Recommended prerequisite for participation in
the module
None.
Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Learning objectives
Knowledge
Students who complete the module:
- Understand the scientific communication processes related to
conference presentations and related to publishing in peer-reviewed
scientific journals
- Are able to organize a scientific publication
- Have knowledge of qualitative and quantitative research
methods
- Have knowledge of experimental designs
- Have knowledge of validity and reliability of outcome
measures
- Understand bias and statistical power in experimental
designs
- Understand principles of epidemiological research designs
- Understand evidence-based medicine
- Understand and can reflect on proper conduct in scientific
projects
- Understand and can reflect on ethical concerns in biomedical
and sports sciences
Skills
- Can explain the principles of hypothesis-driven research and
descriptive research
- Can critically read and judge experimental protocols in
scientific articles
- Can design an experimental protocol in relation to a scientific
project
- Can discuss principles for creating new and validated
knowledge
- Can explain the process of and criteria for peer reviewed
scientific communications
- Can discuss the importance of research ethics
- Can write an abstract for a scientific meeting and can respond
to blind peer-review criticism
- Can prepare a poster and an oral presentation for a scientific
meeting
- Can apply biostatistics and have practical experience in
statistical software
Competences
- Can set up a plan for getting an overview of existing knowledge
within a scientific/technical topic
- Can prioritize the validity of various sources of scientific
information
- Can evaluate scientific presentations from a communicative view
point
- Can judge the validity of scientific literature
Type of instruction
Lectures and exercises The culmination of the course is a
conference, to which each student group contributes:
- An abstract will be submitted online after which the abstract
will be reviewed by an anonymous researcher. The group has to
respond to the reviewers comments and change the abstract
accordingly and resubmit it for publication in the conference
program.
- A poster, to be mounted and presented on the conference
day.
- A short oral presentation.
Exam
Exams
Name of exam | Scientific methods and communication |
Type of exam | Active participation/continuous evaluation |
ECTS | 5 |
Assessment | Passed/Not Passed |
Type of grading | Internal examination |
Criteria of assessment | The criteria of assessment are stated in the Examination
Policies and Procedures |
Additional information
Please contact
the
programme student counsellors if you consider
applying to the education and you have questions.
Please consult the Moodle page for your semester and contact the
semester coordinator if you have academic questions, or the study
secretary if you have administrative questions.
All other enquiries may be directed
to Malene Møller
Knudsen, secretary of the Study Board.