FORSKARUTBILDNINGSKURSER VID MEDICINSKA FAKULTETEN 2018

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1 FORSKARUTBILDNINGSKURSER VID MEDICINSKA FAKULTETEN 2018 Vårterminen 2018 Deadline: 27 november 2017 Höstterminen 2018 Deadline: 28 maj 2018 DOCTORAL COURSES Spring semester 2018 Deadline: 27 November 2017 Fall semester 2018 Deadline: 28 May g/utbildning-pa-forskarniva/ 1

2 KURSER VÅRTERMINEN Advanced biostatistics, Logistic regression (online), 1.5 ECTS... 8 Analyzing data in qualitative research, part 1 (online), 3 ECTS... 9 An introduction to multilevel analysis: An epidemiological approach (online), 3 ECTS Basic tumour biology from cell biology to personalized medicine, 1.5 ECTS 11 Bioimaging, 1.5 ECTS Data collection, database management and quality control in quantitative studies, 1.5 ECTS Grundkurs i Good Clinical Practice (GCP) i kliniskt forskningsarbete, 1 hp Grundkurs i Good Clinical Practice (GCP) i kliniskt forskningsarbete, 4,5 hp 15 Grundläggande forskningsmetodik för läkare i norra sjukvårdsregionen, utvidgad kurs, 30 hp Information retrieval, reference management and publication 1.5 ECTS/Informationssökning, referenshantering och publicering 1,5 hp Qualitative content analysis, 3 ECTS Regenerative medicine, 1.5 ECTS Research methodology and philosophy of science, 3 ECTS Research methodology with biostatistics, 7.5 ECTS Writing Science: How to write and publish scientific papers, 5 ECTS KURSER HÖSTTERMINEN Design of intervention studies within patient-based research, 3 ECTS ehealth- Concepts, principles and methods for healthcare in a digital age, 3 ECTS Equity and health, 3.5 ECTS Evaluation of exercise capacity and level of physical activity in persons with cardiorespiratory disease, 1.5 ECTS Evidence based public health, 4 ECTS Health, gender and human rights: An introduction, 3 ECTS How to write grant applications, 3 ECTS Intervjuer och observationer som kvalitativa datainsamlingsmetoder, 3 hp. 31 Longitudinal Data Analysis 1.5 ECTS Metabolic disorders including diabetes mellitus, 1.5 ECTS Methods in social epidemiology, 3 ECTS Oral presentation, 1.5 ECTS Qualitative data analysis, 7.5 ECTS Regression models in medical sciences, 3 ECTS

3 Research based on quality registries, 2 ECTS Research ethics, 3 ECTS Research methodology and philosophy of science, 3 ECTS Research methodology with biostatistics, 7.5 ECTS Research writing in the medical sciences, 5 ECTS (online) Synaptic and molecular physiology of brain circuits, 3 ECTS Writing Science: How to write and publish scientific papers, 5 ECTS

4 FORSKARUTBILDNINGSKURSER ANORDNADE AV MEDICINSKA FAKULTETEN, UMEÅ UNIVERSITET ALLMÄN INFORMATION Forskarutbildningskursernas omfattning och uppläggning varierar. Vissa kurser ges i form av föreläsningar eller seminarier under dagtid eller kvällstid. Sådana deltidskurser kan utsträckas under en större del av terminen. Andra kurser ges som heltidskurser och omfattar då vanligen såväl föreläsningar som laborativa moment och demonstrationer under en begränsad tid. Om en planerad kurs ska ges eller inte beror på antalet sökande till kursen. Beslut om att en kurs inte ska ges fattas av kursledare och ordföranden i Rådet för utbildning på forskarnivå gemensamt. Kursort Umeå där ej annat anges. Kursutvärdering/kursintyg Samtliga kurser avslutas med någon form av examination och i samband med kursens avslutning sker även en kursutvärdering. Kursledaren är ansvarig för såväl examinationen som kursutvärderingen. Intyg till deltagarna på genomgången kurs utfärdas av kursgivande institution. Doktoranden lämnar intyget till institutionssekreteraren (där doktoranden är antagen) som för in uppgifterna i LADOK. TILLTRÄDE TILL KURSERNA Forskarutbildningskurserna står öppna för doktorander inom medicinska fakulteten och teknisk-naturvetenskapliga fakulteten vid Umeå universitet, samt för doktorander vid andra medicinska/odontologiska fakulteter. Dessutom får även personer som ännu inte är antagna till forskarutbildning, delta i mån av plats. Ansökan är bindande. Om kursplats av någon anledning ej kan utnyttjas skall detta meddelas kursledaren senast 14 dagar innan kursen startar. UPPLYSNINGAR Allmänna frågor rörande forskarutbildning besvaras av fakultetssekreterare Gunilla 4

5 Mårald, eller av studierektor Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen, Information om kursernas innehåll lämnas av kursansvarig. *********************** Nedanstående kurser är obligatoriska för doktorander antagna mellan och Vetenskapsteori, kunskapsteori och forskningsmetoder, 3 hp Forskningsmetodik med grundläggande statistik, 7,5 hp Informationssökning, referenshantering och publicering, 1,5 hp Etik i forskningen, 3 hp Kontaktperson Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen, studierektor för forskarutbildning E-post: ulrich.von.pawel-rammingen@umu.se *********************** 5

