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Decision analysis and risk management is a university course [1] for Master's Degree Programme in General Toxicology and Environmental Health Risk Assessment ToxEn.
Contents
Scope
What is such a good course content about decision analysis and risk management that
- it gives a good overview of modern assessment methods,
- is not overlapping with other courses in the MSc program,
- utilises modern web workspaces for learning,
Result
- Name
- Decision analysis and risk management
- ECTS-credits
- 6
- Abbreviation
- DARM
Content
Date | Hours | Lecturer | Draft content (subject to change); more detailed info coming soon |
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28.2. AM (10-13) | 3 | Jouni, Mikko | Practical intro of course.
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3.3. AM, PM | 6 | Jouni, Mikko, Marko | Introduction to Risk management (theory). What is managed, who is responsible, what is included? Traditional paradigm.
Swine flu material collection and synthesis: How the swine flu problem emerged (spring 2009) and spread in the world. Groups present summaries. |
4.3. AM, PM | 6 | Jouni, Mikko, Marko | Opasnet training and introduction to project work.
Swine flu story (summer 2009): Preparedness in Finland and internationally. Vaccination campaigns, counter-campaigns.
Group work: make a research plan to find out good policies in this case. Which models to use, what to assess? |
8.3. AM | 3 | Jouni | Decision analysis: introduction
Subjective probabilities
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9.3. AM or PM | 3 | Jouni | 'Decision analysis (cont'd). Case as a decision problem. Group work: identify decisions, questions. |
10.3. AM or PM | 3 | Jouni | Bayesian updating
Swine flu story (autumn - winter 2009): First deaths of swine flu (threat was real). Problems with implementation: long queues in health centers. Clear-cut case falls apart. False alarm? Disease was milder than thought. |
11.3. AM | 3 | Jouni | Calculation exercise of Bayes |
16.3. AM | 3 | Marko | Monte Carlo modeling |
17.3. PM | 3 | Marko | Calculation exercise. Connections to use of knowledge. |
18.3. PM | 3 | Jouni | Overall view of different models: Producing result from rationale. Group work: return first draft of research plan. |
21.3. AM | 3 | Jouni | Decision making under uncertainty. Assessment performance. Acceptability
Decision-making under uncertainty
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22.3. AM or PM | 3 | Jouni, Marko | Decision-making under uncertainty (cont'd). Value of information. |
25.3. AM or PM | 3 | Marko | VOI calculation exercise.
Swine flu story: Secret connections to drug industry? Narcolepsy. |
29.3. AM or PM | 3 | Mikko? | Trialogue, collective learning
Practical work |
30.3. AM or PM | 3 | Mikko? | Inference rules. Scientific method as open discussion. Falsification.
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31.3. AM or PM | 3 | Jouni, Mikko? | Discussion about the current research plans.
Opasnet and other web tools for risk assessment.
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1.4. AM or PM | 3 | Jouni, Mikko? | Swine flu story (autumn 2010): Vaccination campaign halted. THL remains silent about possible risks. Narcolepsy analysis.
How methods learned should be applied now? Why openness is needed? Return second draft of research plan. Impacts of openness on topics discussed. |
7.4. PM | 3 | Jouni, Mikko? | Swine flu story (January 2011): Publishing of narcolepsy results and apologies. Searching for the guilty.
Discussion: Lectures of concepts
Structuring of discussions in practice and theory
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8.4. AM or PM | 3 | Jouni, Mikko | Apply the model to assess the case based on your own research plan. Defend your plan in plenary. |
11.4. AM | 3 | Jouni, Mikko | What should the model do? How should the results be used? The core of a model can go through technical check: does it work? The assessment should link to the outside world: does it produce useful info, is it convincing to users? |
12.4. AM | 3 | Jouni, Mikko | Presentations, summary and feedback. |
Teaching | 69 | Includes lectures, discussions, and calculation exercises. | |
Group work, individual work | 100 | ||
Total hours | 169 |
For slightly more detailed descriptions, see D↷
- Learning outcomes
- The student will learn about the fundaments of decision analysis; and the connections between societal decision-making and risk assessment. He is able to apply the scientific method and falsification in the context of risk assessment. He also knows how to build an assessment based on the requirements of risk management.
- Learning material
- Online course readings in Opasnet: http://en.opasnet.org
- Degree Programme(s)
- ToxEn, Environment health risk assessment
Implementation
- Time
- Spring 2011
Teaching / Learning Methods
- Lectures 36 h
- Tutorial 0 h
- One-to-One Teaching 0 h
- Group Work 30 h
- Independent Study 96 h
- Web-Based Learning 30 %
- Additional Information on Teaching / Learning Methods
- Group work is in computer class.
- Teaching Languages
- English
- Additional Information on Languages
- Offered for Students in Other Universities (JOO-opintoja)
- YES
ASSESSMENT
- Assessment is Based on
- Written Examination
- Project
- Additional Information
- The project will be a practical participation in a risk assessment in Opasnet.
- Assessment
- 0 (Fail) – 5 (Excellent)
- Additional Information
- Prerequisites
Contacts
- Organising Departments
- Department of environmental science (in collaboration with the National Institute for Health and Welfare)
- Course Director
- Jukka Juutilainen
- Teachers
- Jouni Tuomisto, Mikko Pohjola, Marko Tainio
- Contact Persons
- mikko.pohjola(at)thl.fi
- Registration for the Course
- Wossikka
Further information
- Keywords
- Risk assessment, decision analysis, Bayesian theory, open assessment, risk management, societal decision making.
- Further Information
Rationale
Background information from other available Risk assessment study programs are provided here: Decision analysis and risk management - background information
Other relevant courses than may have supporting, similar, or overlapping content.
- Environmental Health for International Students, 5 op
- Toxicological and Environmental Risk Assessment and Risk Communication, 3 op
- Advanced Toxicological Risk Assessment, 9 op Note! Group meetings 24.02.11 to 10.00-12.00, 17.03.11 to 13.00-15.00
- Decision analysis and risk management, 6 op This course!
- Ecotoxicology and Risk Assessment, 4 op
- Environmental health risk assessment, 4 op
- The course Ympäristöterveys is openly available under Aducate.
See also discussions about the course content. D↷
See also
- Course contents in UEF website
- Ympäristöterveys-kurssi Avoimessa yliopistossa (Environmental health course in the Open University; in Finnish)
- Course material (in Finnish)
- Monimediainen oppimisympäristö ympäristöterveydestä
- Keeney (2006): Decision Science programs in the USA
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