2023_24
Educational guide 
Faculty of Chemistry
A A 
english 
Nutrition and Metabolism (2012)
 Subjects
  SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF STUDIES IN HUMAN NUTRITION
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Scientific idea. Contrasting the idea of research by reviewing the scientific literature. Databases of scientific documentation: PUBMED. Practical use. Quality of scientific articles: Web of Knowledge.
2. Types of observational epidemiological studies: transversal, case-control and cohort studies.
3. Parts of a scientific protocol. Features of its sections. Summary. Introduction. Study design. Sample (characteristics and size of simple). Methods (reproducible and validated).
4. Experimental studies of intervention: clinical and community trials. Features, usability, advantages and disadvantages, application.
5. Buenas prácticas clínicas. Comité de Ética. Principios de la Declaración de Helsinki.
6. Criterios de Calidad Científica aplicados a los diferentes tipos de estudios.
7. Statistics as tool of epidemiology.
8. Expression of results in tables and graphs.
Practical activities and seminars - Evaluation and interpretation of results of a real article.
- Presentation of a real intervention study.
- Structuring data collection.
- Construction of a database and carrying out the corresponding statistical analysis to solve the hypothesis and the objectives set.
- Interpretation of the data obtained.
- Have criteria on the selection and interpretation of the important data in order to build the Tables and / or Figures to disclose our results.