6 GENERAL INFORMATION The scope and organization of doctoral courses vary. Some courses are offered in the form of lectures or seminars during daytime or in the evenings. Such part-time courses can be extended throughout most of the semester. Other courses are offered as full-time courses during a limited period of time and usually covers both lectures as well as practical exercises and demonstrations. Whether a planned course should be offered or not depends on the number of applicants. Course location Umeå, unless otherwise stated. Course evaluation/course certificate At the end of the course an examination is carried out, as well as a course evaluation. The course leader is responsible for both the examination and the evaluation. Course certificates are issued by the department responsible for the course. As soon as a student has successfully completed a doctoral course and received a course certificate or completed another credit giving item, the administrator at the home department shall register these activities in LADOK. The student is responsible for informing the secretary. ACCESS TO COURSES Doctoral courses are mainly intended for those admitted to doctoral education at the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Science and Technology in Umeå. Doctoral students from other universities, researchers who have defended their thesis, and doctoral students to be can be eligible for admission, provided that there are available admission places and that the course requirements are fulfilled. The application is binding. If you have been admitted but decide not to accept your place, you must inform the course leader no later than 14 days before the course starts. INFORMATION General questions regarding graduate studies are answered by faculty officer Gunilla 6

7 Mårald, or by the director of doctoral studies, Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen, Information about the courses is provided by the course leader. *********************** The courses mentioned below are mandatory for students admitted between 1 July 1996 until 31 December 2011 Research methodology and philosophy of science, 3 ECTS Research methodology with biostatistics, 7.5 ECTS Information retrieval, reference management and publication, 1.5 ECTS Research ethics, 3 ECTS Introductory courses are arranged every academic year. The courses are arranged in Swedish or. If a course is held in Swedish, doctoral students who do not speak Swedish are given special exercises in instead. Contact person: Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen, studierektor för forskarutbildning E-post: ulrich.von.pawel-rammingen@umu.se *********************** 7

8 KURSER VÅRTERMINEN 2018 Advanced biostatistics, Logistic regression (online), 1.5 ECTS Biostatistik, fördjupningskurs, Logistisk regression, 1,5 hp Course director Miguel San Sebastián Phone: Ulrika Järvholm Phone: of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 1 March - 31 March 2018 Number of participants 30 Form of teaching Net based teaching Home examination Contents of course Theoretical and practical knowledge in logistic regression. 8

9 Analyzing data in qualitative research, part 1 (online), 3 ECTS Analys av data i kvalitativ forskning, del 1 (online), 3 hp Course director Date Isabel Goicolea Phone: isabel.goicolea@umu.se Ulrika Järvholm Phone: ulrika.jarvholm@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Activities April 2018 (opens 5 April, closes 13 May) Number of participants 15 Form of teaching Lectures (online) 20 hours Seminars (online) 10 hours Home examination Qualitative research is characterized by a wide range of approaches and methods of analysis. This course covers basic concepts in qualitative analysis in the field of public health and provides practical application for different methods. We will review common features of qualitative data analysis approaches including the conceptual basis, steps of the process, and tools for interpretation. Special attention will be given to thematic analysis. This course is not dependent on specialized theory, and most appropriate for researchers who are in the beginning stages of conducting qualitative research. Participants are welcome to use their own data in the course. 9

10 An introduction to multilevel analysis: An epidemiological approach (online), 3 ECTS En introduktion till flernivåanalys: Ett epidemiologiskt perspektiv, 3 hp Course director Miguel San Sebastián Phone: miguel.san.sebastian@umu.se Ulrika Järvholm Phone: ulrika.jarvholm@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 26 February 6 April 2018 Number of participants 20 Form of teaching Lectures 18 hours Practical training 12 hours Seminars Home exam This course is designed as an intensive, hands-on learning experience that will foster the development of basic skills in multilevel analysis with a focus on fundamental epidemiological concepts and interpretations rather than statistical or mathematical formulae. It starts with a description of why multilevel models are necessary if the data have a hierarchical structure. It then covers the basic theory of two level models (intercept and random slopes) with emphasis on modeling strategies. Next it explains how multilevel models can be applied to analyze data when the outcome is continuous (linear regression) and when the outcome is dichotomous (logistic regression). Further topics include defining area-level variables and sample size calculation. Denna kurs bygger på intensiv, praktisk tillämpning med målet att främja utvecklingen av grundläggande färdigheter i flernivåanalys med fokus på grundläggande epidemiologiska begrepp och tolkningar snarare än statistiska och matematiska formler. En introduktion till varför flernivåmodeller är nödvändiga om uppgifterna har en hierarkisk struktur inleder kursen. Kursinnehållet omfattar därefter den grundläggande teorin för två-nivå-modeller (intercept och random slopes) med tonvikt på modelleringsstrategier; hur flernivåmodeller kan tillämpas för att analysera data när utfallsvariablerna är kontinuerliga (linjär regression) och när de är dikotoma (logistisk regression). Ytterligare teman är att definiera området nivåvariabler och beräkning av stickprovsstorlek. 10

