Thesis Project

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

To achieve the obj. of this SC, the 1st-year course units will use expository, demonstrative, and interactive methodologies to enable students’ learning towards high-level R&D practice by developing critical analysis skills on the research object and the suitability of the different methodological alternatives in Nursing research.This knowledge,deepened in the different 1stY cu, will be mobilized during the development of the Thesis and supported by active teaching methodologies,in which students,integrated into a research project and team,will choose to develop their work in a specific RA.

Learning Outcomes

This course unit aims for students to be able to prepare a well-structured and scientifically relevant research project proposal and defend it before a panel of specialists.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. The justification and relevance of the problem being investigated

2. The state of the art

3. The objectives

4. The work plan: The methodology to meet the objectives

5. The ethical issues and procedures being considered

6. The budget and timetable.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria de Lurdes Lopes de Freitas Lomba

Assessment Methods

Assessment
The Thesis project proposal, presented in writing, will be defended before a jury, according to the Regulations of the Cycle of Studies: 100.0%

Bibliography

Cormack, D. (2015). The Research Process in Nursing. 7th ed. New Jersey: Wiley Blackwell.

Peat, J., Elliott, E., Baur, L., & Keena, V. (2013). Scientific writing: easy when you know-how. John Wiley & Sons.

Parahoo, K. (2014). Nursing research: Principles, process and issues. 3rd ed. New York: Palgrave MACMILLAN.

Polit, D. F., & Beck, C. T. (2017). Nursing research: Generating and assessing evidence for nursing practice. 10th ed.

Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.

Escola Superior de Enfermagem de Coimbra. (2020). Rede de Projetos de Investigação. Obtido de https://www.esenfc.pt/pt/page/100004083/343