Competencies and objectives

Provisional information. Pending approval by the Department Council.

 

Course context for academic year 2025-26

The Applied Statistics in Health Sciences course is essential for professionals in this field, as it provides the necessary tools to analyze data and make informed decisions based on evidence. This subject includes statistical and demographic concepts and techniques that allow evaluating the effectiveness of treatments, interpreting clinical studies and conducting epidemiological research. Understanding and applying statistics is crucial to improve the quality of patient care, optimize resources and contribute to the advancement of scientific knowledge in the field of health.

 

 

Course competencies (verified by ANECA in official undergraduate and Master’s degrees) for academic year 2025-26

General Competences (CG)

  • CG1 : Que los estudiantes adquieran la capacidad para aplicar los conocimientos adquiridos a la resolución de los problemas y necesidades de salud de la población.
  • CG2 : Que los estudiante adquieran la capacidad de búsqueda documental, análisis y síntesis de la información, y redacción de los informes necesarios para el ejercicio de las funciones de Salud Pública.
  • CG3 : Que los estudiantes adquieran la habilidad para el desarrollo y mantenimiento de aprendizaje autónomo y formación continua.
  • CG4 : Que los estudiantes posean la capacidad para trabajar en equipo y con la población en la resolución de problemas de salud de la comunidad.
  • CG5 : Que los estudiantes sepan para formular una hipótesis, diseñar y desarrollar un proyecto de investigación en Salud Pública.
  • CG6 : Que los estudiantes posean la habilidad comunicar de forma oral como escrita las conclusiones a públicos especializados y no especializados.

 

Specific Competences (CE)

  • CE14 : Analizar los datos de estudios poblacionales en salud pública.
  • CE16 : Construir e interpretar los diferentes indicadores demográficos a partir de las fuentes de datos disponibles y el papel de los factores demográficos en las dinámicas de salud.
  • CE3 : Aplicar los fundamentos de los métodos estadísticos, epidemiológicos y cualitativos aplicados a problemas y necesidades de salud.
  • CE7 : Planificar un estudio aplicando los fundamentos y métodos de la investigación en Salud Pública.

 

 

 

Learning outcomes (Training objectives)

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Specific objectives stated by the academic staff for academic year 2025-26

• Contextualize and define statistics in the field of public health.
• Recognize the importance of statistics and demography in the field of public health.
• Develop communication skills.
• Learn to work in multidisciplinary teams.
• Identify the type of variables and the type of concrete analysis to reach the objectives of a research project in the field of public health.
• Provide skills and capacities for the creation of databases and management of information collected in research projects in the field of public health.
• Develop skills to use scientific methods and apply statistical and demographic analysis techniques, in order to draw conclusions that facilitate decision-making.
• Ability to analyze and synthesize the information resulting from statistical and demographic analyses, extracting the most relevant and pertinent conclusions.
• Awaken critical reasoning to assess the most appropriate analysis for each situation and correctly interpret the results of statistical and demographic analyses, and present them in a clear, concise and logical manner.
• Learn to work autonomously and with responsibility to be able to respond satisfactorily to the exercises set out.
• Learn how to manage time to deliver exercises on time.
• Acquire skills in handling statistical packages.
• Develop knowledge and skills for demographic analysis in health.
• Develop knowledge and skills to construct, interpret and communicate different demographic indicators based on data from various sources of information.
• Develop knowledge and skills to identify demographic factors that influence health dynamics.
• Develop knowledge and skills to understand the relationship between demographics and health for public health policy planning, monitoring, resource allocation and the development of prevention and health promotion strategies.

 

 

General

Code: 12352
Lecturer responsible:
Pereyra Zamora, Pamela Eliana
Credits ECTS: 6,00
Theoretical credits: 1,20
Practical credits: 1,20
Distance-base hours: 3,60

Departments involved

  • Dept: COMMUNITY NURSING, PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH
    Area: NURSING
    Theoretical credits: 0
    Practical credits: 0,8
  • Dept: UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNANDEZ DE ELCHE
    Area: UNIVERSIDAD MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ DE ELCHE
    Theoretical credits: 1,2
    Practical credits: 0,4
    This Dept. is responsible for the course.
    This Dept. is responsible for the final mark record.

Study programmes where this course is taught