3. year, Bachelor students of Biomedical laboratory Science
Courses given during the first and second year of the programme, and first semester of the third year.
On class completion the students should:
- have selected a limited area within the field of medical technology, and learned to approach the problem in a written thesis
- have developed an independent way of working, while at the same time developed ability to co-operate and work with others in mutual dependency
- have learned critical thinking, and to use his or her ability to interpret and judge the achieved results
- have got an introduction to research methodology
- have an understanding of what science means to general knowledge, and that there are different strategies for problem solutions
- have learned to make a problem statement within the chosen research area
- Knowledge of different methods of data gathering and analysis, and different ways of reporting.
- Research ethics within the fields of health care and social work, with an emphasis on informed consent
- Developing a case
- Literature search
- Developing a project plan
- Working through the project plan
- Written presentation of the results
Literature: Individual reading lists. Students have to carry out their own literature search.
Independent work in groups under supervision.
Evaluation of the written report.
