General epidemiology with the basics of evidence -based medicine

The leadership sets out the essence and main directions of the epidemiological approach to the study of human diseases. Particular attention is paid to the specifics of epidemiological studies of infectious and non -infectious pathology, as well as assessing the effectiveness and safety of medical, preventive and measures, diagnostic and screening studies. The methodology for working with evidence -based information, databases, information systems is reflected, the principles of compiling systematic reviews and meta -analysis are presented. Each of the thematic sections contains modern information sources, existing regulatory and instructive materials. Educational issues are worked out when solving situational tasks. Applications contain extracts from the national standard of the Russian Federation for clinical research, the Helsinki declaration of the World Medical Association, from the informed consent of patients in clinical trials and medical practice, and the topics of abstract and scientific and practical work