Introductory course to doctoral studies: Joint perspectives on theory, methodology and practice in medical science, 4 ECTS. The course will be the introduction to the program, where you will learn and discuss about points of departure for research and medical science: philosophies and methodologies of science, sustainable development, and communication of science. Here you will for the first time meet and start working with your base group.
Location: On-site, campus
Attendance: Full days throughout the course. Spring: week 7-8, Fall: week 39-40
Research ethics 2 ECTS
This course will give you an overview of ethical issues in medical research, as well as regulations around data management, research misconduct and publication ethics. This course will give you an overview of ethical issues in medical research, as well as regulations around data management, research misconduct and publication ethics. This knowledge will be useful for starting up and running research projects. You will get the opportunity to discuss these issues further in the subsequent base group meetings.
Location: Digital
Attendance: Full days throughout the course. Spring: week 5, Fall: week 7
Research writing in Medical Sciences 5 ECTS
The course will let you practice and develop your communicative skills with special attention to academic writing in English. The course runs for 6 weeks at 50%. Lectures and instructional materials are available through Canvas. Obligatory Zoom meetings are marked in the schedule below. Though the course is mostly asynchronous, there are obligatory deadlines for text submissions and peer review. In total, participants are required to submit 3 shorter texts, 4 templates, and 2 peer reviews. The third text can be submitted up to six weeks after end of the course. You will also get the opportunity to further practice your research writing in the subsequent base group meetings.
Location: Digital
Attendance: Monday the first course week 8.30 – 9.00. Friday the second, fourth and fifth course week 9.00 – 10.00. Friday the last course week 10.30 – 12.00 (see table)
Oral presentation 1,5 ECTS
The course will let you practice and develop your oral communicative skills in academic contexts. The skills will be useful when presenting your research at scientific conferences, and also for seminars, workshop and similar events. It will also act as a preparation for the mid-term seminar presentation, which you will practice in the base group meetings.
Location: Digital
Attendance: Full days throughout the course. Spring: week 4, Fall: week 36
Grant applications 2,5 ECTS
The course lets you practice writing grant applications following a simple method: 4 Steps to Funding. Before the course, you will read a short book on proposal writing and draft a short proposal. Then you will incrementally revise and improve your draft following the lecture contents. You will also provide and receive feedback from others in the class in small groups. You will also get the opportunity to further practice your grant application skills in the subsequent base group meetings.
Location: UmU or digital
Attendance: Twice per week for two weeks (9.00-12.00) Spring: week 6-7 (Mondays and Thursdays) Fall: week 38-39 (Mondays and Thursdays)
Knowledge translation 1,5 ECTS
The last course of the program will let you develop the skill of effectively communicating scientific knowledge to various audiences, including the public. This will be achieved through participation in a one-day conference where you deliver your research findings through different modes of communication.
The base group will be your peer group that will follow you throughout the length of the program. You will meet regularly and engage in tasks with point of departure in your own scientific products and the topics of the courses of the program.
Location: Digital
Attendance: The planned base group meetings
Pre-doc exchange 1,5 ECTS (-6,5 ECTS)
The pre-doc exchange involves a brief change of environment, arranged individually or within the base group/class. It serves to give you experience of another research environment than your home environment, either at Umeå University or at another university. The exchange can take place at any time during the program.
