PHVIT9570 Behovsidentifisert forskning Emneplan

All obligatory exercises must be completed to take the final exam. The final exam is an individual home examination over 6 hours. One internal and one external examiner will assess the answer papers submitted by all candidates.

Grades are awarded on the basis of pass or fail.

One internal and one external examiner will assess the answer papers submitted by all candidates.

This course is primarily aimed at PhD candidates admitted to the PhD programme in Health Sciences and PhD students from Memorial University, Newfoundland. General terms for admission to the course is a completed master's degree in molecular biology or equivalent qualification (e.g. completed MABIO4400). Priority will be given to PhD candidates from HIOA and Memorial University, Newfoundland.

Note that all students must have a laptop not more than 2 years old (windows 7 or more recent or mac with OS X). The laptop must be able to connect to wireless network.

The course can also be offered to students who have been admitted to the "Health Science Research Programme, 60 ECTS", by prior approval from the supervisor and based on given guidelines for the research programme.

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Individual home examination, to be submitted no more than two weeks after the end of the course. The candidates must submit an essay, which will describe the background and validation of the Needs Led Research questions to be answered. The essay, consisting of up to 5000 words, must describe the methodology and process for developing the Needs Led Research questions. This includes description of the process for user involvement, as well as the process for identification and verification of evidence gaps.

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Pass / Fail

One internal and one external examiner will assess the essays submitted by all candidates

Admission requirements

This course is primarily aimed at PhD candidates admitted to the PhD Programme in Health Sciences but is also open to other applicants. Admission requirements are a completed hovedfag, master's degree (120 ECTS credits) or equivalent qualification.

The course can also be offered to students who have been admitted to the "Health Science Research Programme, 60 ECTS", by prior approval from the supervisor and based on given guidelines for the research programme.