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13430
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| Year |
3
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| Semester |
S2
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| ECTS Credits |
6
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| Workload |
PL(50H)/S(10H)
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| Scientific area |
Biomedical Sciences
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Entry requirements |
NA
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Mode of delivery |
Face-to-face.
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Work placements |
Not applicable.
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Learning outcomes |
The main goals of this Course Unit are:
- to interconnect the knowledge acquired during the 1st cycle degree in Biomedical Sciences e to promote its application in problem solving.
- to perform multidisciplinary laboratory rotations.
- to write scientific reports
- to adquire basic practical skills in the context of Biomedical Sciences.
At the end of the course unit, the student should be able to:
- Make a bibliographic search using the most relevant databases in Biomedical Sciences.
- Execute and develop laboratory protocols and experimental procedures
- Read and interpret scientific articles written in the English language.
- Summarize the information contained in original scientific papers and use it to write scientific reports.
- Interconnect and apply the knowledge acquired in the Biology, Chemistry, Physics, and Engineering fields for problem-solving.
- Orally communicate, in the Portuguese language, the outcome of the bibliographic search.
- Work with a high level of autonomy.
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Syllabus |
1. Types of scientific articles. Definition, purpose and how should be written.
2. Revision about databases of scientific articles: PubMed, Web of Science and IEEE. Introduction to the database Scopus, and the use of AI.
3. Search and selection, by the students, of multidisciplinary scientific articles.
4. Introduction to reference manager software: Mendeley.
5. Multidisciplinary laboratory rotations.
6. Skills: Calibration / pH calibration; Centrifugation; Use of voltage sources, a multimeter, and a breadboard; Identification of electronic components; Utilization of signal sources and an oscilloscope
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Main Bibliography |
- Databases of scientific articles: PubMed (www.pubmed.com), Web of Science (www.webofknowledge.com), Scopus (www.scopus.com) and IEEE (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/).
- Original and review articles of the specialty, in the scientific areas of laboratory rotations.
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
Multidisciplinary laboratory rotations. Students have 2 options:
a) 2 6-week laboratory rotations - Practical work in the scientific area of the tutor (1 tutor)
b) 1 12-week rotation - Practical multidisciplinary work involving 2 tutors with expertise in different scientific areas (Biomedicine, Physics, Chemistry, Informatics, Engineering, Mathematics, etc).
Students must write scientific reports: 2 reports in the case of 6-week rotations, 1 report in the case of 12-week rotations.
In the case of students who only carry out 1 laboratory rotation of 6 weeks, in the remaining 6 weeks they must write a mini-review theoretical work.
Compulsory approval of practical skills and final approval rating of 10 out of 10.
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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