3 ECTS credits
90 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4005457ENR for all students in the 1st and 2nd semester at a (E) Master - advanced level.
Seminars are organized on Fridays; each year a new program is composed. They consist of data presentations and discussions by Belgian and foreign senior investigators. Time is reserved and students are stimulated to critically discuss the presented data and the concepts after the presentation. The coordinator is present during these seminars, introduces the speaker and leads the discussion after the presentation.
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The student is able to critically follow a broad spectrum of state of the art topics in the Life Sciences.
The student is able to recognize their medical and pharmaceutical relevance.
The student is able to quickly grasp the essence of a new subject presented to him/her in English.
The student is able to recognize conceptual and methodological similarities between different topics presented in the seminars program.
The student is able to participate with a critical and active attitude in these seminars given in English.
The student is able to ask questions after the presentation.
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
LEC Paper determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the LEC Paper category, the following assignments need to be completed:
Upon completion of the lecture series, the student writes, from three seminars of his/her choice, a one page summary of the seminar's content, its most important message as well as a personal opinion about its scientific and didactic qualities. These reports are written in Dutch, except in the second year Master, where it is written in English.
This offer is part of the following study plans:
Master of Biomedical Sciences: Biomedical Research (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Biomedical Sciences: Management and Business (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Biomedical Sciences: Clinical Biomedical Sciences (only offered in Dutch)
Master of Biomedical Research: Standaard traject
Master of Teaching in Health Sciences: standaard traject (120 ECTS, Etterbeek) (only offered in Dutch)