General provisions

The course aims to give an introduction to research activity. The student independently, under supervision, run a research project from a chosen or given issue within the framework of the activities of the clinic of infectious disease, often with a focus on quality follow-up. Simultaneously the student shall carry out studies in subject literature and search for relevant articles mainly in Pubmed. The course aims to give the student an insight into scientific methodology and presentation in both written and oral form

Entry requirements

Enrolled on the physician programme

Learning outcomes

The student is expected - to obtain an insight into research activity - to independently be able to review and evaluate scientific articles - to obtain an insight into scientific methodology - to obtain insight into descriptive statistics and simpler statistical comparisons - to practice oral and written presentation technique

Content

The course contains specialisation in some infection medical issue that is usually processed at Uppsala University hospital. The issue must be supplemented with a comparison with earlier published scienctific material, guidelines etc. and where appropriate with a control group. The student is given the possibility to specialise in ethical and statistical issues.

Instruction

The student will in a mentorship with the supervisor be taught to establish a study programme, methodological description, collection methodology, and compilation and processing of data. The concerned subject is studied in current literature

Assessment

The course is completed with a written report on the project that the student has has worked with. The project should, if possible, also be presented orally at for instance a research seminar and may, dependenting on the nature of the subject, also be published as a poster or in a scientific journal. The minumum level of report is however a short essay to be submitted to the course coordinator and the course leader.