Duration
10h Th, 25h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in biomedicine (60 ECTS) | 2 crédits |
Lecturer
Coordinator
Language(s) of instruction
French language
Organisation and examination
Teaching in the first semester, review in January
Schedule
Units courses prerequisite and corequisite
Prerequisite or corequisite units are presented within each program
Learning unit contents
After a brief introduction explaining the reasons for a course of communication in the biomedical field, the main forms of oral ("flash" presentation, "long" presentation), written (article, thesis) and mixed (poster) scientific communication are discussed in details. Both the structure and content of each form of communication are discussed in depth. A particular attention is paid to the advices as well as to the means used to achieve effective, precise and structured written and oral communication that meets international standards.
Learning outcomes of the learning unit
At the end of the course, students must be able to
- to produce a precise and structured powerpoint support for an oral presentation and to present this latter in French (or in English).
- to create, on the basis of results extracted from a scientific article, a poster and to defend this latter in English.
Prerequisite knowledge and skills
- The students must know how to use the basic functions of Word or a related software and be able to write a structured text in French and in English.
- The student must know how to use the basic functions of PowerPoint or a related software.
- The student must have followed a prior scientific schoolarship in order to understand the results as well as the basic techniques used in a scientific article.
- The student must have taken English courses beforehand.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
-Théorical: ex-cathedra course
-Practical: students are invited to
- perform in English, on the basis of a scientific article, a poster and defend this latter.
- create a "flash" oral presentation in French or English and present this latter in front of the other students. The goal is to gain some experience in both types of presentation (oral and written). During these activities, the students are, of course, supervised and advised.
Mode of delivery (face-to-face ; distance-learning)
at the University (theorical and practical)
Recommended or required readings
The slides and associated comments are provided before the first course (Powerpoint file). This file is uploaded to MyUlg.
Assessment methods and criteria
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Work placement(s)
None
Organizational remarks
The practical work will take place in a computer room.
Contacts
Michael Herfs, Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, B23 Tower +4, 04 366 42 82, M.Herfs@ulg.ac.be