Educational guide Faculty of Chemistry |
english |
Nutrition and Metabolism (2012) |
Subjects |
BASIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY |
Contents |
IDENTIFYING DATA | 2019_20 |
Subject | BASIC RESEARCH METHODOLOGY | Code | 13675203 | |||||
Study programme |
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Cycle | 2nd | |||||
Descriptors | Credits | Type | Year | Period | ||||
3 | Optional |
Competences | Learning aims | Contents |
Planning | Methodologies | Personalized attention |
Assessment | Sources of information | Recommendations |
Topic | Sub-topic |
1. The scientific method. | History and evolution of the scientific method. Approach of research projects, background search, and hypothesis approach. |
2. Quality criteria. | Certification, accreditation and normalization. Good Laboratory Practices (GLP). Principles covering GLP. Standard operating procedure. Audit. |
3. Animal experimentation. | Historical origins. Legislation. Animal welfare. Basic experimental procedures: administration of substances and routes of administration, biological sampling, analgesia and euthanasia. Classification of animal models. Types of experimentation animals. |
4. Alternatives to the use of animals of experimentation. |
3Rs concept: replacement, reduction, refinement. Validation of alternative methods. Legislation. Experimental design. Alternative in education. |
5. Bibliographic search. | Bibliographic managers. Typology and common characteristics. Bibliographic databases. Strategy for bibliographic searches. Personal library management. Bibliometric indicators. |
6. Analysis, processing and representation of data. | Basic notions about analysis and treatment of data, graphs and statistics. |
7. Research diffusion. |
Redaction of a report or an article. Content organization. Writing references. |
8. Presentation of results in public. | Structuring of presentations. Effective design and visual adjustments. Audience, speech and non-verbal language. |