FORSKARUTBILDNINGSKURSER VID MEDICINSKA FAKULTETEN 2017 Vårterminen 2017 Deadline: 20 november 2016 Höstterminen 2017 Deadline: 21 maj 2017 DOCTORAL COURSES Spring semester 2017 Deadline: 20 November 2016 Fall semester 2017 Deadline: 21 May 2017 1
KURSER VÅRTERMINEN 2017... 8 Advanced biostatistics, Logistic regression, 1.5 ECTS (online)... 8 Analyzing data in qualitative research, part 2 (online), 3 ECTS... 9 An introduction to multilevel analysis: An epidemiological approach (online), 3 ECTS... 10 Bioimaging, 1.5 ECTS... 11 Clinical Oncology for preclinical PhD students, 3 ETCS... 12 Data collection, database management and quality control in quantitative studies, 1.5 ECTS... 13 Etik i forskningen, 3 hp... 14 Grundkurs i Good Clinical Practice (GCP) i kliniskt forskningsarbete, 1 hp... 15 Grundkurs i Good Clinical Practice (GCP) i kliniskt forskningsarbete, 4,5 hp 16 Health, environment and sustainability, 5 ECTS... 17 Informationssökning, referenshantering och publicering 1,5 hp... 18 Qualitative content analysis, 3 ECTS... 19 Regenerative medicine, 1.5 ECTS... 20 Research methodology and philosophy of science, 3 ECTS... 21 Research methodology with biostatistics, 7.5 ECTS... 22 Writing Science: How to write and publish scientific papers, 5 ECTS... 23 KURSER HÖSTTERMINEN 2017... 25 Design of intervention studies within patient-based research, 3.0 ECTS... 25 ehealth- Concepts, principles and methods for healthcare in a digital age, 3 ECTS... 26 Equity and health, 3 ECTS... 27 Evaluation of exercise capacity and level of physical activity in persons with cardiorespiratory disease, 1.5 ECTS... 28 Evidence based public health, 4 hp... 29 How to write grant applications, 3 ECTS... 30 Intervjuer och observationer som kvalitativa datainsamlingsmetoder, 3 hp 31 Longitudinal data analysis 1.5 ECTS... 32 Metabolic disorders including diabetes mellitus, 1.5 ECTS... 33 Methods in social epidemiology, 3ECTS... 34 Qualitative data analysis, 7,5 ECTS... 36 Registerforskning med särskild inriktning på kvalitetsregister, 2 hp... 37 Regression models in medical sciences, 3 ECTS... 38 Research ethics, 3 ECTS... 39 2
Research methodology and philosophy of science, 3 ECTS... 40 Research methodology with biostatistics, 7.5 ECTS... 41 Synaptic and molecular physiology of brain circuits, 3 ECTS... 42 Writing Science: How to write and publish scientific papers, 5 ECTS... 43 3
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 Forskarutbildningsutskottet 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 i mån av plats även personer som ännu inte är antagna till forskarutbildning, delta. 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 Mårald, gunilla.marald@umu.se, eller av studierektor Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen, ulrich.von.pawel-rammingen@umu.se. Information om kursernas innehåll lämnas av respektive ansvarig kursledare. 4
Umeå universitet har ett samarbete med Linköpings universitet. Deras forskarutbildningskurser hittar man på webbadressen: http://www.hu.liu.se/forskarutbildning/forskarutbildningskurser?l=sv *********************** Nedanstående kurser är obligatoriska för doktorander antagna mellan 060701 och 111231 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
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 Mårald, gunilla.marald@umu.se, or by the director of doctoral studies, Ulrich von Pawel-Rammingen, ulrich.von.pawel-rammingen@umu.se. Information about the courses is provided by each course leader respectively. 6
Umeå University has collaboration with Linköping University. Their doctoral courses can be found online: http://www.hu.liu.se/forskarutbildning/forskarutbildningskurser?l=sv *********************** 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
KURSER VÅRTERMINEN 2017 Advanced biostatistics, Logistic regression, 1.5 ECTS (online) Biostatistik, fördjupningskurs, Logistisk regression, 1,5 hp Course director Hans Stenlund Phone: +46 90 785 12 17 Email: hans.stenlund@epiph.umu.se Birgitta Åström Phone: +46 90 786 52 31 Email: birgitta.astrom@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date 1 March - 31 March 2017 Number of participants 30 Form of teaching Net based teaching Home examination Contents of course Theoretical and practical knowledge in logistic regression. 8
