Research II

Scholar Year: 2019/2020

Lectures

Teaching language

Portuguese

Intended learning outcomes (Knowledges, skills and competencies to be developed by the students)

It is intended that at the end of this CU the student will be able to: • Demonstrate skills to carry out a research project autonomously and in fulfillment of specific temporal goals • Select scientific literature appropriate to the topic/problem under study. • Critically analyze scientific literature • Demonstrate writing skills using technical-scientific terminology. • Prepare a scientific article or monograph. • Demonstrate skills for the public presentation of the results obtained

Syllabus

1. Preparation of a scientific paper or monograph
1.1. Themes within the scope of Acupuncture and integration in an interdisciplinary perspective.
1.2. Theoretical knowledge and research methods appropriate to the problem under study.
1.3. Definition of goals.
1.4. Bibliographic review for theoretical foundation.
1.5. Methodology and conclusions clearly specified.
1.6. Application of concepts and methods acquired during the course and analysis of conclusions in relation to existing knowledge and future perspectives.
2. Oral presentation and discussion of the scientific article or monograph.

Demonstration of the syllabus coherence with the UC intended learning outcomes

The integrated and progressive approach of the curricular unit's program will allow students to develop the knowledge, skills and competences foreseen in the objectives, ensuring coherence between the syllabus. In this curricular unit, they acquire/deepen knowledge and understanding of the topic of the work to be developed, in particular in the context of previous studies and research that is currently being carried out, and they also demonstrate a deep knowledge of the methodologies they used in the course of their job. In the public act of defending their work, students must be able to discuss the issues under study and the results obtained in the context of current knowledge and future perspectives.

Teaching methodologies

This curricular unit will be taught in a distance learning regime, through the use of the Moodle platform, favoring asynchronous communication and using Zoom or another platform for virtual classes, or synchronous, weekly moments. Expository and discussion methodologies will be used in large groups and in small groups. The syllabus will be made available on the Moodle platform, accompanied by a set of training activities, which are not subject to evaluation and aim to train, consolidate the acquisition of knowledge and intensify the student's reflection on the themes.

Demonstration of the teaching methodologies coherence with the curricular unit's intended learning outcomes

This will be a curricular unit in which the student develops a proposal for the article that he or she presents orally, allowing him to develop techniques of writing and selection of scientific information applied to cases that he has followed in the internships already carried out or in progress, namely in PCA III. With this learning, the student will have all the tools to contribute to the scientific development of the profession.

Assessment methodologies and evidences

Students in continuous assessment individually perform a written work (65%) developed in the form of a research article. This work is carried out together with UC PCA III, namely in the choice of themes. The article must be presented orally (35%), at the appropriate time and jointly with the UC PCA III. This UC does not admit assessment by exam. The classification of the assessment instruments is expressed on a scale from 0 to 20 values, and the weighted value of the obtained classifications must be equal to or greater than 9.5 values.

Bibliografia

Fortin, M-F. (2000). O Processo de Investigação: Da Concepção à Realização. (2nd ed.). Loures: Lusociência. Fortin, M-F. (2009). Fundamentos e etapas do processo de investigação. Loures: Lusodidacta. Gauthier, B. (2005) Investigação Social: Da Problemática à colheita dos dados (3rd ed.). Loures: Lusodidacta. Pestana, M. H., & Gageiro, J. N. (2005). Análise de Dados para Ciências Sociais: A Complementaridade do SPSS (4th ed.). Lisboa: Edições Sílabo. Pocinho, M. (2012). Metodologia de investigação e comunicação do conhecimento científico. Lisboa: Lidel. Roberts, P.M. & Priest, H.M. (2010). Healthcare research: a handbook for students and practitioners. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell. Rudio, F. V. (2000). Introdução ao Projecto de Pesquisa Científica (28th ed.). Petrópolis: Editora Vozes

Several papers adjusted to support different themes.