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COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN HEALTH PHYSICS

Pierpaolo CAVALLO COMPLEX SYSTEMS IN HEALTH PHYSICS

0522600028
DIPARTIMENTO DI FISICA "E.R. CAIANIELLO"
PHYSICS
2015/2016

YEAR OF COURSE 1
YEAR OF DIDACTIC SYSTEM 2014
SECONDO SEMESTRE
CFUHOURSACTIVITY
648LESSONS
PIERPAOLO CAVALLO T Curriculum
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
OVERVIEW OF THE METHODS, SYSTEM DYNAMICS, NETWORK ANALYSIS, AGENT-BASED MODELING, EXPERIENCES OF APPLICATION ON CASE STUDIES IN HEALTH
Teaching Methods
LECTURES
EXERCISES
Verification of learning
ORAL EXAMINATION AFTER PRODUCTION OF A WRITTEN PAPER OR A COMPUTER ACTIVITY ON A TOPIC OF THE COURSE (THESIS).
Texts
SLIDES
CHRISTAKIS AND FOWLER "CONNECTED"
VALENTE "SOCIAL NETWORKS IN HEALTH"
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