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Module guide WS 2018-2022

Module PS4610 B

Module part: Scientific Writing (SciWrit)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


each winter semester
Credit points:


3
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
  • Master MLS 2016 (Module part of a compulsory module), interdisciplinary competence, 2nd or 4th semester
Classes and lectures:
  • Scientific Writing (seminar, 2 SWS)
Workload:
  • 60 Hours private studies
  • 30 Hours in-classroom work
Contents of teaching:
  • Basics of ethics and moral philosophy
  • The ethical structure of experiments with tissue, animals and human subjects
  • Principles of the most important laws and guidelines regulating research
  • Basic issues of research ethics and cases from recent debates
  • Key topics of research ethics in the biomedical sciences
  • Introduction into categories of scientific presentations
  • Analysis of scientific manuscripts and rules for their presentation
  • Preparation and presentation of scientific posters
  • Preparing a project proposal
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
  • Understanding of basic ethical dimensions of human actions and decisions
  • Understanding of ethical implication of experimental scientific research
  • Knowledge of relevant legal regulations in Germany and internationally
  • Knowledge of key debates in bioethics and research ethics
  • Basic skills for an autonomous ethical reflection about issues in biomedical sciences
  • Analysis of the logical and formal structure of scientific publications. Analysis of a specific original publication. Introduction into the ´peer-review process´
  • Understanding the criteria underlying scientific posters. Preparation and presentation of a poster based on given experimental data
  • Introduction into the writing of ´grant applications´ and the funding process of research projects. Writing a grant application on the basis of specified prior-work and scientific aims
Grading through:
  • see Notes
Responsible for this module:
  • Siehe Hauptmodul
Teachers:
  • Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Georg Sczakiel
Literature:
  • -: Current scientific literature
Language:
  • German, except in case of only English-speaking participants
Notes:

Modul-part exam:
- PS4610-L1: Scientific Writing, written exam, 90 min, (60 % of the point have to be reached)
- seminar
- regular participation in seminars (85%)

Ungraded modul

Letzte Änderung:
29.4.2021