Dissertation / Internship

Code:

MODIS01

Acronym:

DEOL

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Health Sciences - Laboratory Oncology

Instance: 2024/2025 - A (of 16-09-2024 to 18-07-2025)

Active?	Yes
Web Page:	https://sigarra.up.pt/icbas/pt/ucurr_geral.ficha_uc_view?pv_ocorrencia_id=387312
Responsible unit:	Molecular Pahology and Immunology
Course/CS Responsible:	Master Degree in Oncology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MO	18	Oficial plan since 2023	2	-	57	40	1539

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

The objective is to develop a technical-scientific work, with an original contribution, in the domain of Health Sciences. This involves the preparation and writing of a Master dissertation, with rigorous technical and scientific standards. The dissertation's subject, content and organization will be defined under the supervisor(s) of the thesis/ internship. The thesis will be subjected to public final examination, according to the regulations of the Porto University and other relevant legislation. Alternatively the student may prepare a monograph , which will also be evaluated in public tests at the end of the school year.

At the end of this course, the students should have achieved the learning outcomes described in article 15 of the Law n.º11 5/2013 of the 7th august of 2013.

Learning outcomes and competences

Choice, planning, scheduling, development, and writing of an original work in one of the following forms: Scientific activities report or research project. Public presentation defense of the work. Students start the research projects properly supported by supervisors. Students must initiate the drafting of
the report and the practical work that will lead to his/her Master Thesis dissertation. This approach
allows students to gain solid and in-depth knowledge on the topic of their dissertation thesis/ scientific report. The autonomous work of the student, with the supervision of the advisor(s), will provide him/her the means to elaborate a well-written and comprehensive document on an advanced topic in Oncology, as well as the ability to present the main results of the research work in a clear and unambiguously way.

 

 

 

 

 

Working method

Presencial

Pre-requirements (prior knowledge) and co-requirements (common knowledge)

Not applicable

Program

The syllabus will be established by the advisor(s) of the dissertation in function of the topic in the area of

Health Sciences will be investigated, accordingly with the current legislation.

For each academic year, the summary of the proposal will be delivered to the director of the Master course until 31 October. If the dissertation project will include patients or Healthy donors, it is mandatory to present a declaration of the institucional ethics committee approving the study.

The results of the assessment of the proposal, including advice and acceptability conditions (or the reasons for rejection) shall be forwarded to the student by e-mail in 20 business days.

Mandatory literature

International Committee of Medical Journal Editors; Uniform requirements for manuscripts submitted to biomedical journals: writing and editing for biomedical publication, 2010. ISBN: ISSN: Print -0976-500X, Online - 0976-5018 (J Pharmacol Pharmacother. 2010 Jan;1(1):42–58. Available in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/)
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors; Recommendations for the Conduct, Reporting, Editing, and Publication of Scholarly Work in Medical Journals., ICMJE, 2015 (Available in http://www.icmje.org/ (updated December 2015))

Complementary Bibliography

Serrano Pedro; Redacção e apresentação de trabalhos científicos. ISBN: 972-708-300-5 (Available in the ICBAS/FF, UP library)

Comments from the literature

The specific bibliography for the development of the work should be provided by the orientation team of the master dissertation.

Teaching methods and learning activities

The students identify a topic to develop and contact faculty members from University of Porto or other research/teaching institutions, PhD holders within the scope of the scientific field of Health Sciences. The individual work is developed (self-learning) under supervisor/monitoring  of a supervisor and co-supervisor.

The rules on the preparation and delivery of the work are available on Moodle.

In accordance with legislation at the University of Porto the evaluation is final.
The evaluation is made by assessing the written paper, its presentation and the public discussion. The evaluating jury is composed of a president (professor with the degree of Doctor), an arguer (expert in the field) and the supervisor (or co-supervisor).

The evaluation criteria are based in the quality of the developed work, the oral presentation and discussion.

The result is expressed on a 20 point scale. All students with a grade equal to or higher than 10 are approved.

Software

moodle

keywords

Health sciences > Medical sciences
Health sciences

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Defesa pública de dissertação, de relatório de projeto ou estágio, ou de tese	50,00
Trabalho escrito	50,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Apresentação/discussão de um trabalho científico	1,00
Elaboração de relatório/dissertação/tese	50,00
Trabalho de investigação	1488,00
Total:	1539,00

Eligibility for exams

Not aplicable

Calculation formula of final grade

The evaluation grid detailing the parameters to be evaluated is available on the existing CU's Page in Moodle.

Partial classification (each of the members of the jury)= 0,5 Manuscript + 0,5 Formal presentation and public discussion session

Final classification=(President rating + Arguer rating + Supervisor rating)/ 3

Examinations or Special Assignments

No special tests or work are planned.

Internship work/project

The project work will focus on the area of knowledge in Oncology.

Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)

According to the Standards for Evaluation and Pedagogical Orientation of the University of Porto.

Should be performed according to the schedule approved by the Pedagogical Council.

Classification improvement

It is not planned.

Observations

The rules on the preparation and delivery of the work are available on Moodle.