Scientific Communication and Publishing

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Tiago António Queiros Jacinto

João de Almeida Lopes da Fonseca

Ana Isabel Alves de Sá e Sousa

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Suitable for English-speaking students

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– Explain the fundamentals of scientific communication and publication;

– Describe the main formats of communication, scientific publication in health;

– Caracterize the scientific paper

– Describe the peer-review process;

– Explain the contribution of the peer review process as a guarantee of the quality of scientific research;

– Write scientific articles, abstracts, oral communications, posters and research protocols;

– Describe the main criteria for structuring and writing a master thesis and a PhD thesis;

– Present oral communications;

– Perform slides and posters.

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This curricular unit aims to train students in the interpretation and elaboration of communication techniques and scientific publication, including general formatting of scientific articles, oral presentations and scientific posters, creation of tables and figures and methodology of scientific publication.
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At a distance
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– Fundaments of scientific communication and publication;

– Formats of communication, scientific publication in health;

– The scientific paper and the peer-review process;

– Peer review process as a guarantee of the quality of scientific research;

– Structure and writing of a scientific article;

– Structure and writing of an abstract;

– Fundamental issues in scientific communication: language and style;

– Graphics and tables;

– References and reference management software;

– Reviews and corrections;

– Structure and writhing of a research protocol, master thesis and PhD thesis;

– Oral communications;

– Iconography and visual formats of communication

– Slides and Posters.

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Theoretical exposition; Demonstrative method;

Individual assignments;

Using of an e-learning platform;

Evaluation methods:

Distributed evaluation: Oral presentation of a research project in “pitch” format of 3 minutes (100%)

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Distributed evaluation without final exam
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Zomer, E., Owen, A., Magliano, D. J. & Liew, D. ; The effectiveness and cost effectiveness of dark chocolate consumption as prevention therapy in people at high risk of cardiovascular disease: best case scenario analysis using a Markov model, BMJ, 344:e3657 , 2012
Inzucchi, S. E., Lipska, K. J., Mayo, H., Bailey, C. J. & McGuire, D. K; Metformin in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes and Kidney Disease A Systematic Review, JAMA, 312(24), 2668-2675, 2014
Bibbins-Domingo, K. et al. ; Projected Effect of Dietary Salt Reductions on Future Cardiovascular Disease. , NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 362(7):590-599 , 2010
Zoungas, S., et al ; Follow-up of Blood-Pressure Lowering and Glucose Control in Type 2 Diabetes., NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE. 371(15), 1392-1406 , 2014
Gosmanova, E.O., et al ; Association of Medical Treatment Nonadherence With AllCause Mortality in Newly Treated Hypertensive US veterans, Hypertension. 64(5), 951-7. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.114.03805, 2014
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