Faculty of Medicine

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Research group

Spanish

Clinical Epidemiology Academic Group GRAEPIC

Academic Unit: Faculty of Medicine

Colombian Ministry of Science

A1

Call

894 GrupLAC

OECD

Area

Medical and health sciences

Subarea

Clinical medicine

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Strategic Focus

To strengthen the academic training of the Clinical Epidemiology Academic Group through advanced training of the group’s members, journal clubs, reviews on clinical epidemiology and research protocols, participation in national and international clinical epidemiology seminars and conferences.

To promote critical and creative thinking and encourage clinical research among undergraduate and postgraduate students.

To promote clinical epidemiology continuing education programs for health professionals.

To produce knowledge on clinical epidemiology by carrying out research and publishing articles derived from such research.

Research Lines and/or Areas

Health-related quality of life.
Epidemiology.
Health technology assessment.
Factors associated with health and disease.
Political factors that influence decision-making in health systems.
Sexual and reproductive health.
Scale validation.

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

Group Coordinator

Héctor Iván García García, M.Sc.

Master's in Epidemiology and Public Health.

Professor at the Faculty of Medicine.

Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia.

Coordinator's Email

ivan.garcia@udea.edu.co

Research Group Email

grupoepidemiologiaclinica@udea.edu.co

Scientific Cooperation

Collaborative Relationships

Iberoamerican Cochrane Network.
GESI Network.
CINETS.
Institute of Health Technology Assessment (Instituto de Evaluación Tecnológica en Salud—IETS).
Rehabilitation in Health Group (Grupo Rehabilitación en Salud).

Cancer Research Group (Grupo de Investigación en Cancer—IDC).
Pablo Tobón Uribe Hospital Clinical Research.
University Hospital San Vicente Foundation.
IPS Universitaria.

Highlighted Projects

Factors associated with work reintegration after one year in patients with moderate or severe head trauma in Medellín and its metropolitan area between 2018 and 2019. Cohort study.
Validation of the sixth edition of the Addiction Severity Index (ASI-6) in Antioquia.
Radiological findings in patients with COPD exacerbation as morbimortality-determining factors. A cohort study.
Citizen perceptions on the technologies and services to be funded through the health system’s public funds, and the role of evidence in their modification.

Key Research Findings

Validation of the sixth edition of the Addiction Severity Index (ISA-6) on the Colombian clinical population (Validación de la sexta edición del Índice de Gravedad de la Adicción (ISA-6) en población clínica de Colombia). DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v39i3.4536
Association between infection site and hospital mortality in patients with sepsis attended at the emergency department of third level hospitals in Medellín, Colombia (Asociación entre el sitio de infección y la mortalidad hospitalaria en pacientes con sepsis atendidos en urgencias de hospitales de tercer nivel en Medellín, Colombia). DOI: 10.5935/0103-507x.20190011
Severe and moderate lesions caused by traffic accidents in persons over the age of 60. Medellín, Colombia (Lesiones graves y moderadas por accidentes de tránsito en mayores de 60 años. Medellín, Colombia). DOI:10.15446/revfacmed.v67n2.695499.
Health in Colombia. Past, present, and future of a system in crisis (La Salud en Colombia. Pasado, presente y futuro de un sistema en crisis). ISBN: 978-958-8931-16-6

Services and/or Products Portfolio

Advice and mentoring in matters associated with health-related quality of life, epidemiology and clinical epidemiology, health technology assessment, factors associated with health and disease, political factors that influence decision-making in health systems, sexual and reproductive health, scale validation, and public policies in health.
Training courses on evidence-based medicine (EBM) and knowledge transfer.