11 Basic tumour biology from cell biology to personalized medicine, 1.5 ECTS Grundläggande tumörlära från cellbiologi till skräddarsydd behandling, 1.5 hp Course director Emma Persson Phone: Maria Wing Phone: of Radiation Sciences, Oncology Date maj 2018 Swedish or Number of participants 20 Form of teaching Lectures 16 hours Case, seminars, 20 hours Oral presentations Oral presentation The course will give an introduction to basic tumour biology and cancer diagnostics, prognostics and treatment strategies. The course includes lectures on tumour cell biology as well as cellular and molecular mechanisms behind establishment of primary tumours, disease progression and metastatic development. In addition to tumour cell biology, the course also includes lectures on diagnosis and prognosis of cancer, as well as present and future treatment strategies. Challenges and opportunities with future personalized medicine are also discussed. Besides lectures, the students will work with case seminars in groups and the work will be presented at an examining seminar. 11

12 Bioimaging, 1.5 ECTS Visualisering inom medicin och biologi, 1.5 hp Course director Richard Lundmark Phone number: Ulf Ahlgren Phone number: Anita Dreyer Perkiömäki Phone: of Integrative Medical Biology Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine Date February 2018 Number of participants 12 Form of teaching Lectures 26 hours Practical demonstrations 4 hours Presentation of take home assignment The course is aimed to introduce a variety of bioimaging techniques to provide course participants with sufficient knowledge to navigate in the field of Bioimaging. It will introduce the concepts and practice use of advanced techniques within light-, and electron-microscopy, optical reconstruction tomography, vibrational spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, positron emission tomography, magnetic resonance imaging as well as multi-modal and correlative imaging techniques. The course will give an insight to what instruments and imaging facilities that are available today. Students will also learn how to design imaging experiments, ethical considerations, data processes and analysis, figure presentation. The work will be presented at an examining seminar. 12

13 Data collection, database management and quality control in quantitative studies, 1.5 ECTS Databashantering och kvalitetsrutiner för insamling av kvantitativa data, 1.5 hp Course directors Joacim Rocklöv Phone: joacim.rocklov@umu.se Wolfgang Lohr Phone: wolfgang.lohr@umu.se Ulrika Järvholm Phone: ulrika.jarvholm@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date May 2018 Number of participants Maximum 20 Form of teaching Lectures 12 hours Data exercise 12 hours Practical assignment Data management, relational databases, and handling of data formats, data input and quality control of collected data is of primary interest in high quality and reproducible research. Its important to understand how to the research process can achieve high data quality and data integrity. This course will focus on: Data management Handling and transforming of different file types/data types Data collection, data entry, design of data collection forms Data validation, quality control Documentation Storage, back-up and archiving Databases Introduction to relational databases Introduction to MS Access Database design Labs Working with data management tools (MS Excel, text editors, data validation tools) Exercises in planning data collection, building data structures, design of data collection forms, documentation Data entry software Working with MS Access databases 13

14 Grundkurs i Good Clinical Practice (GCP) i kliniskt forskningsarbete, 1 hp Basic Good Clinical Practice pertaining to clinical research, 1.0 ECTS Kursledare Kursadministratör Institution Anders Blomberg Telefon: anders.blomberg@umu.se Elin Jakobsson Telefon: elin.jakobsson@umu.se Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin Datum 22 maj 2018 Språk Svenska Deltagarantal 25 Undervisningsform Föreläsningar 8 timmar Kunskapskontroll Närvaro Kursens innehåll I kursen ges den studerande grundläggande kunskap om gällande regelverk vid klinisk forskning; Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Vidare ges en orienterande information om de lagar och förordningar som reglerar medicinsk forskning. Inspektioner och audits av kliniska läkemedelsprövningar. Efter genomförd kursdag får den deltagande ett certifikat som bevis på erhållen kunskap om GCP och möjliggör medverkan vid klinisk läkemedelsprövning / klinisk forskning som projektledare/deltagare. Denna kurs täcker inte ensam de mål som är uppsatta för GCP-utbildning inom forskarutbildningen utan måste för forskarstuderande kompletteras med ytterligare moment. 14

15 Grundkurs i Good Clinical Practice (GCP) i kliniskt forskningsarbete, 4,5 hp Basic Good Clinical Practice pertaining to clinical research, 4.5 ECTS Kursledare Kursadministratör Institution Anders Blomberg Telefon: anders.blomberg@umu.se Elin Jakobsson Telefon: elin.jakobsson@umu.se Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin Datum januari samt februari 2018 Språk Svenska Deltagarantal 25 Undervisningsform Föreläsningar 20 timmar Seminarier 12 timmar Kunskapskontroll Skriftlig hemuppgift, redovisning i grupper i seminarieform. Kursens innehåll I kursen ges den studerande grundläggande kunskap om gällande regelverk vid klinisk forskning; Good Clinical Practice (GCP). Vidare ges en orienterande information om de lagar och förordningar som regler medicinsk forskning liksom etisk och statistisk värdering av ett forskningsprojekt. Kursen ger kunskap i hur ett studieprotokoll ska vara skrivet samt hur data samlas in och dokumenteras i strukturerad form. Analys av begrepp och regelverk i relation till det egna forskningsområdet fokuseras under kursen och i grupparbeten. 15

