3 ECTS credits
90 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 6014896FNR for all students in the 1st semester at a (F) Master - specialised level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Impossible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Taught in
English
Partnership Agreement
Under interuniversity agreement for degree program
Faculty
Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy
Department
Supporting clinical sciences
Educational team
Decaan GF (course titular)
Activities and contact hours
14 contact hours Lecture
14 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
Course Content

Content

 




























































Programme Unit 3

Credits

Study Time

Lectures

Practicum

Self- Study

Faculty

Research in Disaster Medicine

3

75

14

14

 

S Stratton

 

1. Research models in disaster medicine

 

 

3

4

10

S Stratton

2. Thesis concept and methodology

 

 

4

4

17

S Stratton

3. Evaluation and interpretation of experiences on the field

 

 

4

3

10

S Stratton

4. Planning and organization of research studies at national and international level

 

 

3

3

10

S Stratton
Course material
Digital course material (Required) : The website of the master (www.dismedmaster.com) provides the students with the core content and “need to read” material. Exercises, executed individually or in group, at the website of the master or during the live-in course., www.dismedmaster.com
Additional info
The website of the master (www.dismedmaster.com) provides the students with the core content and “need to read” material. Exercises, executed individually or in group, at the website of the master or during the live-in course.
Learning Outcomes

Algemene competenties

Objectives




  1. Understand the methods most commonly used in disaster research focusing on descriptive and observational methods.


  2. Understand how to interpret field and research data in a scientific and meaningful way.


  3. Plan and organise research studies on a national and international level.


  4. Learn the concepts and methodology of a master thesis.


 

 

Study material

The website of the master (www.dismedmaster.com) provides the students with the core content and “need to read” material, and additional content in a library. Exercises, executed individually or in group, at the website of the master or during the live-in course.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Other Exam determines 50% of the final mark.
PRAC Practical Assignment determines 50% of the final mark.

Within the Other Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • final examination with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: final examination at the website of the master

Within the PRAC Practical Assignment category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Test at the end of the module with a relative weight of 1 which comprises 50% of the final mark.

    Note: Test at the end of the module

Additional info regarding evaluation
Test at the end of the module and final examination at the website of the master.
Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This course offer isn't part of a fixed set of graduation requirements. Hence, it is a free elective.