Analyzing data in qualitative research, part 2 (online), 3 ECTS Analys av data i kvalitativ forskning, del 2 (online), 3 hp Course director Isabel Goicolea Phone: +46 90 786 54 66 Email: isabel.goicolea@umu.se Angelica Johansson Phone: +46 90 786 59 54 Email: angelica.johansson@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date Activities 24 April 19 May (opens 17 April, closes 2 May) 2017 Number of participants 15 Form of teaching Lectures (online) 20 hours Seminars (online) 10 hours Home examination The course focuses on the analysis and writing process of qualitative research, focusing on the final stages of developing themes from codes and converting them to results. The course emphasizes thematic analysis, but also provides an overview of other approaches such as content analysis and grounded theory. The course provides hands-on training into qualitative data analysis, using qualitative data brought by the students. The course also attends to the assessment of quality criteria in qualitative research and on writing and disseminating qualitative research findings. 9
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: +46 90 785 12 09 Email: miguel.san.sebastian@umu.se Lena Mustonen Phone: +46 90 786 65 09 Email: lena.mustonen@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 3 April 19 May 2017 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
Bioimaging, 1.5 ECTS Visualisering inom medicin och biologi, 1.5 hp Course director Richard Lundmark Phone number: +46 70 620 2464 Email: Richard.lundmark@umu.se Ulf Ahlgren Phone number: +46 70 220 9228 Email: ulf.ahlgren@umu.se Anita Dreyer Perkiömäki Phone: +46 90 786 5117 Email: anita.dreyer-perkiomaki@umu.se of Integrative Medical Biology, Umeå Centre for Molecular Medicine Date 13-17 February 2017 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. 11
Clinical Oncology for preclinical PhD students, 3 ETCS Clinical oncology for dummies Klinisk onkologi för prekliniker, 3 hp Course director Beatrice Melin Phone: +46 90 785 00 00 Email: beatrice.melin@umu.se Sara Huggert Ranta Phone: +46 70 209 48 88 Email: sara.huggert@onkologi.umu.se of radiation sciences, Oncology Date 8-10 February 2017 Number of participants 30 Form of teaching Lectures 6 hours Seminars 10 hours Run-through of case and discussions with oral presentation The course will give a basic introduction in the workup of cancer diagnosis, treatment and outcome of common cancers such as breast, colon, lung cancer and malignant melanoma. Modern targeted treatments as well as common chemotherapy used will be discussed including mechanisms for action and resistance. After the course the students will have a better understanding of the complexity of clinical oncology and how the workup and common treatment is done for some common cancers. This will enhance the students possibility to put their own research questions into context. 12
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: + 46 90 786 55 55 Email: joacim.rocklov@umu.se Wolfgang Lohr Phone: + 46 90 786 52 05 Email: wolfgang.lohr@umu.se Eva Selin Phone: +46 90 786 59 52 Email: eva.selin@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date 8-12 May 2017 Number of participants Maximum 20 Form of teaching Lectures 12 hours Data exercise 12 hours Practical assignment Database 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 Introduction to web based databases, online data collection 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
Etik i forskningen, 3 hp Research ethics, 3 ECTS Obs! Obligatorisk kurs för samtliga doktorander Kursledare Kursadministratör Institution Gisela Dahlquist, Klinisk vetenskap, pediatrik Telefon: 070-605 14 25 E-post: gisela.dahlquist@umu.se Sara Widmark, Klinisk neurovetenskap Telefon: 090 785 19 59 E-post: sara.widmark@umu.se Medicinska fakultetens kommitté för etikfrågor Tid 20 23 februari 2017 Språk Svenska Antal deltagare 60 Undervisningsform Föreläsningar 20 timmar Seminarier 6-8 timmar Kunskapskontroll Hemtentamen Kursens innehåll Forskningsetikens grunder. Introduktion till forskningsetisk analys. Ansökan till forskningsetisk nämnd. Oegentlighet i forskning. Publikationsetik. Forskning på svaga grupper. Registerforskning. Etik vid forskningsintervjuer. Biobanker. Arkivering av forskningsdata. Introduktion till djurförsöksetik. Genomgång av kursdeltagarnas egna projekt. 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 Bo Carlberg Telefon: 785 19 65 Email: bo.carlberg@umu.se Marja-Liisa Lammi Tavelin Telefon: 785 80 39 Email: MarjaLiisa.LammiTavelin@vll.se Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin, enheten för medicin Datum Onsdagen den 8 februari 2017 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. 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 Bo Carlberg Telefon: 785 19 65 Email: bo.carlberg@umu.se Marja-Liisa Lammi Tavelin Telefon: 785 80 39 Email: MarjaLiisa.LammiTavelin@vll.se Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin, enheten för medicin Datum 6-7 februari och 3-4 april 2017 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. 16
