Thesis Project in Biomedical Sciences

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

With the aid of a Thesis Committe, the student will have to elaborate a scientific research project proposal that will be presented in written and oral forms. Therefore, the student should consult and critically evaluate the current literature of the field in which the project is inserted, as well as the more recent techniques appropriate for the analysis of the proposed hypotheses, using scientific articles published in the field. Evaluation shall be based on the written and oral presentations of the project.

Learning Outcomes

At the end of the first school year, together with their supervisor, the student should be capable of writing a structured and scientifically relevant research project proposal. The research proposal will be presented, in written form using a specific form, and orally before a jury that includes, besides researchers/teachers of the Programme, a specialist in the field where the proposal is inserted that is external to the programme. Thus, within the scope of this curricular unit it is intended for the student to acquire the skills necessary to design a research project proposal that will constitute their doctoral theses proposal, which is scientifically relevant and respects the formal aspects of a research project. To foster interdiscplinary projects, the students are strongly encouraged to have a joint supervision, that includes a basic scientist and a clinician.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

At the end of the first school year, the students should already have identified a theme for their doctoral theses project, as well as the supervisors and laboratories, with whom they shall carry out the research work. At this point of the program, the student should be capable of elaborating a scientific research proposal, centered on a new and pertinent question, practicable with the available human and technical resources, and with the time frame predicted for a doctoral work. Besides the scientific and technical aspects, it is intended for the student to master more formal aspects of the proposal, respecting and “answering” in an adequate form, each of the sections that compose the proposal. Besides a written answer, the student will also have to orally present a “defense” of the project, before a jury made for this purpose, that will include teachers of the curricular unit and at least one specialist external to the program.

Head Lecturer(s)

Joaquim Carlos Neto Murta

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Project: 100.0%

Bibliography

Artigos científicos/ Scientifc papers