Scientific Research Methodology
1655-Lek21MEBN-J
The seminars are aimed at acquiring and consolidating knowledge of the structure and principles of conducting research, formulating research problems, types of research and their organization. Classes are devoted to the acquisition of practical skills to interpret and understand the research process, formulate hypotheses and analyze the research problem.
1. Clinical trials.
2. Types of clinical trials.
3. Introduction to statistics in clinical trials. Basic aspects of medical statistics and interpretation of research results. Survey research methodology.
4. Structure and construction of scientific articles. Types of scientific articles.
5. Designing clinical trials. Writing a paper – practical classes.
6. The scientist profession – how and where to publish?
7. How to prepare a scientific presentation for a conference? - practical aspect.
8. Scientific databases. Bibliometrics.
9. Pharmacovigilance. Monitored therapy.
10. Research that influenced the development of medicine. Nobel Prize winners in medicine.
11. Scientific information about drugs and poisonings. Databases, application programs.
12. Final exam.
Total student workload
1. The workload related to classes requiring the direct participation of academic teachers is:
• participation in seminars: 6 hours
• participation in exercises: 18 hours
The workload related to classes requiring the direct participation of academic teachers is 24 hours, which corresponds to 1 ECTS point
2. Balance of student workload:
• participation in seminars: 6 hours
• participation in exercises: 18 hours
• preparation for exercises (including reading the indicated literature): 8 hours
• preparation for and passing the exam: 9 + 1 = 10 hours
The total student workload is 42.5 hours, which corresponds to 1.7 ECTS points
3. Workload related to scientific research:
• reading selected scientific literature: 5 hours
• participation in seminars (taking into account research results and scientific studies in the field of scientific research methodology): 5 hours
• participation in exercises (taking into account the results of scientific studies in the field of scientific research methodology): 10 hours
• preparation for passing the exam (including:
scientific studies in the field of scientific research methodology): 4 hours
The total student workload related to research is 24 hours, which corresponds to 0.96 ECTS points
4. Time required to prepare for and participate in the assessment process:
• preparation for passing: 9 + 1 = 10 hours (0.4 ECTS points)
5. Balance of the student's practical workload:
• participation in classes: 18 hours, which corresponds to 0.72 ECTS points
6. Time required to complete mandatory internship: not applicable
Learning outcomes - knowledge
W1: Uses basic IT tools - medical databases, spreadsheets, computer graphics (B.W26.)
W2: Explains the issues of scientific research methodology (B.W29.)
W3: Describes the research cycle (B.W29.)
W4: Distinguishes between basic types of scientific research (B.W29.)
W5: Presents the principles of interpreting empirical data and inference (B.W29.)
W6: Explains the principles of evidence-based medicine (D.W23.)
W7: The student knows and understands the legal regulations and basic methods of a medical experiment and other medical research, including the basic methods of data analysis. (G.W8)
Learning outcomes - skills
U1: Collects, processes and shares information from using modern information technologies (B.U10.)
U2: Formulates and analyzes research problems (B.U12.)
U3: Distinguishes between prospective and retrospective, randomized and case-control studies (B.U12.)
U4: Interprets the results of simple scientific research and draws conclusions (B.U13.)
U5: Critically analyzes medical literature and draws conclusions (D.U17.)
U6: Uses the results of scientific research to provide high-quality patient care (D.U17.)
Learning outcomes - social competencies
K1: Shows an attitude relating to the exploration of knowledge about writing a research paper, makes a self-assessment of educational needs (K_K07)
Teaching methods
Seminar:
• information lecture
• didactic discussion
Exercises:
• didactic discussion
• research design and analysis
• computer-assisted learning
Prerequisites
The student should have basic knowledge of statistics and computer science.
Course coordinators
Assessment criteria
Final credit, written or oral (0-15 points;> 60%); W1-W7, U1-U6
% of points obtained Assessment
95≤… ..≤100 Very good (5)
88≤… .. <95 Good plus (4+) 8
0≤… .. <88 Good (4)
71≤… .. <80 Sufficient plus (3+)
60≤… .. <71 Sufficient (3)
0… .. <60 Insufficient (2)
Practical placement
Bibliography
Basic literature:
1.Karl E. Peace, Clinical Trial Methodology, Ding - Geng (Din) Chen, 2010
Supplementary literature:
1. Kothari C.R., Garg G .: Research Methodology: Methods and Techniques. 2nd edition. New Age, 2004.
Additional information
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