Health, environment and sustainability, 5 ECTS Hälsa, miljö och hållbarhet, 5 hp Course director Joacim Rocklöv Phone: +46 90-786 55 55 Email: joacim.rocklov@umu.se Ulrika Harju Phone: +46 90 786 51 79 Email: ulrika.harju@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, division for Epidemiology and Global Health Date 16 January 10 February 2017 Number of participants 5 Form of teaching Lectures 32 hours Seminars 4 hours Lab/practical sessions 16 hours Take home assignment The aim of this course is to explore interrelations between population-health, dynamics in the environment, and opportunities and frameworks for sustainability in the context of an ever-changing world. Students and instructors will share diverse experiences from disciplines relating to environmental public health including environmental epidemiology, health impact assessment, climate change adaptation, co-benefits of mitigation, and global health policy in light of the sustainable development. Modules of the course will help students navigate emerging theme in public health by providing students with a comprehensive survey of the interconnectedness between health, environmental change and sustainability and policy at the global and local scale. Students will focus their attention to the drivers of the changes in the natural and anthropogenic system, global policy regulating the change, and local environmental epidemiological studies and impact assessment enabling a local to global interconnectedness. 17
Informationssökning, referenshantering och publicering 1,5 hp Information retrieval, reference management and publication 1.5 ECTS Please note! Compulsory for students admitted between 1 July 1996 until 31 December 2011 Kursledare Institution Helene Rova Telefon: 090 786 96 98 Email: helene.rova@umu.se Medicinska biblioteket Tid Grupp 1: 13-14 mars 2017 Grupp 2: 16-17 mars 2017 Grupp 3: 27-28 mars 2017 Språk Svenska (in if there are any foreign participants) Antal deltagare 76 Undervisningsform Föreläsningar 16 timmar Kunskapskontroll Hemtentamen / exam questions Kursinnehåll Informationssökning, referenshantering och publicering 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
Qualitative content analysis, 3 ECTS Kvalitativ innehållsanalys, 3 hp Course director Ulla Hällgren Graneheim Phone: + 46 90 786 92 58 Email: ulla.hallgren.graneheim@umu.se Britt-Marie Lindgren Phone number: + 46 90 786 92 61 Email: britt-marie.lindgren@umu.se Date Birgitta Nilsson Phone: +46 90 786 77 18 Email: birgitta.nilsson@umu.se of Nursing 30 January 1 February and 6-7 April 2017 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
Regenerative medicine, 1.5 ECTS Regenerativ medicin, 1,5 hp Course directors Paul Kingham Phone number: 090-786 97 54 Email: paul.kingham@umu.se Peyman Kelk Phone number: 090-786 63 81 Email: peyman.kelk@umu.se Mikko Lammi Phone number: 090-786 54 52 Email: mikko.lammi@umu.se Anita Dreyer-Perkiömäki Phone number: 090-786 51 17 Email: anita.dreyer-perkiomaki@umu.se of Integrative Medical Biology Date 20 24 March 2017 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
Research methodology and philosophy of science, 3 ECTS Vetenskapsteori, kunskapsteori och forskningsmetoder, 3 hp Please note! Compulsory course for all doctoral students Course director Klas-Göran Sahlén Phone: +46 90 785 13 91 Email: klasse.sahlen@umu.se Ulrika Harju Phone: +46 90 785 29 74 Email: ulrika.harju@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date 6 February 10 February 2017 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
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: +46 90 785 12 95 Email: joacim.rocklov@umu.se Karin Johansson Phone: +46 90 786 55 11 Email: karin.johansson@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date 24-27 April, 2-5 May 2017 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
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: 070-239 19 73 Email: martin.rosvall@umu.se Ryan Sponseller Phone: 090-786 65 50 Email: ryan.sponseller@umu.se Date Lisa Hed Phone: 090-786 52 16 Email: lisa.hed@umu.se Physics and Ecology and environmental sciences, Faculty of science and technology 14 March 18 April 2017 (once weekly on Tuesdays) 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 23
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. 24
KURSER HÖSTTERMINEN 2017 Design of intervention studies within patient-based research, 3.0 ECTS Design av interventionsstudier inom patientnära forskning, 3 hp Course directors Erik Rosendahl Phone: +46 90 786 91 37 Email: erik.rosendahl@umu.se Lillemor Lundin-Olsson Phone: +46 90 786 91 35 Email: lillemor.lundin-olsson@umu.se Chatarina Carlén Phone: +46 90 786 65 09 Email: chatarina.carlen@umu.se of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy Date 4-5 October & 15-16 November 2017 (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. 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: +46 90 786 77 73 Email: helena.lindgren@umu.se Marlene Sandlund Phone: +46 90 786 9530 Email: marlene.sandlund@umu.se Course Administrator Chatarina Carlén Phone: +46 90 786 65 09 Email: chatarina.carlen@umu.se of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation Date week 38 and 42 2017 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. 26
