ECTS credits ECTS credits: 3
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 45 Hours of tutorials: 2 Expository Class: 16 Interactive Classroom: 12 Total: 75
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Animal Pathology
Areas: Animal Health
Center Faculty of Veterinary Science
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
Interest of the subject in Veterinary degree
This course is included in the Optative Module of the Degree in Veterinary Medicine
The final stage of any research is to present the results to the society; therefore the writing of scientific papers is a fundamental activity in the University, as it is the medium used to share the knowledge gained. There are different kind of scientific studies, depending on the areas of knowledge, which often have to be adjusted to the rules determined by the journal of publication (instructions for authors); however there are certain characteristics that are common to any of them. The subject will mainly refer to experimental science publications, as befits the Degree in Veterinary Medicine, and the necessary steps in writing manuscripts. Other ways of communicating scientific results (posters , oral communications ... ) will be explained, just as guidelines to perform them correctly.
Objectives of the subject
To introduce the elements of a scientific study.
To analyze the structure of scientific papers .
To establish and planning stages of drafting.
To introduce ways to present references in scientific articles in the field of experimental sciences.
To show the steps for the publication of scientific papers
To determine the type of publication and the most appropriate journal for scientific work (quality index).
To learn to present results to the scientific community and society. Designing presentations.
To conduct effective searches of relevant information (Internet , other options) .
We intend to cover some of the general objectives of the Degree in Veterinary Science from the University of Santiago de Compostela.
The program covers this subject with 8 units, seven hours in workshops, 5 hours in computer interactive sessions and two hours of tutoring.
Unit 1. Types of expository scientific papers. Hours : 1 hr.
Unit 2. Finding information in the net. Hours: 1 hr.
Unit 3. Documentary references and electronic literature. Common formats in citations. Reference Managers. Hours: 2 hr.
Unit 4. Essential components in the development of a scientific article. Redaction of scientific works. Analysis of the written document. What is necessary and what is superfluous. Hours: 3 hr.
Unit 5. Publication of a manuscript. Phases. Journal choice (journal finder). Peer review (referees) and editors. Hours: 2 hr.
Unit 6. JCR, SCOPUS and other databases. Scientific journals in experimental sciences. Impact factor. Other factors. Hours: 2 hr.
Unit 7. Plagiarism . Copyright of scientific publications. Online Journal. What to post and what not. Hours: 2 hr.
Unit 8. Other ways to communicate science. Conferences and scientific seminars. Poster and oral communications. Conferences. Popular journals. Expository hours: 3 hr.
INTERACTIVE CLASSES IN COMPUTERS
Interactive Class 1 (1 hour)
Available programs for text formatting. Word and Writer. Other possibilities.
Interactive class 2 (1 hour)
Graphics. How to perform them. Inclusion in the article. Excel, Calc, Gnumeric, R, SPSS.
Interactive Class 3 (1 hour)
Images. Required print quality. GIMP, Inkscape. Search for images on the Internet. License Types. Creative commons.
Interactive Class 4 ( 1 hour)
Presentations in public. PowerPoint, Impress, Impressive, Prezi.
Interactive class 5 (1 hour)
Posters preparation. PowerPoint, Impress, Inkscape.
GPL software will be used in these practices; although other possibilities will be cited.
TUTORIALS (2 h.)
Students will have two hours of tutorials .
In the first one, students will receive instructions for doing presentations or posters, giving the basic rules.
Doubts in preparing presentations and posters will be answered in the second hour of tutoring, trying to solve them before delivering the personal work in the virtual platform and displayed at the seminars.
SEMINARS
Analysis of scientific papers in indexed journals and popular press. Differences. Letters of rejection and correction of referees. Expository Hours: 5 h .
Public defence of presentations or posters. Hours: 2 h.
Gustavii, B. How to write & illustrate a scientific paper. Cambridge [u.a.]. Cambridge Univ. Press, 2008.
Hofmann AH. Scientific Writing and Communication. Papers, Proposals, and Presentations. New York: Oxford University Press; 2010.
