General provisions

The degree project can be carried out within or outside the university or as a collaborative project. The subject should be established by the examiner at the Faculty of Pharmacy after having consulted student and supervisor. The choice of supervisor and the planning of the work should be accepted by the Faculty of Pharmacy's examiner before the implementation of the project. The student should be registered at the Faculty of Pharmacy.

Entry requirements

Admitted to the Master's Programme in Clinical Pharmacy.

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student should be able to:

- show knowledge about current research and development work within the project's subject area as well as knowledge about what a scientific approach implies

- show good knowledge about methods within the project's subject area

- in consultation with the supervisor, identify a suitable, delimited and feasible project that adds new knowledge

- formulate a research question and independently, during given time frames, be able to plan, implement and evaluate the project

- search for, critically evaluate and analyse information as well as integrate and compile this at a scientific level

- present the work orally, in English, as well as in writing, in good Swedish or English

- discuss results and conclusions, especially in relation to research in the pharmaceutical field

- identify ethical aspects of own research and development work

- show ability to identify the need for further research within the subject area

Content

The course is comprised by an individual assignment that is built on a scientific basis and that is carried out guided by a supervisor. In connection with the work, the student specilaises in science theory and research methodology. During the degree project, the student gets an occasion to apply knowledge that has been acquired during earlier studies. The work should shed light on the connections that prevail between education, research and development work and connect to the coming work and to methods that are used in the field.

Instruction

Teaching is provided in the form of individual tutoring, literature studies, seminars and workshops. Some parts of the teaching may be online and given in English. The project can be located to different parts of the country.

Compulsory parts:

Written presentation of the degree project, oral presentation of the work and opposition to the work of other students through participation in a seminar publicly announced by the department. Other compulsory parts are a written project plan, workshops and discussion seminars around project planning.

Assessment

The degree project is presented orally before an audience and in writing in a report that has the form of a scientific article. For a passing grade the student need to pass the oral project presentation (1 hp), pass the oral opposition (0,5 hp), pass the written project report (12 hp) and have approved results on other compulsory exercises 1 (1.5 hp).

The possibility of supplementing unapproved compulsory parts can be prepared at the earliest at the next course session and only subject to availability. If there are special reasons for doing so, an examiner may make an exception from the method of assessment indicated and allow a student to be assessed by another method. An example of special reasons might be a certificate regarding special pedagogical support from the University's disability coordinator.

Other regulations

In order to start the implementation of the project, all assignments must be submitted and the student must have participated in all compulsory teaching (including clinical experience, VFU) as well as in all examination sessions for the courses within the Master's Program in Clinical Pharmacy.

This course replaces and corresponds to the sub-course Research project within the course 3FB005 Master's programme with subject breadth in clinical pharmacy.