Multidisciplinary Seminars

Code:

DEMSSO001

Acronym:

SM

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Multidisciplinary Themes

Instance: 2014/2015 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Mining Engineering Department
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	13	Syllabus since 2009/10	1	-	12	108	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 available information ;
• 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
Joshua Schimel; Writing Science: How to Write Papers That Get Cited and Prop, Oxford University Press, 2012. ISBN: 978-0199760237

Teaching methods and learning activities

Lecture, discussion and debate of different issues in a holistic perspective, under the Safety and Occupational Health.
Exchange of knowledge and experiences in network within and outside the group of students and teachers of the Doctoral Program, combining different approaches and attitudes, within a systemic way.
Review of the work of each student by two 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

Not applicable

Calculation formula of final grade

Final report as article, his defense and public discussion before a jury.

Examinations or Special Assignments

Not applicable

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

Not applied

Classification improvement

Not applied