Kallestinova, E.D. How to Write Your First Research Paper. Yale J Biol Med. Sep 2011; 84(3): 181-190.
McMillan, V.E.. Writing Papers in the Biological Sciences, Bedford/St. Martin's, Boston, 2011
Robert S. Day, How to Write and Publish a Scientific Paper, 4th edition, Oryx Press, Phoenix, 1994.
Web pages
http://www.slideshare.net/felixsigno/redaccin-artculo-cientfico
http://fresno.pntic.mec.es/~emod0002/el%20trabajo%20cientifico.htm
http://www.ugr.es/~filosofia/recursos/innovacion/convo-2005/trabajo-esc…
http://www.um.es/docencia/agustinr/docum/trabajos.htm
http://www.uclm.es/profesorado/joseremofernandez/buentrabajo.asp
http://www.uclm.es/profesorado/joseremofernandez/plagio.asp
https://www.ulpgc.es/hege/almacen/download/1/1774/Interpretacion_y_adap…
http://www.uco.es/servicios/biblioteca/recursos/tecntra.html
http://www.uma.es/ficha.php?id=74604
http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?pid=S0717-95532004000100003&script=sci_…
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2096449/pdf/JCI0734288.pdf
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2096449/
http://fuam.es/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/CAPITULO-1.-El-artIculo-cient…
http://biblioteca.umh.es/files/2012/03/presentacion-springer-febrero-20…
http://www2.uah.es/tiscar/Eco_Biol/Practicas_Eco/Redaccion-trabajo.pdf
http://pendientedemigracion.ucm.es/info/estpsi/master/wp-content/upload…
http://www.scribd.com/doc/140262887/Guia-para-elaboracion-de-articulos-…
http://sosalpajes.wikispaces.com/%C2%BFC%C3%B3mo+elaborar+un+p%C3%B3ste…
General Competencies
GVUSC01. Ability to learn and adapt.
GVUSC02. Capability for analysis and synthesis.
GVUSC03. General knowledge of the working area.
GVUSC04. Planning and work management.
GVUSC06. Capability to work both independently and as part of a team.
GVUSC09. Capability to communicate in different areas.
Specific Competencies
Disciplinary specific competencies (knowledge)
CEDVUSC 13. To know the organizational, economic and management aspects in all fields of the veterinary profession.
Specific Professional Competencies (expertise)
D1VUSC 17. Perform technical reports specific to veterinary competencies.
Specific Academic Competencies (want to do)
CEAVUSC 03. Disclose information obtained during the Veterinary professional practice in a easy oral and written way, with other colleagues, authorities and society in general.
CEAVUSC 04. Search and manage information related to veterinary practice.
CEAVUSC 05. Know and apply the scientific method in professional practice, including evidence-based medicine.
Transversal competences
CTVUSC 01. Capacity for reasoning and argument.
CTVUSC 02. Ability to obtain adequate, diverse and updated information by various means such as literature and Internet information, and critically analyze it.
CTVUSC 03. Ability to develop and present an organized and understandable text.
CTVUSC 04. Ability to make a clear, concise, and consistent public presentation
CTVUSC 05. Skill in the use of ICTs.
The contents of the program will be taught through:
Theorical sessions:
Scenario 1: expository-interrogative lectures will be developed in the classroom in a single group and they will last approximately 50 minutes. The hygienic and / or distancing measures established by the USC will be considered. These sessions will be based on multimedia presentations and will cover the contents of the program: original written content and graphic material. The students will have access to a summary of these sessions in the virtual campus, which will be previously provided to allow introducing discussions and questions in the sessions.
Scenarios 2 and 3: the classes will be carried out virtually mostly synchronously through the MS Teams platform (in accordance with the approved time schedule) and, occasionally, asynchronously through videos and multimedia presentations that will be available to students in the virtual campus (Moodle).
