By the end of the course, the student will be able to critically analyze a
scientific paper, to design a scientific project and to write a paper and to
present it in a meeting, to present a focused CV.
To prepare students to develop independent thinking and a critical vision
in scientific research. Provide them tools for performing scientific
research of high quality
Teaching Methods
Frontal lessons in mixed modality and practical demos
Type of Assessment
Oral presentation through PPT and discussion of a scientific paper of epidemiology chosen by the student (alone or in team). Please, send the PDF version of the paper at least 3 days before the exam at:
michaela.luconi@unifi.it
Paper presentation and discussion will be performed through meet platform, following acceptance of the invitation by email.
Course program
PROGRAM
Introduction to the course
The types of research
The scientific method
Epidemiology and hints of applied statistical analysis
The characteristics of the methods of analysis
The distribution of variables
The reference limits
Introduction to the scientific article
Critical reading of the article
How to write a scientific article
Brief mention of search engines
Publication of an article and research evaluation indexes (hints)
How to present scientific research in different contexts
CV preparation
The tumor markers
The biobanks
Example of characterization of a new tumor marker in a rare tumor: adrenocortical carcinoma
How to write a Research Project
Hints of Bioethics
Search Engines and Databases
Exercises on search engines, scientific article analysis, use of excel sheet