Module PY2901-KP04, PY2901

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Psychology 2027, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2013, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2016, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2020, optional subject, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• PY2901-S: On finding, recognizing and applying an appropriate study: Epidemiological tools for evidence-based psychology (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 30 hours in-classroom work
• 90 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Concept of evidence-based practice in health care and normative framework
• Systematic literature search, bibliographic databases
• Critical appraisal of studies in theory and practice
• Levels of evidence and study designs in (quantitative) clinical research, health services research, and public health research
• Guidelines, Nationale Versorgungsleitlinien, AWMF
• Systematic reviews and meta-analyses

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Being able to conduct a systematic literature search in MEDLINE
• Being skilled in reading and critically appraising original articles
• Being able to explain the development of clinical guidelines

Grading through:

• certificates

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. med. Alexander Katalinic

Teacher:

• Institute for Social Medicine and Epidemiology
• MitarbeiterInnen des Instituts
• Prof. Dr. med. Thomas Kötter, MPH
• Dr. Nina Hartmann
• Dr. Susanne Elsner

Literature:

• Fletcher RH, Fletcher SW : Klinische Epidemiologie - Grundlagen und Anwendung. Verlag Hogrefe, 3. Auflage, 2019
• Greenhalgh T. : Einführung in dieEvidence-based Medicine: klinische Studien als Basis einer rationalen Medizin. Verlag Hans Huber, 2. Auflage, 2003
• Greenhalgh T. : How to read a paper. The basics of evidence-based medicine. Wiley-Blackwell, 6th ed., 2019
• Higgins JPT, Thomas J, Chnadler J, Cumpston M, Li T, Page MJ, Welch VA (editors) : Cochrane Handbook for Systematic Reviews of interventions version 6.2 Cochrane, 2021

Language:

• German and English skills required

Notes:

Last Updated:

07.11.2025