In person

We will conduct lectures, project learning, and tutorials (in group and individual).

The deliverables will deal with the following aspects:

 *Non-contact activity

Additional tutorial sessions could be appointed if needed, according to consideration by the mentor and coordination 

Formal aspects

Students will have to produce as a final product a report consisting of a research project on a topic of scientific interest on their chosen topic.

Each typology of work will follow the specific design methodology following the EQUATOR requirements.  Each typology of work will be written under the headings of the appropriate EQUATOR reporting guide for the study: CONSORT (experimental designs), STROBE (observational designs), PRISMA (systematic review and meta-analysis), STARD (diagnostic studies), TRIPOD (prognostic studies). The work will contain all the designs up to the results section, which, as it is a protocol, will not be included.

As indicated, each typology of paper will follow the format of the necessary sections established by the EQUATOR guide used.

ACTIVITIES

The Final Degree Project will be carried out individually by each student, under the supervision and guidance of a lecturer-tutor who will guide them in the preparation of the project. To this end, 5 informative seminars will be held to introduce the activities (optional) and 4 tutorials, three of them in individual format and one in group format (compulsory attendance). The tutorials will help to guide the student to integrate the theoretical and practical knowledge already acquired during the degree to translate it into the project with the tutor.

The tutorials are structured based on the delivery of drafts of work (pre-activities) that must be handed in before the tutorial and that will be discussed during the tutorial. In addition to the tutorials, different activities will be carried out. The completion of the TFG includes the following milestones:

1) Choice of topic:  the choice of topic and typology of work must be finalised in September. The selection of the topic will be proposed by the student and must be delivered according to the established schedule through the online application enabled in Moodle. Although the topic may evolve during the work, this activity serves to make an initial assessment of the student's possible needs and assign him/her to a tutor.

2) Attendance at training seminars

3) Completion of the programmed activities:  Each tutorial is associated with delivering two activities. An initial pre-activity is to be assessed by the tutor before the tutorial with the proposal and a final activity that must provide a solution to the issues raised by the initial activity discussed in the tutorial. The initial pre-activity must be submitted 3 working days before the tutorial to give the tutor time to review it. If it is not submitted within this period, the tutor must not review it before the tutoring session.

4) Tutorials:  The student's guide includes the objectives to be achieved in the tutorials and the activities' planning, associated with the activities to be presented. The tutorials are compulsory activities that will be carried out at the initiative of the student on the dates set by the tutors for this purpose. The tutors will not be responsible for the initiative to carry out the tutorials nor will they have to follow up the students beyond proposing the dates of the tutorials, to which the students must adapt as far as possible.

Tutors will monitor students based on a rubric for each tutorial, establishing objectives for the achievement of the activity and the following tutorial. Failure to attend any of the tutorials will result in a maximum grade of nine points.

A 5th tutorial may be held before the delivery of the final work of the first call for students for whom the tutorial faculty considers necessary a reinforcement. This 5th tutorial will be held at the request of the faculty and at the request of the subject coordination, never at the request of the student.

Attendance at the tutorials is compulsory, and students must adapt to the timetable proposed by the tutor as far as possible. The performance of the tutorial, the punctuality of attendance, and the attitude of the students during them are part of the evaluation of the professionalism in the follow-up.

For students who have to sit a second call, an additional tutorial will be held during June to cover aspects of the work done that need to be improved.

It is the student's responsibility to complete the tutorial within the dates proposed by the tutors. It is not the tutors' obligation to offer extraordinary timetables, extensions of duration due to unpunctuality new dates of completion after the initial proposal, or in case of non-appearance or delays in the student's deliveries.

5) Development of the final report:  Writing of the report, in which the student works autonomously in the creation of the final report, gathering the elements worked on during the course.

6) Delivery of activities:  See Table of dates and actions TFG course 24-25 in the TFG GUIDE where the dates of the activities are collected.

7) Presentation and defense of the TFG:  Presentation of the study protocol before a tribunal.

SUBMISSION OF ACTIVITIES

All TFG documentation will be submitted in online format through the Moodle page of the course. All activities will have open deadlines at the beginning of the course and closed deadlines according to the course calendar.

Pre-activities will be delivered in standard Moodle activities. Final activities will be submitted in the plagiarism control tool Turnitin.

Submission dates are closed, and no extensions will be granted for late submissions or modification of documents once submitted. Unless otherwise stated, all activities must be submitted on Moodle by 2:00 pm on the day of submission at the latest.

Late submissions will not be accepted under any circumstances and extensions will not be granted unless previously justified. Technical failure of students' equipment in the last hour before the end of the activity is not a justifiable cause.

Deliveries of material by email will not be accepted unless requested. This is a security practice as we will have an online record of assignments submitted and they will be kept in Moodle.

COMMUNICATION AND FORUMS

 
The forums are activities moderated by the faculty of tutors and the coordination of the subject. The forums serve as a channel to dynamise and coordinate the subject and are the official means of communication during the TFG. They function as follows:

1) General Forums:  General forum messages are a means of communicating aspects of interest to the whole group. There are two types of general forums.

- TFG Board: This is a non-participatory forum that serves as a channel of communication between the TFG Senate and the group. All messages in this forum are binding and must be read. It is the student's responsibility to keep up to date with these communications.

- Consultations:  This is a forum for questions/answers and debate on the TFG moderated by the faculty coordination. In this forum, you can make contributions on procedural aspects or content.

2) Tutor Forums:  Forum for communication with tutors. In this forum, all queries regarding content and processes on individual assignments (doubts, reference queries, questions, revisions) will be addressed. It is important that these forums are participatory and open to foster collaborative research skills among students.  Participation in the forums will be an element of competence assessment in the follow-up.

Personal e-mail (with tutors or coordination) will be reserved for particular aspects of individual student management not related to the contents of the TFG.  From coordination and the faculty, e-mail messages will not be considered official.

Choice of topic: the choice of topic and type of work must be finalised in October. The selection of the topic will be proposed by the student, which has to be released according to the calendar established through the online application enabled in Moodle. Although the topic may evolve during the work, this activity serves to make an initial assessment of the student's possible needs and thus assign him/her to a tutor. Attendance at training seminars Completion of scheduled activities: Each of the tutorials is associated with the delivery of two activities. An initial pre-activity is to be assessed by the tutor before the tutorial with the proposal and a final activity has to propose a solution to the issues raised by the initial activity discussed in the tutorial. The initial pre-activity must be released 3 working days before the tutorial to give the tutor time to review it. If it is not released within this period, the tutor must not review it before the tutoring session. Tutorials: Annex 9 compiles the objectives to be achieved in the tutorials and the planning of the activities, associated with the activities to be presented. Tutorials are compulsory.