Tutorials:
Scenario 1: two groupal tutorials (50 minutes), scheduled in the official calendar, will be carried out in the classroom. The hygiene and / or distancing measures established by the USC will be considered. They will allow giving some basic rules about oral presentations and scientific posters, as well as attending doubts and solve them. Individual tutorials will be carried out at the request of the students at the established times; they will allow students to solve and consult all the doubts that have arisen, and they could be also used for supervising works and / or proposed tasks. In addition, students will have a virtual tutoring service to ask questions or make comments about the teaching issues.
Scenarios 2 and 3: the tutorials will be carried out synchronously by videoconference through MS Teams (in accordance with the approved time schedule) or asynchronously through the virtual classroom of the subject (forum of doubts, messages, etc.).
Seminars:
Scenario 1: These complementary activities will be carried out in classrooms with the hygiene and distance measures established by the USC. Students will analyze scientific articles published in indexed journals and in scientific magazines, as well as the peer review process. The preparation and exposition of oral presentations and scientific posters will also be critically analyzed.
Scenarios 2 and 3: virtual seminars will be carried out synchronously through the MS Teams platform in accordance with the approved time schedule.
Interactive sessions:
Scenario 1: Interactive sessions will be performed in a computer room in groups of 20 students, each one with a computer. Students will learn to format texts and make graphics in spreadsheets, as well as to search and modify images. They will also learn to use different programs to prepare scientific posters and oral presentations for public exhibition.
Scenario 2: Computer rooms of the Veterinary Faculty are large and spacious and it is possible to maintain social distance for teaching as in Scenario 1. In the event that that number of students could not be maintained, for safety, the groups of the interactive sessions will be divided into two, reducing the attendance of each session in half. The practical activity of each session will be completed with presentations and videos that will be uploaded to the virtual classroom of the subject.
Scenario 3: Virtual interactive sessions will be carried out synchronously using MS Teams (in accordance with the approved time schedule), or asynchronously through videos, multimedia presentations and complete documentation for resolving practical assumptions.
Scenario 1: A continuous evaluation will be carried out on the students as follows:
Small random controls will be carried out in seminars, theorical and interactive sessions, up to a maximum of four. They will be performed when a teacher completes a part of the subject. These controls will allow controlling the attendance of the students and assessing their progressive learning, looking for possible solutions to situations associated with the study of the subject. Its total value in the final grade will be 2 points.
In the tutoring hours, students will perform an exposition of a poster and an oral presentation, which can reach a maximum value of 2 and 6 points, respectively.
The final exam (maximum value of 10 points) will make it possible to retake those parts not passed through continuous evaluation. The final qualification will be the average of the final exam qualification and the sum of the tests carried out previously.
Scenario 2: If the sanitary regulations allow performing on-site exams, the continuous evaluation will be identical to Scenario 1, but applying more strict hygienic and sanitary measures.
Otherwise, the continuous evaluation will be carried out as follows:
The random controls will be carried out based on tests or assumptions that will either be exposed during the sessions with MS Teams or will be posted on the Virtual Campus. The students will have to solve and send these tests in the Virtual Campus for their qualification.
Students will expose the poster and the oral presentation, using MS Teams, synchronously within the subject schedule.
The final exam (maximum value of 10 points) will be done electronically through the Virtual Campus synchronously. The final qualification will be the average of the final exam qualification and the sum of the tests carried out previously. In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, there will be applied the provisions included in “Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of qualifications”.
Scenario 3: The evaluation will be telematic, following the same guidelines previously exposed for Scenario 2 when sanitary regulations allow performing on-site exams. In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, there will be applied the provisions included in “Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of qualifications”.
Present hours:
Lectures: 16 h.
Seminars 5 h.
Interactive classes in computer classrooms: 5 h.
Blackboard sessions: 2h.
Tutorials: 2 h.
Total contact hours: 30 h.
Non-contact hours:
Individual study: 5 hrs.
Build Job: 25 h.
Review of Literature: 10 h.
Attendance at lectures or other recommended activities: 2 h.
Oral Presentations: 2 h.
Laboratory tests: 1 h.
Total hours of personal work: 45 h.
To complete the planned activities in this course, students should have a basic level of English language, as indexed journals in experimental sciences associated with Veterinary Sciences are published mostly in English. It also should have a basic - intermediate level in computer use, especially for scheduled activities.
