Soft-skills for medical research

Recommended Prerequisites

English

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes will mainly use the interrogative and expository methods, seeking the participation of students in discussions on the topics covered.

Laboratory-practical classes will be based on the active model in which students will develop tasks individually and in groups in a guided and autonomous way.

In seminars, students will present and discuss the work developed. Peers are asked to carry out a critical evaluation of the work.

Learning Outcomes

This curricular unit aims to provide students with soft-skills in medical research:

- ethics and scientific integrity. Recognize types of fraud and the importance of proper scientific conduct. Understand and discuss the problem of reproducibility in science.

- scientific research and writing. Perform bibliographic research in databases and repositories. Writing of scientific articles, projects, curriculum vitae, cover letters and motivation.

- communication in science including written, multimedia, verbal and non-verbal communication. Develop and communicate a theme as a poster and orally, using multimedia tools.

- critical thinking and work review. Conduct a peer review of an article.

- work and team management. Establish teams, time management, role assignment, conflict resolution and leadership.

- metrics. Identify traditional metrics and altmetrics.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

The course will address the following contents, applied to medical research:

1. Fraud, ethics and scientific integrity.

2. Reproducibility in science.

3. Scientific writing.

4. Bibliographic search.

5. Presentation and communication: panel and oral.

6. Time management and planning.

7. Teamwork and leadership.

8. Organization of a curriculum vitae. Preparation of cover and motivation letters.

9. Critical thinking and review of scientific papers.

10. Metrics in science (traditional and altmetrics).

Head Lecturer(s)

Mafalda Sofia Laranjo Cândido

Assessment Methods

Continuous assessment
Scientific writing: 20.0%
Scientific analisys: 40.0%
Oral presentation: 40.0%

Bibliography

- Livros e artigos científicos de revistas sobre como escrever projectos de investigação/ Scientific books and papers from journals about how to write research projects

- http://www.meaning.ca/archives/archive/art_how_to_write_P_Wong.htm

- http://www.studygs.net/proposal.htm

- https://www.adelaide.edu.au/graduatecentre/forms/admission/docs/admision-research-proposal-template-guide.pdf

- https://www.ed.ac.uk/files/imports/fileManager/HowToWriteProposal090415.pdf