Scientific communication skills

Duration

10h Th, 20h Pr

Number of credits

Lecturer

Michael Herfs

Language(s) of instruction

English language

Organisation and examination

Teaching in the first semester, review in January

Schedule

Schedule online

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 offering a communication course in the biomedical field, the main forms of scientific communication - oral (flash and long presentations), written (articles, theses), and mixed (posters) - are discussed in detail.
Both the structure and content of each form are examined in depth. Particular attention is paid to the guidance provided and the tools used to achieve effective, precise, and well-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 English. 
• to create, on the basis of results extracted from a scientific article (published after 2020 and containing at least 6 Figures et 8 different methods), 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 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 published in the last few years (after 2020).
• 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 it.
• create a "flash" oral presentation in English and present it in front of the other students. The goal is to gain experience in both types of presentation (oral and written). During these activities, the students are, of course, supervised and guided.

Mode of delivery (face to face, distance learning, hybrid learning)

Face-to-face course


Further information:

Face-to-face (on-site) course


Additional information:

at the University (theorical and practical)

Course materials and recommended or required readings

Platform(s) used for course materials:
- MyULiège


Further information:

The slides and associated comments are provided before the first course (Powerpoint or PDF file). This file is uploaded to MyUliege.

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam

Out-of-session test(s)


Further information:

Exam(s) in session

Any session

- In-person

oral exam


Additional information:

-During practical sessions: 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. English must be used. This presentation will take place in November, during the practical sessions (25% of the final score).
• their ability to distinguish "essential" results from a scientific article and to create a poster in English with these latter. This poster must be submitted before December 20th (25% of the final grade).

• their ability to present a scientific poster, individually, in English and to answer in English the questions related to the presented results  (25% 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 related to the flash presentation and poster (see above) will, of course, be also evaluated.

Work placement(s)

None

Organisational remarks and main changes to the course

The practical work will take place in a computer room (Lapière room). 

Contacts

Michael Herfs, Laboratory of Experimental Pathology, B23 Tower +4, 04 366 42 82, M.Herfs@uliege.be

Association of one or more MOOCs

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