Universitat Internacional de Catalunya

Clinical Data Management

Clinical Data Management
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Main language of instruction: Catalan

Other languages of instruction: English, Spanish

Teaching staff


For any question, please contact:  Marisa Martin - marisamf@uic.es

Introduction

The subject features of 3 credits ECTS and teached in the first semester of the academic course. It is designed to offer strategies and general resources for the research. It constitutes one of the subjects of the module 1 of Fundamentals of Clinical Research and, more precisely, ascribed to the subject denominated Applied Scientific Methodology in the clinical field.

Pre-course requirements

They are not required.

The students have to compromise to take part actively in the activities proposed.

Objectives

This subject pretends to contribute the knowledge and skills to initiate in the research, look for bibliographic information to the national and international bases, critically analyze the information, prepare a manuscript for its publication and look for the scientific evidence more relieving for its application in Health Sciences.

Competences/Learning outcomes of the degree programme

  • CN01RA - Identify health problems in the field of emergencies and health emergencies that can be investigated.
  • CN04RA - Identify the quantitative and qualitative tools and methods necessary for the design and development of a research study in the clinical field of emergencies.
  • CP02RA - Communicate clinical findings, health outcomes and/or research project in new, specialized and non-specialized settings clearly and unambiguously.
  • CP03RA - Design advanced research projects on clinical aspects capable of generating new and specific knowledge for disciplinary, professional and institutional development, considering the differences in the expression of diseases in men and women and the consequent health care and treatment needs.
  • HB03 -
  • HB05RA - Demonstrate the use of tools related to information and communication technologies and their application to specific fields of knowledge

Syllabus

1. SOURCES OF INFORMATION FOR RESEARCH

  1. Concept of sources of information. Source types.
  2. Procedure to realise the searches. Interrogation language.
  3. Databases in health sciences.

2. EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING

  1. Critical thought and take of informed decisions. 
  2. Critical reading of the scientific information.
  3. Preparation of questions.
  4. Systematic searches of information.         

3.MANAGEMENT OF DOCUMENTATION. 

  1. Bibliographic manager.
  2. The management of the scientific documentation.
  3. REFWORKS.
  4. ENDNOTE.

4. BIBLIOGRAPHIC PREFERENCES AND CITATION

  1. Importance of the bibliographic mention.
  2. Appointments and bibliographic references.
  3. Norms of citation more used in sciences of the health.
  4. Vancouver’s style. 
  5. APA’s style.

5. SCIENTIFIC WRITING

  1. Type of articles.
  2. Main parts of a scientific article.
  3. Scientific quality evaluation. The factor of impact.
  4. Ethical of the scientific publication. Concerning the scientific creation.
  5. Critical reading of research works. 

6. PUBLICATION OF THE PROCESS

  1. Norms of publication of biomedical magazines.
  2. A manuscript’s preparation.
  3. Electronic process of sending manuscripts.
  4. Letter to the director.
  5. Process of review for pairs. Procedure and answer to the publisher.

Teaching and learning activities

In blended



Blended

  • Classes theoretical-practical: exhibition of theoretical content, exercises in the classroom and informatics laboratory, analysis of scientific articles, debates.
  • Autonomous work: search of information, realisation of exercises and review of the exposed contents and of the online contents.

Bibliography and resources

Burns,  N. (2012). Investigación en enfermería. Desarrollo de la pràctica infermera basada en la evidencia, 5a ed. Barcelona: Elsevier España.

Faus, F. & Santainés, E. (2013). Búsquedas bibliográficas en bases de datos. Primeros passos en investigación en bases de datos. Barcelona: Elsevier España.

Jiménez, J., Argimon, J. M., Martín A. & Vilardell, M. (2015). Publicación científica en biomedicina. Cómo escribir y publicar un articulo de investigación., 2ª ed. Barcelona: Elsevier.

Mabrouki, K. & Bosch F. (Coord.) (2007). Redacción científica en biomedicina: Lo que hay que saber. Cuadernos de la Fundación Dr. Antonio Esteve Nº 9. Barcelona. Recuperado de: http://www.esteve.org/redaccion/

Polit, D. F. & Hungler, B. P. (2000). Investigación científica en ciències de la salud, 6a ed. México: Mc Graw-Hill Interamericana.

Öchsner, A. (2013). Introduction tp Scientific Publishing, Backgrounds, Concepts, Strategies. NY: Springer.

Salkind,  N. J. (1999). Métodos de investigación, 3a ed. México: Prentice Hall.

Strauss, S. E., Richardson, W. S. (2006). Medicina basada en la evidencia, 3a ed. Barcelona: Elsevier.

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