The Core of Biomedical Sciences
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During this course, students get the opportunity to work in one of a research lab of the Maastricht University and MUMC+. This part of the course is dedicated to learning basic principles, opportunities and challenges of techniques/methods/skills that will contribute to the development towards an investigator. For 6 weeks, the students will be immersed in a research environment where they will have the opportunity to interact with research teams and learn from expert in various fields of the biomedical area (e.g. oncology, cardiovascular, neurosciences, metabolism, bioinformatics, genetics, imaging).
Students will work in groups of 5 students, and will learn step-by-step to work with these techniques/methods/skills; and how to explain to their peers the best standard operating procedures. Students will also attend workshops on video editing and at the end of the course a skills clip demonstrating the technique practiced will be presented.The course offers a wide variety of research topics and techniques that the students can select, including (list non-exhaustive): mass spectrometry imaging (MSI); Light microscopy; Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI); electromyography; glucose analysis; blood pressure measurement; western blots; PCR; FISH combined to confocal imaging. Some projects are also dedicated to Data analysis.
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Competence Investigator
- I-ILO1. Write a critical reflection on a scientific theme from an ethical and societal perspectives
- I-ILO2. Writes a clear standard operating procedure with explicitly deduced hypotheses, an appropriate study design
- I-ILO3. Explain the basic principles of the techniques learnt
- I-ILO4. Review the current opportunities and limitations of the technique(s)
- Describe the opportunities of the technique(s)
- Describe the technological limitations to the technique(s)
- Describe the main challenges for translation towards clinical practice (if applicable)
Competence Biomedical Expert
Students determine their own ILOs related to the competence Biomedical Expert at the beginning of the course and in discussion with the Practical project supervisor.
Competence Communicator
- C-ILO1. Designs and produces a skills clip for peers (writes scenario and script, records, edits and publishes a skills clip collaboratively) - about her/his work with persons with different backgrounds.
- C-ILO2. Provides effective feedback to peers on their contribution to the group activity (during the lab work), and the quality of the skills clips (on design, structure and content)
- C-ILO3. Cooperates with peers to design a protocol and answer a specific research question
Competence Professional
- P-ILO1. Behaves in a respectful, professional and reliable manner in practical trainings, internships and group work
- P-ILO2. Accepts responsibility for his/her own professional performance and is prepared to accept standards of accountability
- P-ILO3. Organises his/her work and study well
- E. Cuypers
- D. Kapsokalyvas