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16855
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| Year |
1
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| Semester |
A1
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| ECTS Credits |
25
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| Workload |
OT(40H)
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| Scientific area |
Biomedicina
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Entry requirements |
N/A
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Learning outcomes |
The aim of this curricular unit is for students to apply the scientific method in the context of preparing a research project with a view to obtaining a doctoral degree.
At the end of the course, students should:
1- Know how to frame the proposed research topic and justify its relevance to current knowledge.
2 - Establish the objectives of the proposed research.
3 - Define laboratory methodologies appropriate to the objectives outlined.
3 - Outline the work plan, identifying the tasks to be carried out and the respective timetable.
4 - Write the research project proposal to obtain the doctoral degree.
5 - Present the research project orally, discuss it and defend it before a group of researchers.
6 - Be familiar with the criteria used by the scientific community to evaluate scientific production in the field of research.
7- Be aware of the ethical issues of developing research work and its publication.
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Syllabus |
1. Outlining the Individual Development Plan (IDP)
2. Planning the research project
2.1 Framing and justifying the relevance of the research topic.
2.2 Definition of Objectives
2.3 Identifying the methodologies to be applied according to the objectives set.
2.4 Programming the tasks to be carried out - timetable
2.5 Writing up the research project.
3. Identifying the skills to be acquired according to the IDP and the project outlined.
4. Managing research data.
5. Ethics in the development of research work and its publication.
6. Open science/transparency in the dissemination of science
7. Publishing research work
7.1 Selection of Journals
7.2 Originality and the concept of authorship
7.3 Metrics of scientific production in Biomedicine
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Main Bibliography |
The Craft of Research (4th edition) Wayne C. Booth and others The University of Chicago Press Chicago (2016)
How to Research 4th Edition, Loraine Blaxter; Christina Hughes; Malcolm Tight. Open University Press (2010)
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Teaching Methodologies and Assessment Criteria |
The Biomedicine thesis project course comprises tutorial sessions that include guidance on identifying and organizing the work plan to be developed, as well as sessions with presentation and discussion of topics related to the development of a doctorate in Biomedicine (importance of identifying an individual development plan, identification of skills to be acquired according to the individual plan, Data Management in Research according to the FAIR principles, Open Science/Transparency in the dissemination of Science, Metrics in Science and Criteria for co-authorship).
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Language |
Portuguese. Tutorial support is available in English.
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