Fisica | COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN PHYSICS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

cod. 0522600053

COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN PHYSICS FOR PUBLIC HEALTH

	0522600053
	DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"
	EQF7
	PHYSICS
	2017/2018

PERCORSO COMUNE

	YEAR OF COURSE 1
	YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2017
	SECONDO SEMESTRE

TEACHING UNITS

	SSD	CFU	HOURS	ACTIVITY	TYPE OF ACTIVITY
	FIS/07	6	48	LESSONS	SUPPLEMENTARY COMPULSORY SUBJECTS

	Objectives
	THE COURSE AIMS TO INTRODUCE METHODS AND TOOLS USED BY PHYSICS TO STUDY COMPLEX SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS, HIGHLIGHTING THE KEY ASPECTS OF COMPLEXITY AND NETWORKS OF NATURAL (E.G., FOOD NETWORKS) AND HUMAN ORIGIN (SOCIAL NETWORKS, WORLD WIDE WEB ETC.), AND THEN TO INTRODUCE THE STUDY OF PUBLIC HEALTH AND HEALTH SYSTEMS AS NETWORK BASED COMPLEX SYSTEMS.

	Prerequisites
	ABILITY TO READ AND STUDY ENGLISH TEXTS. KNOWLEDGE OF METHODS OF NUMERICAL ANALYSIS. BASIC KNOWLEDGE OF MATHEMATICS, CHEMISTRY AND BIOLOGY.

	Contents
	PART 1: HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE CONCEPT OF HEALTH, HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION, HEALTH PLANNING, PRODUCTION PROCESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH SYSTEM, ELEMENTS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY PART 2: COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE DEFINITION AND EVOLUTION OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE, CHARACTERISTICS OF SYSTEMS, TRANSDISCIPLINARITY, COMPLEX NATURAL SYSTEMS (ECOSYSTEMS, FOOD WEBS, ETC.), COMPLEX SYSTEMS ANTHROPOGENIC (SOCIAL NETWORKS, ECONOMIC, INFORMATIONAL ETC.), APPLICATIONS IN THE MAIN SCIENTIFIC FIELDS (MANAGEMENT, TRAINING ETC .), SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HEALTH, NETWORK MEDICINE PART 3: METHODS FOR STUDYING COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE. SYSTEM DYNAMICS, NETWORK ANALYSIS, AGENT-BASED MODELING, EXPERIENCES OF APPLICATION ON CASE STUDIES IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS.

PART 1: HEALTH AND HEALTHCARE
CONCEPT OF HEALTH, HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION, HEALTH PLANNING, PRODUCTION PROCESS, PUBLIC HEALTH, HEALTH SYSTEM, ELEMENTS OF EPIDEMIOLOGY
PART 2: COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE
DEFINITION AND EVOLUTION OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE, CHARACTERISTICS OF SYSTEMS, TRANSDISCIPLINARITY, COMPLEX NATURAL SYSTEMS (ECOSYSTEMS, FOOD WEBS, ETC.), COMPLEX SYSTEMS ANTHROPOGENIC (SOCIAL NETWORKS, ECONOMIC, INFORMATIONAL ETC.), APPLICATIONS IN THE MAIN SCIENTIFIC FIELDS (MANAGEMENT, TRAINING ETC .), SOCIAL NETWORKS AND HEALTH, NETWORK MEDICINE
PART 3: METHODS FOR STUDYING COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN HEALTHCARE. SYSTEM DYNAMICS, NETWORK ANALYSIS, AGENT-BASED MODELING, EXPERIENCES OF APPLICATION ON CASE STUDIES IN HEALTH CARE SYSTEMS.

	Teaching Methods
	LECTURES EXERCISES

	Verification of learning
	ORAL EXAMINATION WITH PRESENTATION OF AN EXAMOINATION SCRIPT ON A TOPIC OF THE COURSE. THE PRESENTATION WILL ALLOW TO EVIDENCE EITHER THE KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF THE CONCEPTS, METHODS AND INSTRUMENTS OF NETWORK ANALYSIS AND COMPLEX SYSTEMS STUDY APPLIED BY THE STUDENT AND THE KNOWLEDGE LEVEL OF THE ACTUAL CASE STUDIED.