Equity and health, 3 ECTS Den jämlika hälsan, 3 hp Course directors Anna-Karin Hurtig Phone: +46 90 785 11 64 Email: anna-karin.hurtig@umu.se Lars Lindholm Phone: +46 90 785 29 34 Email: lars.lindholm@umu.se Angelica Johansson Phone: +46 90 786 59 54 Email: angelica.johansson@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date 14-27 September 2017 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 and feminism. The course investigates how these theories have influenced both research and policy-making. 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: +46 90 786 98 87 E-mail: karin.wadell@umu.se Chatarina Carlén Phone: +46 90 786 65 09 E-mail: chatarina.carlen@umu.se of Community Medicine and Rehabilitation, Physiotherapy Date 10 11 and 26 October 2017 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. 28
Evidence based public health, 4 hp Evidensbaserat folkhälsoarbete, 4 hp Course directors Lars Lindholm Phone: +46 90 785 29 34 Email: lars.lindholm@epiph.umu.se Angelica Johansson Phone: +46 90 786 59 54 Email: angelica.johansson@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, division for Epidemiology and Global Health Date Preliminary 28 August 13 September 2017 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. 29
How to write grant applications, 3 ECTS Att skriva ansökningar om forskningsanslag, 3 hp Course director Karl-Erik Renhorn Phone: +46 70 242 98 58 Email: karl-erik.renhorn@umu.se Karl-Erik Renhorn Phone: +46 70 242 98 58 Email: karl-erik.renhorn@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date 20 November - 8 December 2017 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 contents include 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
Intervjuer och observationer som kvalitativa datainsamlingsmetoder, 3 hp Interviews and observations as qualitative data collection methods, 3 ECTS Kursledare Britt-Marie Lindgren Tel: + 46 90 786 92 61 E-post: britt-marie.lindgren@umu.se Ulla Hällgren Graneheim Tel: + 46 90 786 92 58 E-post: ulla.hallgren.graneheim@umu.se Kursadministratör Kursansvarig institution Kurstid Språk Birgitta Nilsson Tel: +46 90 786 77 18 E-post: birgitta.nilsson@umu.se Institutionen för omvårdnad 18-20 september och 16-17 november 2017 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
Longitudinal data analysis 1.5 ECTS Longitudinell analys, 1.5 hp Course directors Johan Sommar Phone: +46 90 785 34 53 Email: johan.sommar@umu.se Joacim Rocklöv Phone: + 46 90 786 55 55 Email: joacim.rocklov@umu.se Lena Mustonen Phone: +46 90 786 51 10 Email: lena.mustonen@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date 4-7 December 2017 Number of participants Maximum 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. : - Analysis of paired data - Time series - Hierarchical analysis of repeated measures and longitudinal data - Analysis of covariance (ANCOVA) - One-way random effects models - Interpretation of intra class correlation (ICC) - Mixed models - Interpretation of random and fixed effects 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
Metabolic disorders including diabetes mellitus, 1.5 ECTS Metabola sjukdomar inklusive diabetes, 1,5 hp Course director Tommy Olsson Phone: +46 90 785 18 45 E-mail: Tommy.G.Olsson@umu.se Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Medicine Date 9-13 October 2017 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
Methods in social epidemiology, 3ECTS Metoder inom social epidemiologi, 3 hp Course director Miguel San Sebastián Phone: +46 90 785 12 09 Email: miguel.san.sebastian@umu.se Lena Mustonen Phone: +46 90 786 65 09 Email: lena.mustonen@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine Date 11 December - 15 December 2017 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
Expected learning outcomes Students who successfully complete this course will be able to: Differentiate various measures of health inequalities and judge their weakness 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
