Multidisciplinary Seminars

Code:

DEMSSO001

Acronym:

SM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Safety and Hygiene Engineering

Instance: 2025/2026 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering
Course/CS Responsible:	Doctoral Program in Occupational Safety and Health

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DEMSSO	22	Syllabus since 2009/10	1	-	12	84	324

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The overall goal is to:
Develop a set of methodological skills that enable each student to circumscribe a topic, identify a problem and define research goals.

The specific objectives include:
• To acquire advanced knowledge on operationalization of the different research paradigms;
• To interiorise a critical and reflective attitude about the information available;
• To develop the ability to identify, assess and formulate problems of occupational safety and health;
• To develope the ability to work in a multidisciplinar and multicultural team.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should be able to:
• Understand the multidisciplinary nature of occupational safety and health problems and the need for cooperative approaches to solve them.
• To know different perspectives and approaches to the Occupational Safety and Health topics;
• To establish the boundaries of the topic, to identify a problem and define research goals;
• To know the basic criteria for analyzing scientific literature;
• To know how to do a systematic review on a subject.

Working method

Presencial

Program

Brief presentation of the themes of interest of the DemSSO Professors and researchers;
Presentation of the experience and research results of the students of previous editions of DemSSO;
Methodologies to do research in typical data bases and also in other sources out of the ‘mainstream’;
Seminars, round tables and debates with specialized people from different scientific areas;
Students’ visits, interviews and other activities;
Multi and interdisciplinary analyses on Occupational Safety and Health;
Any scale problems identification;
Presentation of research results in conferences, round tables or debates.

Mandatory literature

Alessandro Liberati; Douglas G. Altman; Jennifer Tetzlaff; Cynthia Mulrow; Peter C. Gøtzsche; John P.A. Ioannidis; Mike Clarke; P.J. Devereaux; Jos Kleijnen; and David Moher; The PRISMA Statement for Reporting Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses of Studies That Evaluate Health Care Interventions: Explanation and Elaboration, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Presentation, discussion and debate of several themes in a holistic perspective in the field of safety, hygiene and health;
Network exchange of knowledge and experiences, conjugating different approaches and attitudes in systemic way;
Peer review of each student’s work by two of his colleagues.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	80,00
Participação presencial	20,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	116,00
Estudo autónomo	50,00
Frequência das aulas	108,00
Trabalho de investigação	50,00
Total:	324,00

Eligibility for exams

According to FEUP rules.

Calculation formula of final grade

Final report of each student (50%),
Students’ presentations during the semester (20%),
Written and oral reviewing done along and at the end of the semester (20%),
Students’ participation in the debates and cooperation of each student with their colleagues (10%).

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applied

Classification improvement

Not applied