An introduction to the concept of health interventions and their initial evaluation, including the «development pipeline» for new interventions; followed by a systematic comparison of randomised controlled trials and alternative study designs
• A case study on the use of insecticide-treated mosquito nets for malaria control in sub-Saharan Africa: from the very first studies in the field to policy formulation at national and international levels, and finally large-scale implementation and its evaluation
• A case study on the monitoring and evaluation of the national malaria control programme in Papua New Guinea, including a discussion on the use of routine surveillance
• A case study from Switzerland on the monitoring and evaluation of a health system programme

Description:

To what extent, and through which mechanisms, do commercial actors shape individual and population health? According to the WHO, just four

industries are responsible for an estimated 2.7 million deaths each year in the European Region alone. In this course, we’ll take a critical look at the commercial determinants of health (CDoH): the ways in which companies, through their products, practices, and policy influence, affect health outcomes. We’ll dive into evidence from sectors such as tobacco, alcohol, ultra-processed foods, and pharmaceuticals to understand how these sectors contribute directly and indirectly to preventable morbidity and mortality. We’ll also explore frameworks and tools, including Health in All Policies and Health Impact Assessment as means to develop a critical understanding of how to address commercial drivers of ill health through policy. By the end, you will have a better understanding of the ways in which commercial actors influence health and a more critical view on industry “terms and conditions”.

Description:

Objectifs :

• Connaître les critères et outils de description, d'optimisation et de maîtrise d'un processus
• Connaître les instruments de mesure de la performance des processus et apprendre à les interpréter
• Connaître les sources principales et potentielles de variabilité d’un processus
• Comprendre l'impact des causes évitables de cette variabilité sur la performance des processus
• Connaître les bases de la maîtrise statistique des processus: savoir interpréter des cartes de contrôles

Ziel:

Die ökonomische Beurteilung von Gesundheitsleistungen im Rahmen von Kosten-Effektivitäts- und Budget-Impact-Analysen erfordert regelmässig den Einsatz von Modellen. Auch für andere gesundheitsrelevante Fragestellungen kommen Modellierungstechniken zum Einsatz. In diesem Modul lernen Sie, einfache gesundheitsökonomische Modelle selbst zu erarbeiten und zu analysieren.

Description:

Within public health, there is a growing interest to study and understand human behavior, representations, and individual experiences of those taking part in a studied phenomenon. Qualitative designs are the method of choice to address those issues.

Public health is “the science and art of preventing disease, prolonging life, and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private communities, and individuals.” — CEA Winslow (CDC, 2021). But what constitutes public health sciences? This course is foundational for all those seeking a doctorate in any of the fields of public health sciences. Concept, definition, and history of public health, population health sciences, and applied public health will be addressed. It introduces students to the basics of public health surveillance, population health monitoring, and prevention sciences. The aim is to make sure that all public health graduates in Switzerland can understand how their specific focus fits within the broader and interdisciplinary nature and long tradition of public health sciences and can communicate about public health sciences with health scientists and public health stakeholders.

Aim: You will learn how to anticipate, recognize, evaluate, and control hazards and exposures at work that may affect workers’ health.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Identify exposure hazards
• Evaluate the work environment based on identified exposures
• Develop appropriate sampling strategies
• Analyze and interpret measurement results
• Critically discuss results and draw conclusions
• Write an occupational hygiene report

Description:

Public health surveillance is the ongoing and systematic collection, analysis, and interpretation of health-related data, closely integrated with their timely dissemination and communication to those responsible for public health strategies and action on disease prevention and control. Methods and tools for surveillance and population health monitoring, initially developed for infectious diseases and outbreak control, are now applied to other health conditions like chronic diseases, mental health or occupational and environmental health. With the advances in the field of data science and the growing access to multiple types and increasing volumes of data, the field of surveillance and health monitoring is going to adapt and evolve rapidly. This includes moving to a wider scope of applications, for example, surveillance may also include monitoring health care services, disease trends and risk factors associated with adverse health events. This also implies using new methods for modelling and visualizing data. These approaches not only provide innovative ways to interpret complex information but also offer powerful tools to communicate results to a broader audience.

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Qualitative health research helps grasp behaviors and practices of patients and populations, combined with the meaning health professionals and stakeholders give to their practices and actions, both are known to underlie and influence health practices. By giving particular attention to the context of an intervention, qualitative research is particularly effective for evaluating programs and practices in the public health field. It allows to reflect on the broader health care context, with its socio-cultural and historical features.

Contents

• Literatursuche
• Vor- und Nachteile verschiedener Studiendesigns (ökologische Studien, Vorher-Nachher-Studien, Fallkontrollstudien, Kohortenstudien, randomisierte und nicht-randomisierte Interventionsstudien, Meta-Analysen)
• Studienqualität und Critical Appraisal (Levels of evidence, Lücken in der Evidenz, Kriterien der Kausalität, Darstellung und Interpretation der Resultate: absolute und relative Risiken, numbers needed to treat/harm/screen)
• Grundlagen von GRADE (Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation)

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Objectifs :

• Connaître les cadres conceptuels du partenariat patient-e/proche/citoyen-ne/professionnel-le dans le domaine des soins
• Acquérir les savoirs et les comportements pour mettre en oeuvre des partenariats
• Connaître les différents moyens pour impliquer les citoyen-nes/patient-es/proches dans les domaines de la qualité des soins, des services, de l’enseignement et de la recherche clinique
• Connaître les stratégies politiques et les organisations responsables de la mise en oeuvre des partenariats

This module enables participants to follow a systematic action cycle for occupational health interventions: goal setting, assessment, planning, implementation, and evaluation. Such interventions include any activity to improve the physical, mental, and social health of employees. Throughout this action cycle, participants learn how to combine an evidence-based & participatory approach to achieve the best impact.