16 Grundläggande forskningsmetodik för läkare i norra sjukvårdsregionen, utvidgad kurs, 30 hp Introduction to research methodology for doctors in northern Sweden, extended course, 30 ECTS Kursledare Kursadministratör Institution Olov Rolandsson Telefon: olov.rolandsson@umu.se Karin Hedlund Telefon: karin.hedlund@vll.se Tid Januari 2018 maj 2019 Språk Deltagarantal 25 Pris Undervisningsform Kunskapskontroll Kursens innehåll Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin, enheten för allmänmedicin Svenska kr Föreläsningar Seminarier Dataövningar Grupphandledning Grupparbete Examination av kursen sker individuellt genom hemtentamen, presentationer och opponentskap samt inlämningsuppgifter. Målet för kursen är att ge sådana grundläggande kunskaper och färdigheter att deltagarna skall kunna genomföra FoU-arbete på sina arbetsplatser. Godkänd kurs kan räknas som 30 hp inom forskarutbildningen och uppfyller då kurskravet för kurser i etik och vetenskapsteori samt kraven för GCP-kurs motsvarande 4,5 hp i forskarutbildningen.ingående ämnen är vetenskapsteori, forskningsetik, genusvetenskap, epidemiologi, statistik med dataövningar, kvalitativ metodik, Good Clinical Practice (GCP, 4,5hp), Evidence based medicine, metaanalys, informationssökning och referenshantering, intervju- och enkätstudier, biobanksforskning, hur man skriver projektplan, ansökan om forskningsmedel samt vetenskaplig artikel. Vetenskapligt skrivande inkl projektplan ingår i form av studerandeaktivt arbete.kritisk granskning och presentation inkl opposition/försvar tränas i grupp under handledning samt i seminarieform utgående från kursdeltagarens eget forskningsprojekt. Kursen genomförs som uppdragsutbildning och vänder sig till läkare (ST och specialister) i Region Norrbotten, Västerbottens läns landsting, Landstinget Västernorrland och Region Jämtland Härjedalen såsom en forskningsförberedande kurs. Kursen bekostas av respektive sjukvårdshuvudman som förutsätts ge kursdeltagarna ledigt 10 % under terminstid, motsvarande en dag varannan vecka under tre terminer för denna utbildning. Ansökningsblankett och ett preliminärt schema hittar Du på vår hemsida, 16

17 Health, environment and sustainability, 5 ECTS Hälsa, miljö och hållbarhet, 5 hp Course director Barbara Schumann Phone: barbara.schumann@umu.se Angelica Johansson Phone: angelica.johansson@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 15 January 2 February 2018 Number of participants 5 Form of teaching Lectures 25 hours Seminars 10 hours Lab/practical sessions 20 hours Take home assignment Environmental and climate change are global threats to public health. They pose also risk for sustainability and development, in particular in low and middle-income countries. The aim of this course is to explore interrelations between population health, dynamics in the environment, and opportunities for promoting sustainability in the context of an everchanging world. Lectures and seminars will provide students with a comprehensive survey of the interconnectedness between health, environment and sustainability. Teaching will cover an introduction to environmental health/epidemiology, climate change and health, aspects of sustainability, environmental impact assessment, as well as policies and international efforts towards global solutions for sustainability. Research methods in the field of environmental epidemiology will be addressed in lectures and exercises. The course will constitute lectures, practical exercises, seminars, critical article readings and an individual student project. 17

18 Information retrieval, reference management and publication 1.5 ECTS/Informationssökning, referenshantering och publicering 1,5 hp Please note! Compulsory for students admitted between 1 July 1996 until 31 December 2011 Kursledare Institution Helene Rova Telefon: helene.rova@umu.se Medicinska biblioteket Tid Grupp 1 (på svenska): mars 2018 Group 2 (in ): March 2018 Språk Svenska/ Antal deltagare 76 Undervisningsform Föreläsningar 16 timmar Kunskapskontroll Hemtentamen / exam questions Kursinnehåll Kursen ger en orientering i olika metoder för informationssökning. Kursens tonvikt ligger på litteratursökningsteknik inom biomedicin, odontologi, omvårdnad och evidensbaserad medicin både via databaser och Internet. Undervisning i referenshanteringssystemet EndNote utgör en del av kursinnehållet. Kursen lär också ut hur den medicinska publiceringen fungerar både via ordinarie tidskriftsutbud och via Open Access. För de som önskar ingår en visning av Medicinska biblioteket. The aim of this course is to learn different methods in information retrieval for biomedicine, dentistry, nursing and evidence based medicine via databases as well as the Internet. We also teaches the reference management software EndNote. The course includes how the medical publication system works, both through ordinary journals and through Open Access. A tour of the Medical Library is offered for those who are interested. 18

19 Qualitative content analysis, 3 ECTS Kvalitativ innehållsanalys, 3 hp Course director Ulla Hällgren Graneheim Phone: ulla.hallgren.graneheim@umu.se Britt-Marie Lindgren Phone: britt-marie.lindgren@umu.se Birgitta Nilsson Phone: birgitta.nilsson@umu.se of Nursing Date 5-7 of February and of April 2018 Number of participants 20 Forms of teaching Lectures; 10 hours Hands-on exercise; 8 hours Examination seminars; 10 hours Individual papers This course focus on qualitative content analysis and covers the method s epistemological base, basic concepts and steps in the analysis process, and provides hands-on exercise of the method. Further we discuss concepts of importance for trustworthiness. Examples on various data (e.g. texts, pictures, video recordings) are discussed. Participants are welcome to use their own data in the course. 19

