Duration
10h Th, 25h Pr
Number of credits
| Master in biomedicine (120 ECTS) | 2 crédits | |||
| Master in biomedicine (60 ECTS) (non organisé en 2019-2020) | 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 in English (mainly)
-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
-Practical work: the students will be evaluated on
- their ability to find a subject, process it scientifically and achieve a precise and structured Powerpoint support for a "flash" presentation (oral) (25% of the final mark)
- their ability to present orally in a dynamic manner and in front of an audience the Powerpoint support made beforehand. French or English may be used (25% of the final score).
- their ability to distinguish "essential" results from a scientific article and to produce a poster in English with them (30% of the final grade).
These first three parts will be dispensatory * Notes will be communicated globally no later than the last day before the Christmas holidays.
(Regulation of the evaluations: Article 46 §1 Queries may be organized by the teachers according to any modalities established by the faculty §2 These interrogations may have dispensatory value.They can not relate to the whole subject matter or deprive the student of full law at both exam sessions.)
-Exams (in January, according to the exam schedule)
- their ability to present a scientific poster in English and to answer in English the questions relating to the presented results (20% of the final grade).
- Exempt student: see previous point
- Non-Exempt Student: The ability to present a scientific poster in English and to answer questions in english about the presented results will be evaluated. The first 3 points relating to the flash presentation and poster (see above) will, of course, also be evaluated.
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@uliege.be
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the May-June 2020 session
Teaching methods implemented : distance-learning
Assessment subjects
Assessment methods
Contacts
Adaptation of teaching commitments following the COVID-19 pandemic for the Aug-Sept 2020 session
Assessment subjects
Similarly to the January session, students will have to create a support for a flash presentation on a scientific subject of their choice (for details, see course) as well as a poster summarizing the main results of a scientific article. The article can be chosen by the student but must be previously accepted by the teacher via email (M.Herfs@uliege.be). Both the flash presentation and the poster will then be presented by videoconference on the day of the exam. The poster must be in English and presented in English. As for the flash presentation, French or English is accepted.
Assessment methods
Oral presentation (used plateform: Lifesize)
Contacts
Michael Herfs, Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, B23 Tower +4, 04 366 42 82, M.Herfs@uliege.be
Items online
Scientific communication
support for the scientific communication course 2019-2020