Upon completion, students will be able to:

• Assess the major individual, group, leader and organizational sources of health in companies
• Access and assess the overall published evidence on the effectiveness of specific interventions
• Clarify the value base and define goals of an intervention with key stakeholders
• Plan evidence-based, participatory development & implementation of occupational health interventions
• Design a process, context, and outcome evaluation, select appropriate methods, and specify data sources
• Draw conclusions based on evaluation results and develop recommendations for future interventions

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Medizinisch-wissenschaftliche Grundlagen sind für den Umgang mit Fragen im Gesundheitsbereich unerlässlich. Medizinfremde Berufsgruppen aus dem Gesundheitswesen erwerben ein Grundverständnis des Aufbaus und der Organfunktionen des menschlichen Körpers. Sie können wichtige Krankheitsbilder aufzeigen und sich ein fundiertes Urteil zu medizinischen Begriffen sowie Medikamentenklassen bilden. Das interdisziplinäre Denken wird gestärkt, wodurch die Betrachtungsweise medizinischer Leistungserbringer nachvollzogen und medizinische Entscheidungskonzepte besser verstanden werden. Im eigenen Berufsalltag können medizinische Fakten präziser eingeschätzt und lösungsorientiert angewendet werden.

- Anatomie, Physiologie
- Diagnostische Denkweise
- Medikamentenlehre
- Terminologie
- Krankheitslehre: Herz-/Kreislauferkrankungen, rheumatische Erkrankungen und respiratorische Erkrankungen, Unfälle/Verletzungen,    Entzündungen/Infekte, Tumore/Krebs und Psychiatrie)
- Innovationen im Medtech-Sektor

Objective:

• Prendre conscience de la place de la sécurité des soins dans le monde de la santé
• Définir la sécurité des soins et connaître ses dimensions
• Connaître les concepts et les modèles sous-jacents
• Comprendre la variabilité des systèmes au niveau local, national et international

Objectifs d’apprentissage:

• Comprendre le concept "Swiss cheese model" et les fondements de l'approche systémique
• Maitriser la méthode et les conditions de la mise en œuvre d'analyse des incidents
• Connaitre les principes et enjeux d’un système de gestion des incidents

Objectifs d’apprentissage:

• Comprendre le concept "Swiss cheese model" et les fondements de l'approche systémique
• Maitriser la méthode et les conditions de la mise en œuvre d'analyse des incidents
• Connaitre les principes et enjeux d’un système de gestion des incidents

The focus is on airborne contaminants. Students will acquire a sound understanding and practical skills in the relevant technical and organizational measures.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Evaluate and manage ventilation
• Manage airborne contaminants in various situations to reduce risk
• Evaluate and manage ventilation and containment
• Evaluate substitution as an option in exposure management

Objectifs d’apprentissage

• Conduire une analyse a priori des risques et en tirer un plan d'action avec ses indicateurs
• Comprendre la complémentarité des analyses a priori et a posteriori des risques, dans le cadre de la sécurité des soins
• Etablir les liens entre un événement, un événement indésirable et l'analyse à priori des risques

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Apprendre à:

• Identifier les enjeux prioritaires de santé dans un contexte de globalisation
• Développer des plans d’action adaptés aux réalités locales, régionales ou globales

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Objectifs d’apprentissage:

• Comprendre le concept de culture sécurité
• Connaître les différents instruments de mesure de la culture sécurité
• Connaître les modalités de mise en œuvre d’une enquête culture sécurité
• Comprendre le concept de gouvernance de la sécurité des patients
• Connaître les bonnes pratiques de gouvernance et les formes d’organisation pour la mettre en œuvre
• Comprendre le processus d’analyse stratégique et de définition de vision, valeurs et axes stratégiques

This module introduces you to the assessment and management of some common occupational risks and focuses on specific categories of workers.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Understand the basics of biological monitoring
• Understand the basics of risk assessment and management and their link to exposure assessment and occupational health surveillance
• Comprehend specific risks and challenges together with the legal framework for some different categories of workers

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Objectifs d'apprentissage:

• Connaître les concepts de leadership et de collaboration interprofessionnelle
• Analyser l’impact des bonnes pratiques de leadership et d’interprofessionnalité sur la qualité et sécurité des soins
• Développer ses compétences de leadership et d’interprofessionnalité
• Développer ses compétences de gestion de conflit et de négociation

This course is equivalent to the official Biosafety level I course.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:
• Work as a biosafety officer on level I
• Instruct lab workers on biosafety issues
• Manage contagious waste
• Manage contagious lab spills

Occupational hygiene specialists should understand human risk perception and risk behavior, legal boundary conditions for chemicals handling, and risk management. This course will introduce students to human risk perception, the applications of Swiss legal framework in work and health, and the training of workers in the application of safety rules.

Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Apply current national and international regulatory systems (e.g. REACH, MSDS)
• Apply OEL values and substance documentation for further interpretation of measurement data
• Write risk assessment reports according to recipients’ expectations and regulations
• Communicate critical results to organizations and community («breaking bad news»)

• In this module, students learn to manage work and health activities in organizations.

  Upon completion of the course, students will be able to:

• Know and implement key components of occupational health management
• Write a health report for an organization
• Know the Swiss insurance system concerning work and health

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• Notion d’identité(s) culturelle(s), de représentations culturelles et de parcours de soins
• Réflexion autour de la culture médicale, professionnelle et institutionnelle
• Communication interculturelle et médiations
• Phénomènes de préjugés, stéréotypes et discrimination en santé
• Stigmatisation liée à la maladie ou à l’appartenance
• Gestion de la diversité des équipes soignantes