20 Regenerative medicine, 1.5 ECTS Regenerativ medicin, 1,5 hp Course directors Paul Kingham Phone: Peyman Kelk Phone: Mikko Lammi Phone: Date Anita Dreyer-Perkiömäki Phone number: of Integrative Medical Biology Meddelas senare Number of participants 20 Form of teaching Lectures Student-led group seminars Written assignment The course covers key concepts in translational research in the area of regenerative medicine. Topics include cell and tissue development, stem cell biology and tissue regeneration, biomaterials and scaffolds, clinical trials and regulatory framework. Students are taught the principles of tissue engineering and regenerative medicine by academic staff members giving cutting edge examples of new developments in the field and emerging concepts and technologies as well as clinical implementation. The students also work in groups to discuss scientific reviews and research articles about a specific topic in the field and present this to their peers, thereby improving their communication and analytical skills. 20

21 Research methodology and philosophy of science, 3 ECTS Vetenskapsteori, kunskapsteori och forskningsmetoder, 3 hp Please note! Compulsory for all doctoral students Course director Klas-Göran Sahlén Phone: klasse.sahlen@umu.se Ulrika Järvholm Phone: ulrika.jarvholm@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 29 January 2 February 2018 Number of participants 45 Form of teaching Lectures 29 hours Data exercise 20 hours Presentations of take home assignment This course is an introduction to philosophy of science and common concepts and theories used in research, corresponding to national goals. The course gives an insight in the variation of methods used concept at the Medical Faculty including quantitative and qualitative methods. The educational format is a mixture of plenary lectures, group discussion, participant s own presentations and an assignment to work with in two steps, before and during the course. During the week we will have some presentations of the students own research projects. Using the variety as point of departure, lectures on philosophy of science will give different perspectives of knowledge in medical research. Generic knowledge, research as part of society and how to communicate research will be in focus. Later lectures focusing on different in research methods used in pre- and clinical research is presented. Gender, equality and the importance of research in society will be discussed. 21

22 Research methodology with biostatistics, 7.5 ECTS Forskningsmetodik med grundläggande statistik, 7,5 hp Please note! Compulsory for students admitted between 1 July 1996 until 31 December 2011 Course director Joacim Rocklöv Phone: joacim.rocklov@umu.se Ulrika Järvholm Phone: ulrika.jarvholm@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 9 12 and April 2018 Number of participants 35 Form of teaching Lectures 32 hours Practical exercises 16 hours Home exam The course is an introduction to epidemiology and biostatistics. Basic epidemiological and statistical concepts are covered, and issues of study design and validity discussed. In biostatistics, lectures focus on sampling, descriptions of data and common tools for data analysis. Practical exercises are also included. 22

23 Writing Science: How to write and publish scientific papers, 5 ECTS Vetenskapligt skrivande: Att skriva och publicera vetenskapliga artiklar, 5 hp Course directors Martin Rosvall Phone: martin.rosvall@umu.se Ryan Sponseller Phone: ryan.sponseller@umu.se Lisa Hed Phone: lisa.hed@umu.se Physics and Ecology and environmental sciences, Faculty of science and technology Date 13, 20 and 27 March, 3, 10 and 17 April 2018 Number of participants 30 Form of teaching Lectures Writing group discussions and exercises Concluding classroom discussions Mandatory attendance. Writing/editing/reviewing exercise for each meeting that builds on the same short article. Analysis and peer review of a set of published papers. This is an advanced course in scientific writing. To succeed as a scientist the ability to write scientific papers is a central and very important skill. The aim of the course is that students should acquire tools and learn the craft to become skilled scientific writers. It includes the three components of effective communication: content, structure and language. We present the purpose and significance of the major general structures of a scientific paper. Here we highlight why an article must contain the topic of the research, a knowledge gap, a clear research question, a description of methods, results, discussion and conclusions. We present different narrative techniques and analyse how they can be used for better flow and continuity within and between sections. We develop writing skills down to the detailed level of internal structures of paragraphs and sentences. We meet once a week for six weeks. Each meeting starts with a short lecture focused on scientific writing in practice and based on experience with, for example, journals and editors. Then we make a short introduction to the writing exercise and split into small writing groups of three students. Each student has prepared a text, or revised the text according to the specific exercise, and the other students in the group have commented on the result. Together the students analyze, discuss, and revise the texts to further improve them. The exercises derive from the book Writing Science, which from chapter to chapter provides new tools to better tell the story. Each week, we cover three chapters and the corresponding exercises. Finally we reunite, summarize, conclude, and present the exercise for the next meeting. 23

24 KURSER HÖSTTERMINEN 2018 Design of intervention studies within patient-based research, 3 ECTS Design av interventionsstudier inom patientnära forskning, 3 hp Course directors Erik Rosendahl Phone: erik.rosendahl@umu.se Lillemor Lundin-Olsson Phone: lillemor.lundin-olsson@umu.se Chatarina Carlén Phone: chatarina.carlen@umu.se of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation Date 3-4 October & November 2018 (or Swedish, if only Swedishspeaking students) Number of participants 30 Form of teaching Examination Lectures: 12 hours Seminars/Work-Shops: 20 hours Assignment: 48 hours Written assignment about study design relevant to own research project, and active participation in workshops and seminars. The course includes theoretical and practical aspects of planning, conducting and evaluating randomized controlled trials, as well as studies with other designs aiming at evaluating interventions within patient-based research. The course will also give an insight into Participatory Action Research, Patient and Public Involvement, and the concept of Complex Interventions. After the course, the PhD student will be able to evaluate study designs relevant to own research project and to critically review the methodological quality of studies with various designs. 24