It is recommended to have a basic knowledge of the subject “Statistics”, studied at the beginning of the Degree and remembered in “Epidemiology, Preventive Medicine and Health policy 1”. Computer skills will be also very useful, just as experience on word processor (Word, Writer), spreadsheet (Excel, Calc), presentation (PowerPoint, Impress, Keynote) and statistical programs (SPSS ®, R) and image (Gimp) and vector (Inkscape) editors. Basic English skills will make easier to complete the programmed activities, since most of the literature is not translated into Spanish.
CONTINGENCY PLAN
Objectives, contents, scheduling, competences and personal study timing will be identical to Scenario 1 in the event of partial (Scenario 2) or total (Scenario 3) restrictions to physical presence.
TEACHING METHODOLOGY
The contents of the program will be taught through:
Theorical sessions:
Scenarios 2 and 3: the classes will be carried out virtually mostly synchronously through the MS Teams platform (in accordance with the approved time schedule) and, occasionally, asynchronously through videos and multimedia presentations that will be available to students in the virtual campus (Moodle).
Tutorials:
Scenarios 2 and 3: the tutorials will be carried out synchronously by videoconference through MS Teams (in accordance with the approved time schedule) or asynchronously through the virtual classroom of the subject (forum of doubts, messages, etc.).
Seminars:
Scenarios 2 and 3: virtual seminars will be carried out synchronously through the MS Teams platform in accordance with the approved time schedule.
Interactive sessions:
Scenario 2: Computer rooms of the Veterinary Faculty are large and spacious and it is possible to maintain social distance for teaching as in Scenario 1. In the event that that number of students could not be maintained, for safety, the groups of the interactive sessions will be divided into two, reducing the attendance of each session in half. The practical activity of each session will be completed with presentations and videos that will be uploaded to the virtual classroom of the subject.
Scenario 3: Virtual interactive sessions will be carried out synchronously using MS Teams (in accordance with the approved time schedule), or asynchronously through videos, multimedia presentations and complete documentation for resolving practical assumptions.
ASSESSMENT SYSTEM
Scenario 2: If the sanitary regulations allow performing on-site exams, the continuous evaluation will be performed applying strict hygienic and sanitary measures as follows:
-Small random controls will be carried out in seminars, theorical and interactive sessions, up to a maximum of four. They will be performed when a teacher completes a part of the subject. These controls will allow controlling the attendance of the students and assessing their progressive learning, looking for possible solutions to situations associated with the study of the subject. Its total value in the final grade will be 2 points.
-In the tutoring hours, students will perform an exposition of a poster and an oral presentation, which can reach a maximum value of 2 and 6 points, respectively.
-The final exam (maximum value of 10 points) will make it possible to retake those parts not passed through continuous evaluation. The final qualification will be the average of the final exam qualification and the sum of the tests carried out previously.
Otherwise, the continuous evaluation will be carried out as follows:
-The random controls will be carried out based on tests or assumptions that will either be exposed during the sessions with MS Teams or will be posted on the Virtual Campus. The students will have to solve and send these tests in the Virtual Campus for their qualification.
-Students will expose the poster and the oral presentation, using MS Teams, synchronously within the subject schedule.
-The final exam (maximum value of 10 points) will be done electronically through the Virtual Campus synchronously. The final qualification will be the average of the final exam qualification and the sum of the tests carried out previously. In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, there will be applied the provisions included in “Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of qualifications”.
Scenario 3: The evaluation will be telematic, following the same guidelines previously exposed for Scenario 2 when sanitary regulations do not allow performing on-site exams.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, there will be applied the provisions included in “Regulations for the evaluation of the academic performance of students and the review of qualifications”.
Ceferino Manuel Lopez Sandez
- Department
- Animal Pathology
- Area
- Animal Health
- Phone
- 982822109
- c.lopez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Pablo Díaz Fernández
Coordinador/a- Department
- Animal Pathology
- Area
- Animal Health
- pablo.diaz [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
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