PhD Advanced Course MULTIDISCIPLINARY PROJECT-BASED LEARNING IN PHARMACY

Multidisciplinary Project-based Learning in Pharmacy course is part of the PhD Programme in Pharmacy, and trains students to embrace new ways of thinking, outside their confort area, in order to generate a new approach to solve a real-world-based problem (for example, a pandemic disease). To achieve this goal, mixed groups of students (background in chemistry, biology, or pharmaceutical sciences) will provide the starting point for productive discussions that will culminate in the elaboration of a project capable of answering the proposed problem.
Understanding how to integrate multi- and translational disciplines will facilitate students to reinforce their critical thinking, communication skills, and networking among peers. These are key tools to develop a scientific personality, crucial for the upcoming years of their PhD programs.
The course will be held at the Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade de Lisboa, in Lisbon. The training program is aimed at PhD students, but welcomes the participation of external academic and scientific community members. Registration is free but mandatory.

The course will last 4 weeks (1 day per week – in total 4 days)

Goals and Learning Outcomes

Multidisciplinary Project-based Learning in Pharmacy course objectives are:

✓ Explore how the acquired knowledge in three different scientific areas (chemistry,
biology, and pharmaceutical sciences) can be integrated into a real context.

✓ Promote skills in:

▪ Ability to argue, expose and share ideas
▪ Networking between students from different backgrounds
▪ Scientific reading
▪ Scientific writing

The coordinators’ mission is to guide the students throughout the creative process, from
the preparation of the idea to the final presentation of the project.

At the end of the course, students should demonstrate working group capabilities, good
communication skills, and integrated knowledge on the different scientific areas used to
solve the problem under study.

ASSESSMENT

 

The evaluation of each PhD student consists of:

1. Individual questionary answering – 10%
2. 1st group report (4 pages max) – 10%
3. Oral presentation of the 2nd group (10-15 min) – 45%
4. Individual reflection on the course final conclusions (4 pages max) – 20%
5. Final podcast (3 min)– 15%

Programme

Date: From 9, 16, 23 and 30 January 2023

Programme

Course Coordinator

Course Coordinator:

André Santos, Isabel Rivera, Maria M. M. Santos

 

Registration and Fees

Registration:

The registration is through the FenixEdu Platform until December  31, 2022.

Registration Guide (Portuguese or English)

Tuition Fee:

This course is free for 1st year PhD students of FFUL.

PhD Students from others institutions:

  • Registration with evaluation: 125€
  • Registration without evaluation: 100€

 

Contact: doutoramentos@ff.ulisboa.pt

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