25 ehealth- Concepts, principles and methods for healthcare in a digital age, 3 ECTS ehälsa- Koncept, principer och metoder för vård och omsorg i en digital tid, 3 hp Course Director Helena Lindgren Phone: helena.lindgren@umu.se Marlene Sandlund Phone: marlene.sandlund@umu.se Course Administrator Chatarina Carlén Phone: chatarina.carlen@umu.se of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation Date September & October 2018 Number of participants 20 Form of teaching Lectures 10 hours Laboratory assignments and workshops 10 hours Seminars 15 hours Presentations of assignments relevant to their research topics, and active participation in workshops and seminars The course will give an overview of the foundations of ehealth and Medical Informatics including research methodologies. The purpose of the course is to provide the student the opportunity to apply new knowledge in theme discussions and explore, partly hands-on, the potentials in developing and applying digital tools, which are relevant to their research topic. The following themes will be included: ICT-based interventions; design and development of behaviour change systems and decision-support systems; the professional s perspective: change of work practices when introducing new digital tools; and the citizen s perspective on digital aids for health, e.g., ethics, equality, equity, autonomy, self-management. 25

26 Equity and health, 3.5 ECTS Den jämlika hälsan, 3.5 hp Course directors Anna-Karin Hurtig Phone: Lars Lindholm Phone: Angelica Johansson Phone: of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 20 September - 3 October 2018 Number of participants 20 Form of teaching Lectures 20 hours Seminars 8 hours Group-discussions Home assignments (Seminars, group-discussions and home assignments are mandatory) Examination Written assignment Inequities in health have got more and more attention, both in the national and global agendas. However, there are different opinions both regarding the definition of equity, and regarding which polices that are appropriate and justified to increase equity. This course introduces the theories which so far have been most influential in health care and public health utilitarianism, Rawl s theory of justice, communitarianism and feminism. The course investigates how these theories have influenced both research and policy-making. 26

27 Evaluation of exercise capacity and level of physical activity in persons with cardiorespiratory disease, 1.5 ECTS Bedömning av fysisk förmåga och fysisk aktivitetsnivå hos personer med hjärt- och/eller lungsjukdom, 1.5 hp Course director Karin Wadell Phone: Chatarina Carlén Phone: of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation Date and 25 October 2018 Swedish or Number of participants 15 Form of teaching Lectures 8 hours Practical training 6 hours Seminars 5 hours Presentation of take home assignment The course will give an introduction to exercise capacity and level of physical activity and evaluation of these parameters in patients with different cardiorespiratory diseases. It will give an insight to what instruments that are available today. The students will learn how to critically evaluate and practice different test methodologies of functional physical capacity and level of physical activity. The student chose one method to explore validity and reliability for the chosen patient category. The work will be presented at an examining seminar. 27

28 Evidence based public health, 4 ECTS Evidensbaserat folkhälsoarbete, 4 hp Course directors Lars Lindholm Phone: lars.lindholm@umu.se Angelica Johansson Phone: angelica.johansson@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 3 September 19 September 2018 Number of participants 20 Form of teaching Lectures 30 hours Seminars 10hours Take home assignment It is desirable to found public health policies on best possible evidence. Almost no potential policy can meet the conditions necessary for randomized control trials. On the other hand, too low evaluations standards can imply that ineffective or even harmful policies are implemented. Research aimed at a foundation for policy-making further requires an understanding of the decision-making process in public organizations. Decision-makers have to balance more or less legitimate interest of different stakeholders, and even make decisions when the evidence is far from perfect. They commonly act under economic and legitimate constraints, such as respect for human rights. Frameworks for compiling available evidence from different sources such as realistic synthesis and Markov-modelling will be presented and discussed. Most of the practical experience of compiling different aspects of health technologies can be found in the health technology assessment literature. Concrete and timely examples will be studied. 28

29 Health, gender and human rights: An introduction, 3 ECTS Hälsa, genus och mänskliga rättigheter: en introduktion, 3 hp Course directors s Isabel Goicolea Phone: isabel.goicolea@umu.se Kerstin Edin Phone: kerstin.edin@umu.se Ulrika Järvholm Phone: Ulrika.järvholm@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health of Nursing Date November 2018 Number of participants 20 Forms of teaching Lectures Group discussions and exercises Take home assignment and essay This course is an introduction to human rights frameworks, gender and intersectional theories and their connections with health, health policies and health systems. The main objectives of the course are: to make the participants aware of the different facets of the linkages between health, health care, gender, social determinants and human rights; to develop the knowledge necessary for critical analysis of the existing international and national policies affecting global health issues and the right to health; and to acquaint the participants with tools that can be employed in order to mainstream and address issues concerning health in policy making. The educational format is a mixture of plenary lectures, individual reading, group discussions, participants own presentations and an assignment to be submitted. 29

