| CODE | ABS5003 | ||||||||||||
| TITLE | Research Methodology for -Omics | ||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 05 - Postgraduate Modular Diploma or Degree Course | ||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 7 | ||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Applied Biomedical Science | ||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will provide a taught overview of the various aspects of the research methodolgies that need to be considered and applied when designing and executing studies in the Omics era. These include: 1) different research design scenarios; 2) quality control mechanisms; 3) ethical considerations (both at the research design stage as well as the data analysis and publication stages); 4) different modes of data analyses; 5) interpretation of results. Appropriate literature mining and reviewing skills, oral and poster presentation skills and writing skills will also be covered. Study-unit Aims: The overall aim of this study-unit is to enable the student to critically review existing data and to design, execute and present a research project. Specific aims include: - Introduce students to different data sources (scientific literature, databases and other online resources; - Teach students how to design a scientifically sound study (including data collection and quality control processes); - Highlight relevant ethics principles and ethical implications (particularly the aspects of incidental findings, genetic identification,relationship data and sharing of genetic data); - Equip students with the necessary skill sets to analyse, interpret and present scientific data objectively. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Identify,evaluate and review relevant literature; - Access a variety of databases to collate relevant data; - Create and use appropriate visualisations; - Discuss and evaluate the ethical implications in the field. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Design a scientific study with emphasis in the Omics field and execute it taking into consideration issues of: - ethics; - data collection; - data analysis; - quality control. - Test and evaluate scientific hypotheses (including tools built or used); - Document scientific experiments; - Scientific writing (including publishing a paper, creating a poster and writing a dissertation); - Orally present scientific material, to an intelligent lay audience; - Organise a bibliography (develop bibliographic skills). Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Matthews JR & Matthews RW, 2014, Successful Scientific Writing, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture and Independent Study | ||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Ritienne Attard Joseph Borg Rosienne Farrugia Laura Grech Brendon Scicluna |
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