Scientific Research and Science Communication

Recommended Prerequisites

None.

Teaching Methods

- Exhibition classes

- Inverted learning

- Questionnaires with immediate feedback

- Pratical activities

- Elaboration of conceptual maps

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims to give students the information about: the ecosystem of scientific research, in order to understand how and where scientific research develops at national and international level; how the knowledge generated is communicated to several interlocutors (communication between peers, non-specialized public, funding agencies); the norms of ethical conduct in scientific research.

Specific skills: Upon completing the curricular unit, the student should be able to know and distinguish the different steps, methodologies, interlocutors of scientific research, and also the methodologies of communication of the generated knowledge.

Students should also acquire the following General Competences: Ability to read, write and oral expression of scientific content. Ability to interpret scientific literature; Ability to solve practical problems; Ability to participate effectively in group work; Autonomous learning ability; Ability to investigate; Critical thinking.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

National and international scientific and technological research and development. Scientific Methodologies.

Presentation and dissemination of scientific and technological results.

Publication of Scientific Articles: writing, submission, answers to reviewers, revision; bibliometry;

Bibliography and organization of bibliographic bases;

Financing scientific research activities, technological production, and professional activities: funding agencies, types of projects.

Elaboration and submission of scientific, technological and business projects: types, components, formats; Project management;

Ethical Conduct in Scientific Research; plagiarism, fraud and fabrication of results; Conflict of interests; 

Publication Process Biases.

Forms and contents of communication of scientific and technological content for non-specialized publics.

Communication of content in traditional media and social networks

Head Lecturer(s)

Cláudia Margarida Gonçalves Cavadas

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 25.0%
Mini Tests: 25.0%
Project: 50.0%

Bibliography

Berg J, Hicks R. Successful design and delivery of a professional poster. J Am Assoc Nurse Pract. 2017 Aug;29(8):461-469.

DeTora L, Foster C, Skobe C, Yarker YE, Crawley FP. Publication planning: promoting an ethics of transparency and integrity in biomedical research. Int J Clin Pract. 2015;69(9):915-21.

“Ethics for Graduate Researchers, A Cross-disciplinary Approach“, 1st Edition, Editors: Cathriona Russell, Linda Hogan, Maureen Junker-Kenny, 1^st Edition, Elsevier, 2012.

Laura Bowate & Kay Yeoman, “Science Communication: A Practical Guide for Scientists 1st Edition, Wiley-Blackwell, 2012.

Sandra Oster & Paul Cordo, “Successful Grant Proposals in Science, Technology, and Medicine: A Guide to Writing the Narrative”, 1^st Edition,  Cambridge University Press, 2015.

Wood GJ, Morrison RS. Writing Abstracts and Developing Posters for National Meetings. Journal of Palliative Medicine. 2011;14(3):353-359.