30 How to write grant applications, 3 ECTS Att skriva ansökningar om forskningsanslag, 3 hp Course director Karl-Erik Renhorn Phone: karl-erik.renhorn@umu.se Karl-Erik Renhorn Phone: karl-erik.renhorn@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 20 November 7 December 2018 Number of participants 20 Form of teaching Lectures 20 hours Practical training 10 hours Presentation of take home assignment The course will present course participants with tools to enable them to understand research funding systems; to structure their proposal writing; and to compile high-quality research applications, thus increasing their chances for success. The content includes policy background and rationale for public research funding, the procedures and processes of research funding; preparation and planning of application writing, and language and style. A large part of the course will be devoted to individual and group exercises. 30

31 Intervjuer och observationer som kvalitativa datainsamlingsmetoder, 3 hp Interviews and observations as qualitative data collection methods, 3 ECTS Kursledare Kursadministratör Kursansvarig institution Britt-Marie Lindgren Tel: E-post: britt-marie.lindgren@umu.se Ulla Hällgren Graneheim Tel: E-post: ulla.hallgren.graneheim@umu.se Birgitta Nilsson Tel: E-post: birgitta.nilsson@umu.se Institutionen för omvårdnad Kurstid september och november 2018 Språk Svenska Antal deltagare 20 Undervisningsformer Examinationsform Lektioner; 10 timmar Praktiska övningar; 8 timmar Examinationsseminarium; 10 timmar Individuella paper som diskuteras vid seminarium Kursens innehåll Intervjumetoder som presenteras är: individuella intervjuer som till exempel strukturerade, semi-strukturerade och ostrukturerade intervjuer, narrativa och reflekterande intervjuer samt fokusgruppsintervjuer. Vidare omfattar kursen deltagande och icke-deltagande observationstekniker. Kursen behandlar också tekniker för insamling och utskrift av data. 31

32 Longitudinal Data Analysis 1.5 ECTS Longitudinell analys, 1,5 hp Course directors Johan Sommar Phone: Ulrika Järvholm Phone: of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 3 6 December 2018 Number of participants 20 Form of teaching Lectures 12 hours Data exercise 9 hours Practical assignment The course deals with statistical analysis in studies with repeated or time dependent outcomes. - Introduction to longitudinal data and longitudinal study designs - Characteristics and description of longitudinal data - Introduction to Mixed models with random and fixed effects for longitudinal analysis - Introduction to General Estimation Equation models - Covariance structures and their implementation within longitudinal analysis - Model fitting in longitudinal analysis The course is given in form of lectures, seminars, and practical computer exercises. The course is intended for students with practical and theoretical knowledge of biostatistics corresponding to the course Research methodology with Biostatistics, 7.5 ECTS. 32

33 Metabolic disorders including diabetes mellitus, 1.5 ECTS Metabola sjukdomar inklusive diabetes, 1,5 hp Course director Tommy Olsson Phone: Elin Jakobsson elin.jakobsson@umu.se Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Medicine Date 8-12 October 2018 Number of participants 30 Form of teaching Lectures 12 hours Practical training 6 hours Seminars 12 hours Presentation of take home assignment The course includes epidemiology, pathophysiology, complications and treatment of type 1 diabetes, obesity and obesity related disorders - notably type 2 diabetes. Aspects on adipose tissue biology, lipid metabolism, insulin resistance and treatment with lifestyle changes, pharmacological treatment and surgery will be covered. Lectures also include aspects on hypertension and cardiovascular disease. The seminars will be related to the course participants ongoing projects. Practical training relates to techniques involved in basic and clinical research including relevant methods available at the clinical research centre at Umeå University Hospital. 33

34 Methods in social epidemiology, 3 ECTS Metoder inom social epidemiologi, 3 hp Course director Miguel San Sebastián Phone: miguel.san.sebastian@umu.se Ulrika Järvholm Phone: ulrika.jarvholm@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 10 December 14 December 2018 Number of participants 5 at PhD-level Form of teaching Lectures 18 hours Practical training 12 hours Seminars Lectures will be held in the mornings and computer sessions with applied exercises will follow in the afternoon after each lecture session. Hands-on practical session in the computer labs will use Stata software. Previous knowledge of Stata is required. Home exam Content of the course Socioeconomic inequalities in health are a major challenge for health policy. Monitoring the changes in the magnitude of these inequalities is essential to assess the effectiveness of health policy interventions. There is a wide variety of summary measures for the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in health. These measures choose different perspectives, and it is recommended to assess the magnitude of health inequalities based on a set of diverse measures that together cover all the relevant perspectives. Both simple and sophisticated summary measures are available for each of these perspectives. This course is designed as an intensive, hands-on learning experience that will foster the development of theoretical knowledge and basic skills in calculating and interpreting different health inequality measurements. The different measurements included in the course are: the relative index of inequality and the concentration index, the principal component analysis applied to socioeconomic status, the measurement of intersectionality, how to conduct a decomposition analysis and propensity matching score. Further topic includes methodological issues when carrying out life course studies and the advantages of multilevel analysis. Previous knowledge on biostatistics and epidemiology are pre-requisite for taking this course. 34

35 Expected learning outcomes Students who successfully complete this course will be able to: Differentiate various measures of health inequalities and judge their weaknesses and strengths. Understand the theoretical concepts behind the health inequality measurements. Calculate the measures of health inequalities presented in the course. Interpret the results of the health inequality measurements. 35

