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Health and SocietyNo ratings for this module yet.You engage with sociological perspectives on health and illness: historical development, social construction of illness, Medicalization, professionalization, diversity, disability, health promotion and global health issues. In the end you will be able to explain the social determinants of health, critically assess health policy discourses, and consider gender- and diversity-sensitive aspects in prevention and health promotion.5 ECTSruns this semesterMH160004Scientific Data ProcessingNo ratings for this module yet.You will learn basic programming with R and its application to data-based questions in the health sector. In the end you can read in, clean, analyze, visualize data sets in R and estimate simple regression models, as well as document results in R Markdown and independently carry out a small data analysis project.5 ECTSruns this semesterMH160006Study Design, EthicsNo ratings for this module yet.You will learn to plan, conduct and critically evaluate epidemiological studies. By the end you will know the most important study designs, methods to avoid bias and control for confounding, understand ethical and quality-related standards and be able to develop your own study protocol including literature search and cost/time estimation.5 ECTSruns this semesterMH160005Advanced StatisticsNo ratings for this module yet.You will learn to discover and apply advanced statistical methods. In the end you will be able to select appropriate statistical procedures for given questions, conduct hypothesis tests and regression models, as well as interpret survival analyses and meta-analyses. You will also know how to handle missing values.5 ECTSno date this semesterMH160011Qualitative Research MethodsNo ratings for this module yet.You will receive an introduction to theory, methodology and design of qualitative research in the health sector. You will learn about various data collection (e.g., interviews, focus groups, qualitative questionnaires, text data) and analysis methods (e.g., Thematic Analysis, Grounded Theory, IPA) and will be able to plan, conduct and evaluate qualitative research projects afterward.5 ECTSno date this semesterMH160012