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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

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.
Regardless of the thesis of each student theme, the syllabus of this curricular unit aimed at scientific production work in close association with clinical or laboratory activity. So it stated in the evaluation of this curricular unit the presentation of a research project to be developed with the support of the teaching staff, during the school year.
With the presence and intervention of students in the clinical or laboratory classes it can overtake the lack of doctoral program student relationship to clinical and laboratory practice. On the other hand, the necessary tools are provided for the student to develop scientific research in this environment, always with the close monitoring of the teaching staff of the curricular unit.

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.

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.

Attendance - 20%

Clinical work - 50%

Written work - 30%