Clinical or Laboratorial Investigation III

Code:

1035

Acronym:

ICLIII

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Research Methodologies

Instance: 2015/2016 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	3.º Ciclo Doutoramentos
Course/CS Responsible:	Dental Medicine

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
DMDB	0	Dental Medicine PhD - Study Plan 2009/2010	2	-	12	108	324

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The curricular unit Clinical or Laboratorial Investigation III, annual curricular unit from 2nd year of the PhD program in dentistry, would establish a bridge between research and clinical and laboratory practice, key components in this scientific area.

So are goals of this course produce scientific work in clinical and / or laboratory environment, on issues that can integrate or not the thesis, as well as developing skills in monitoring and control of clinical or laboratory activity in the Master in Dental Medicine or the other Master's degree or specialization courses of the Faculty of Dental Medicine, University of Porto

Learning outcomes and competences

As a result of learning students must be competent in production of scientific work in a clinical setting and / or laboratory and in monitoring and control of clinical or laboratory activity in the Master in Dental Medicine or in other Master's degree or courses of specialization of the Faculty of Dental Medicine of University of Porto.

Working method

Presencial

Program

During the 2nd year of PhD in dentistry is assigned the proposed thesis topic to the student, so the syllabus of this course will be more targeted to the chosen sub-area (prosthodontics, occlusion, oral implantology, oral surgery, oral medicine, periodontology, dentistry, endodontic, etc.).

However, the syllabus will have in common:

 - Observation, diagnosis, treatment plan, conduct of clinical steps, critical query and analysis laboratory support when needed.

 - Development of scientific work

 - Discussion and follow all procedures by teaching staff attached to the curricular unit.

Mandatory literature

Serrano, P; Redacção e Apresentação de Trabalhos Científicos, Ed. Relógio D’Água, 2010
Eco, U; How to Write a Thesis, 2015
D. Sternberg; How to Complete and Survive a Doctoral Thesis, St. Martin’s Press, 1981

Complementary Bibliography

Variados; Outra bibliografia adequada ao tema de tese de cada estudante

Teaching methods and learning activities

In this curricular unit students follow the practical sessions and control the clinical and / or laboratory activity in a tutored work directly by the teaching staff of the curricular unit. At the same time develop research papers to be presented at the end of the year, and that, together with the continuous assessment made during the school year are part of the assessment of the curricular unit.

So the teaching method used in the context of this curricular unit is the type tutorial and the evaluation is distributed evaluation without final exam.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Description	Type	Time (hours)	Weight (%)	End date
	Participação presencial		20,00
	Trabalho de campo		50,00
	Trabalho escrito		30,00
	Total:	-	100,00

Eligibility for exams

Presence at least 75% of lessons

Calculation formula of final grade

Attendance - 20%
Clinical work - 50%
Written work - 30%

Classification improvement

Work or research report defended in oral test.