BI301302 MAIN PROJECT/THESIS

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. In some cases it may be possible to give an individual examination.