36 Oral presentation, 1.5 ECTS Muntlig presentation, 1,5 hp Course Director Date Åse Tieva, Centre for Educational Development (UPL) Phone: ase.tieva@umu.se Gunilla Mårald Phone: gunilla.marald@umu.se Board of Doctoral Education, Faculty of Medicine to be determined Number of participants 24 Form of teaching Lectures, workshops, practical assignments, group work and exercises. Oral presentation and feedback on other students presentations The goal of the course is to give the students an opportunity to develop skills in oral presentation, with focus on presentations at conferences. To make this possible, the course includes sessions about rhetorics and body language. We will work with Power point presentations, presentation using the headline technique and poster presentations to give the students the opportunity to develop an array of presentation skills. There will be several opportunities to practice these methods and the teachers and students will give feedback to the different presentations that each student will perform. There will also be opportunities to learn how to respond to feedback and how to use it to improve presentation skills. The course is built on John Dewey s concept learning by doing and David Kolb s theories about experiential learning. 36

37 Qualitative data analysis, 7.5 ECTS Kvalitativ dataanalys, 7,5 hp Course Director Isabel Goicolea Phone: Isabel.goicolea@umu.se Course Director Kristina Lindvall Phone: Kristina.lindvall@umu.se Angelica Johansson Phone: angelica.johansson@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 4 October 5 November 2018 Number of participants 10 at PhD-level Form of teaching Lectures 22 hours Seminars 12 hours Group works 12 hours Group supervision 5 hours Examination Literature seminar, course project, individual paper and article analysis The course focuses on the basic principles and steps of qualitative data analysis. Grounded Theory method is one of the interpretation techniques used in the course. This is aimed at generating concepts and theories through qualitative data collection and analysis. Participants will perform the basic steps of analyzing qualitative data (teacher-provided as well as their own). Moreover, participants will examine and discuss critically various examples of scientific studies that employ qualitative data analysis. In addition, this course looks more closely into Grounded Theory method in relation to qualitative methodology more broadly. 37

38 Regression models in medical sciences, 3 ECTS Regressionsmodeller för medicinska vetenskaper, 3 hp Course director Marie Lindkvist Phone: marie.lindkvist@umu.se Ulrika Järvholm Phone: ulrika.jarvholm@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 6 25 November 2018 Number of participants 20 Form of teaching Weblectures Lectures Seminars Computer exercises Home examination The focus in the course is on the understanding of statistical reasoning in analysis of data and research. The measurement process is discussed in the context of statistical model choice and basic data management is introduced. Regression analysis is a statistical technique used for analyzing the relationship between response and explanatory variables and during the main part of the course different types of regression analyses are described and discussed. Initially, a short repetition of Linear regression is given and then some other regression models are introduced; Logistic regression where the response is binary, Poisson regression where the response is counts and Cox regression where the response is time to event. Medical and epidemiological research articles will be discussed with focus on the statistical methodology. During the course theoretical parts will be illustrated with discussion exercises and computer exercises. 38

39 Research based on quality registries, 2 ECTS Registerforskning med särskild inriktning på kvalitetsregister, 2 hp Kursledare Kursadministratör Institution Yulia Blomstedt Phone: yulia.blomstedt@umu.se Ulrika Järvholm Phone: ulrika.jarvholm@umu.se Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin Datum oktober 2018 Språk Svenska Deltagarantal 20 Undervisningsform Föreläsningar 18 timmar Seminarier 12 timmar Praktiska exempel 8 timmar Kunskapskontroll Att medverka i och klara av praktiska övningar på seminarier Kursens innehåll Detta är en introduktionskurs i registerforskning. Kursen avser att ge generell teoretisk kunskap om och grundläggande praktiska färdigheter för forskning på kvalitetsregister. 39

40 Research ethics, 3 ECTS Etik i forskningen, 3 hp Please note! Compulsory for all doctoral students Course director Will be announced later Angelica Gustafsson Svahn, Farmakologi och klinisk neurovetenskap Phone: angelica.svahn@umu.se The Medical Faculty s Research Ethics Committee Date November 2018 Number of participants 60 Form of teaching Lectures 20 hours Seminars 6-8 hours Home exam Basic concepts and history of research ethics. Ethical analysis. Application to Ethical review board. Biobanks. Research on register data. Research on groups with limited autonomy. Misconduct in research. Publication ethics. Archives, openness and secrecy for research data. Introduction to ethics in animal research. Discussion on students own project. 40

41 Research methodology and philosophy of science, 3 ECTS Vetenskapsteori, kunskapsteori och forskningsmetoder, 3 hp Please note! Compulsory for all doctoral students Course director Klas-Göran Sahlén Phone: klasse.sahlen@umu.se Ulrika Järvholm Phone: ulrika.jarvholm@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date September 2018 Number of participants 45 Form of teaching Lectures 29 hours Data exercise 20 hours Presentations of take home assignment This course is an introduction to philosophy of science and common concepts and theories used in research, corresponding to national goals. The course gives an insight in the variation of methods used concept at the Medical Faculty including quantitative and qualitative methods. The educational format is a mixture of plenary lectures, group discussion, participant s own presentations and an assignment to work with in two steps, before and during the course. During the week we will have some presentations of the students own research projects. Using the variety as point of departure, lectures on philosophy of science will give different perspectives of knowledge in medical research. Generic knowledge, research as part of society and how to communicate research will be in focus. Later lectures focusing on different in research methods used in pre- and clinical research is presented. Gender, equality and the importance of research in society will be discussed. 41