Individual Project

Code:

MSP17_2

Acronym:

MSP17_2

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Public Health

Instance: 2023/2024 - 1S

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Public Health and Forensic Sciences, and Medical Education
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree Course in Public Health

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MSP	23	Current Studies Plan	1	-	8	72	216

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

This curricular unit should contribute to develop the sudents' ability to plan original research through the acquisition of skills in the different components of planning (literature review, selection and discussion of methods, strategies of data analysis, ethics).

Learning outcomes and competences

Students should acquire knowledge and skills to design a research project suitable to be the basis of a master dissertation. They should be able to discuss methodologial aspects and feasibility of the proposal in this context, as well as its potential contribution to the resolution of problems relevant in Health Education. The students should be able to prepare the submission of the project to an ethics committee.

Working method

Presencial

Program

The preparation of the project should include the following phases: Clear identification of one problem in health education and the formulation of questions and/or hypotheses or intervention objectives related to its resolution; In-depth literature review; Justification of the research methods that address the formulated hypotheses or questions; Discussion of the adequacy of the methods and feasibility of the project; Discussion of ethical implications.

Mandatory literature

Bibliografia a definir de acordo com as especificidades de cada projeto; To be defined according to the specificities of each project

Teaching methods and learning activities

The teaching methodologies will included tutorial supervision, centered in the work developed by the student, under supervision of an advisor. The guidance methodology can be highly variable depending on the way students and advisors use to work, and also on the specificity of the problem to solve.

The evaluation comprises the assessment of the written project (corresponding to 75% of the final classification) and its presentation and discussion among peers (corresponding to 25% of the final classification).

None of the components of the evaluation is eliminatory by itself. The two components will be considered for the calculation of the final grade, regardless of the classification obtained in each of them, and cannot be subject of evaluation in a supplementary evaluation season.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Trabalho escrito	75,00
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	25,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Elaboração de projeto	216,00
Total:	216,00

Eligibility for exams

Obtaining frequency implies assistance to at least 75% of the scheduled tutorial supervision sessions.

Calculation formula of final grade

Classification improvement

Not possble in the same year. Requires the repetition of both components of the continuous evaluation.