Research in Reproduction and Development


Course number11
Year2020
TypeSubjectcourse
TrackReproduction and development,
Max participants30
Application deadline2020-05-25
LanguageEn
Course leaderTheodora Kunovac Kallak
DepartmentDepartment of Women’s and Children’s Health
Visiting addressMTC-house: Dag Hammarskjölds väg 14B, floor 1
Post addressUppsala University, Womens and childrens health Akademiska sjukhuset SE-751 85 Uppsala, Sweden
DatesWeek 24
LocationWaldenströmsalen, Rudbeck Laboratory
Course length5 days
Course report 
Course plan 

 

Description

Learning outcomes

After completion of the course, the PhD-student should be able to:

Knowledge and understanding
• Describe basic reproductive physiology, endocrinology, and child development
• Describe different research methodology used in the research field of Reproduction and Development.
• Describe possible confounders, and other pitfalls in the field.
• Identify ethical considerations in the research field.
Skills and capacities
• To combine different methodologies to construct a research plan for an application, within the research field of Reproduction and Development, where potential confounders and ethical aspects are taken into consideration.
Evaluative capacity and approach
• Evaluate and choose appropriate research methodologies for their own research topic.
• To do a constructive evaluation of other PhD-students research applications.

Contents

The course gives 1.5 ECTS and corresponds to 5 working days. In addition to the 2.5 days of lectures, seminar, and workshops, the PhD-student shall use 0.5 days for preparation of the seminar, workshops and finally 2 days for writing the research proposal and reading one of the other student’s proposals.

Instructions

Examination

The PhD- student must write and submit a research proposal for evaluation by senior researchers and other course participants. The research proposal must combine different research methodologies and consider possible confounders, pitfalls, and ethical aspects. Successful completion of the course also requires 80 % attendance and the PhD-student must prepare for seminars and participate discussions during lectures, seminars, and workshops.

Literature

The literature consists of articles and handouts.

Teaching staff

More information

Course leader
Theodora Kunovac Kallak, theodora.kunovac_kallak@kbh.uu.se

Course administration
Agata Kostrzewa, agata.kostrzewa@kbh.uu.se

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