Qualitative data analysis, 7,5 ECTS Course Director Anna-Britt Coe Phone: + 46 90 786 79 64 Email: anna-britt.coe@umu.se Angelica Johansson Phone: + 46 90 786 59 54 Email: angelica.johansson@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date 28 September-30 October 2017 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 Grounded Theory method. Grounded Theory method is an interpretation technique aimed at generating concepts and theories through qualitative data collection and analysis. Participants will perform the basic steps of Grounded Theory method to analyze qualitative data (teacher-provided as well as their own). Moreover, participants will examine and discuss critically various examples of scientific studies that employ Grounded Theory method. The course situates Grounded Theory method in relation to qualitative methodology more broadly. 36
Registerforskning med särskild inriktning på kvalitetsregister, 2 hp Research based on quality registries, 2 ECTS Kursledare Anneli Ivarsson Telefon: 090-786 51 86 Email: anneli.ivarsson@umu.se Karin Sikström Telefon: 090-785 72 69 Email: karin.sikstrom@vll.se Kursadministratör Institution Ulrika Harju Telefon: 090-786 29 74 Email: ulrika.harju@umu.se Institutionen för folkhälsa och klinisk medicin, enheten för epidemiologi och global hälsa Datum v 43 Språk Engelska 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. 37
Regression models in medical sciences, 3 ECTS Regressionsmodeller för medicinska vetenskaper, 3 hp Course director Marie Lindkvist Phone: +46 90 786 61 04 +46 90 785 33 46 Email: marie.lindkvist@umu.se Susanne Walther Phone: +46 90 786 56 32 Email: susanne.walther@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date Period 31 October 17 November 2017 Exact dates will be given later Number of participants 5 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
Research ethics, 3 ECTS Etik i forskningen, 3 hp Please note! Compulsory course for all doctoral students Course director Sara Widmark, Klinisk neurovetenskap Phone: +46 90 785 19 59 Email: sara.widmark@umu.se The Medical Faculty s Research Ethics Committee Date 27-30 November 2017 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. 39
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: +46 90 785 13 91 Email: klasse.sahlen@umu.se Eva Selin Phone: +46 90 786 59 52 Email: eva.selin@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date 9-13 October 2017 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. 40
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: +46 90 785 12 95 Email: joacim.rocklov@umu.se Karin Johansson Phone: +46 90 786 55 11 Email: karin.johansson@umu.se of Public Health and Clinical Medicine, Epidemiology and Global Health Date 6 9 November and 20 23 November 2017 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. 41
Synaptic and molecular physiology of brain circuits, 3 ECTS Hjärnkretsarnas synaptiska och molekylära fysiologi, 3 hp Course director Paolo Medini Phone: +46 90 786 6209 Email: paolo.medini@umu.se to be determined of Integrative Medical Biology (IMB) Date September and October 2016 Number of participants max 20 Form of teaching Lectures 20 hours Practical training 3 hours Seminars 3 hours Presentation of take home assignment This is an interdisciplinary course that has the purpose to give the PhD students an updated and stimulating overview on how brain circuits function and can be modified by experience in the living brain. The course is interdisciplinary as it spans from the molecular and synaptic/cellular level to the physiology of the brain function as a whole up to the more integrated level: behavior. 10 Föreläsningar (2 hours/lecture): -Synaptic communication and plasticity in the brain: a cellular and molecular perspective (Staffan Johansson, IMB) -Electrophysiological and Imaging Methods to study Brain Microcircuits in the intact brain (Paolo Medini, IMB) -Molecular Mechanisms of Circuit Functioning: exo- and endo-cytosis in the brain (Richard Lundmark, IMB) -Molecular mechanisms of circuit function: cytoskeleton and neurotrophic interactions (Martin Gullberg, Molecular Biology) -Synaptic integration in neuronal dendrites in the intact brain (Paolo Medini, IMB) -Molecular organization and experience dependent plasticity in olfactory brain circuits (Staffan Bohm, Molecular Biology) -Functioning of Cortical Microcircuits in the Visual and Somatosensory Cortices (Paolo Medini, IMB) -Experience-dependent plasticity of Cortical Circuits (Paolo Medini, IMB) -Spinal cord motor circuits underlying reaching and grasping (Bror Alstermark, IMB) -The periphery in the center: coding of tactile information at sensory receptor level (Roland Johansson, IMB) 2 Laborationer (3 hours): -Electrophysiology to study the living brain: intra- and extra-cellular recordings; -Imaging Methods to study the living brain: voltage-sensitive dye and two-photon imaging. 3 Seminarier (3 hours): Neurobiology/Physiology Seminar offered by IMB Seminar Series 42