Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - BarcelonaIntroduction to Biomedicine
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English
Head instructor
Dra. Sara HERNÁNDEZ - shernandez@uic.es
Office hours
To consult questions about the subject, please ask for an appointment to shernandez@uic.es
The environment of the Biomedical Sciences is rich and offers the possibility of developing abilities that are not necessarily in intimate relation with the knowledge of Biology and Pathology, in a large number of different professional areas.
Within the field of Biomedical Sciences, research is the professional choice most chosen by students. But there are other options such as the pharmaceutical or biotechnological industry, the management of research, clinical analysis, scientific dissemination, or teaching.
With the intention of going beyond the fundamental knowledge that a professional of the Biomedical Sciences must acquire, in this subject all the available professional opportunities will be presented, so that the student knows them from the beginnings of the career and can contemplate them and integrate them in the configuration of your professional profile.
On the other hand, a series of tools will also be offered that will allow the student to take full advantage of both the teaching activities that will take place during the course of the degree, as well as the professional development that will come after obtaining the degree.
Not necessary.
The subject has two main objectives:
1) Offer students tools that:
2) Know the professional outputs of the Biomedical Sciences.
At the end of the course, the student:
Unit I: Professional outputs of the Biomedical Sciences.
Unit II: Oral communication tools.
Unit III: Group work: interpersonal conflict management.
Unit IV: Mindfulness and achievement of objectives.
Unit V: Scientific dissemination project.
The teaching methodologies that this subject contains are:
Lectures: presentation of a theoretical topic by the teacher.
Case methods: statement of a real or imaginary situation. The students work the questions formulated in small groups and in class the answers are discussed. The teacher intervenes actively and if necessary brings new knowledge.
To obtain the final grade of the subject, an oral presentation, a test-type exam and the presentation of a project on scientific dissemination will be evaluated. The weight of each of these evaluations on the final grade will be as follows:
* Oral presentation: 20%
* Test type exam: 20%
* Project on scientific disclosure: 60%
In order to pass the subject, it is mandatory to carry out each one of the proposed evaluations and get a minimum grade of 5 in the test type exaemination.
There is no specific bibliographic source to work the different blocks of this subject. The professors of each block will recommend different bibliographical sources or they will contribute the material in power point format.