Dissertação

Code:

MCP_13

Acronym:

DISS

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Health Sciences

Instance: 2023/2024 - A

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree Course in Palliative Care

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MCP	23	Current Studies Plan	2	-	60	80	1620

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The essential aim of the Curricular Unit of Dissertation is that the student acquires the necessary knowledge to make individual scientific work, specifically in Palliative Care (specially in what concerns the technical and scientific dimensions of this area). In the conceptual plan the aims are the acquisition and knowledge of the core concepts in these areas and in the different types of research in Palliative Care.

Learning outcomes and competences

With this curricular unit the student must gather the necessary skills for understanding the performance of individual research projects. Moreover the student must be adequately prepared to publish the scientific work in relevant scientific papers. And therefore that the student is able to produce is/her own master thesis.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The syllabus is designed in accordance with the conceptual framework of the curricular unit. It is required to emphasise written and published science for different reasons.

First, it is an effective way of getting to know a question or a body of data and the problems of analysis and issues of interpretation that surround it. Organising this information into a clear coherent written paper gives a deeper understanding of the subject.

Also, it is an excellent way of training to communicate effectively a ‘transferable skill’ that will be useful to in almost any setting. 

The Dissertation Curricular Unit intends to test the broad understanding of a subject, the capacity to translate individual science into written material, and the ability to communicate immediately and concisely.

Main areas:

1. Written essay or other material
2. Books and articles
3. Other sources of information (internet)
4. Citation
5. Bibliography
6. Plagiarism
7. Data bases
8. Scientific networks

           

Mandatory literature

Barbosa, A., & Neto, I.G.; Manual de Cuidados Paliativos, Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa, 2006
Twycross, R.; Cuidados Paliativos, Lisboa: Climepsi Editores, 2003
Portenoy, R.K. & Bruera, E.; Topics in Palliative Care (vol. I), New York: Oxford University Press, 1997
Doyle, D.; Oxford Textbook of Palliative Medicine, New York: Oxford University Press, 2004
Addington-Hall, J.M., & Higginson, I.J.; Palliative Care for Non-Cancer Patients, New York: Oxford University Press, 2001
Nunes, R.; Rego, F.; Rego, G.; Enciclopédia Luso-Brasileira de Cuidados Paliativos, Coimbra, Almedina, 2018

Teaching methods and learning activities

The adopted teaching methodologies comply with the required by international guidelines in the field of Palliative Care. Thus, it is demonstrated consistency with the learning aims, as these methodologies have proven to be essential for the student to acquire the skills and the necessary and sufficient capacities for the preparation of a dissertation of excellence in this area.

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

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

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	1620,00
Total:	1620,00

Eligibility for exams

The Assessment is performed by the responsible professor for the tutorial supervision.
An assessment of the whole pedagogical process and of the evolution of each student's capacities is at stake: evolution in the communication skills, evolution of the human relation, of the regular attendance to the tutorial supervision, of the interest and participation in the pedagogic process, and, finally, of the theoretical and practical knowledge.

The Final Evaluation will be a reflection of how the work leading to the thesis was developed and also the result of its public defence.

Calculation formula of final grade

100% public defense of the dissertation