Research Methodologies II

Code:

D08003

Acronym:

MI II

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Natural Sciences
OFICIAL	Health Sciences
OFICIAL	Physical Sciences

Instance: 2023/2024 - 2S

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DCF	57	Official Curriculum	1	-	6	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

Competences, skills and acquisition of knowledge in key research methodologies directly related to the experimental aspects encompassed in the doctoral thesis plan. Additionally demand that students acquire an integrated view of the major developments of knowledge, innovation and entrepreneurship in the field of pharmaceutical research.

Learning outcomes and competences

iii) comprehensive training in concepts and complex knowledge in the field of health sciences in a general way and in the policy areas of pharmaceutical sciences in particular to contribute to raising the profile of skills andstu dent's qualifications need to meet the requirements of expectable employability.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The program content is established under tutorial guidance of the thesis supervisor, taking into account the above defined competences, and after approval by the Monitoring Committee, which will assess its coherence in providing more global knowledge and scientific skills. Main activities to be developed by the students should include frequency of courses of FFUP study cycles or of other organic units of the UP (with indication to the obtained mark)to attend training courses credited by the UP to attend conferences/congresses and seminars and to participate in laboratorial stages outside UP, totaling216 hours of work of students(with attendance to 78h T,P and lab).

 

Mandatory literature

Janice R. Matthews, Robert W. Matthews; Successful scientific writing : a stepbystep guide for the biological and medical sciences , Cambrigde : Cambridge University Press. 2008, 2008
John Benjamins Publishing Company.; Lexical Bundles in Native and Nonnative Scientific Writing : Applying a Corpusbased Study to Language Teaching, n Studies in Corpus Linguistics. , 2014

Comments from the literature

The consultation bibliography is variable depending on the nature of the laboratory stage or the target of deepening knowledge when participating in scientific event .

Teaching methods and learning activities

The methods of teaching and assessment adopted are defined in each training activity attended by the student and will total 162 hours of contact. In the trial period the student has to prepare a detailed report on the activities in which he participated and quality of participation, as well as a deep report on the skills acquired. The supervisor should also deliver a written opinion on the effectiveness of training obtained here.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	0,00
Realização de Estágio	0,00
Trabalho de investigação	0,00
Total:	0,00

Eligibility for exams

Not applicable.

Calculation formula of final grade

Not applicable.