Research Seminars
Participation in research seminars organised by the different research groups, in which the results obtained in the different lines of research linked to the programme are discussed. PhD students will be able to participate in this activity from their admission to the programme with a dedication of 21 hours over 3 years for full-time students and 5 years for part-time students. The estimated time for each seminar will be 3 hours/seminar, so the PhD student must participate in at least 7 seminars during the years of his/her participation in the PhD programme.
Modality
Online - Campus Virtual
Type
Mandatory
Presentation date
15/07/2025
Person Responsible or teaching and and Assessment
PhD students will have didactic material and associated tasks on different topics of interest for the lines of research of the PhD Programme included in different seminars at at their disposal, through the virtual campus platform. For each seminar, analysis and synthesis exercises will be programmed for the students to develop individually, with the aim of reinforcing their critical and written expression skills.
- Students have access to the teaching material and tasks of the seminars proposed by the PhD Programme in Health Sciences related to the areas of Medical Sciences, Nutrition and Food Technology, through the virtual campus platform.
- Seminars can be carried out at the student's convenience (the deadline for the activities is established in the yearly calendar proposed by EIDUCAM).
- For each seminar, the student must watch the video lecture and the presentation. After that, he/she will have to complete two tasks on the Virtual Campus:
- A multiple-choice questionnaire. Once completed and submitted, the correction is done automatically and if all answers are correct (students have 5 attempts to get it right), students are allowed access to the next task.
- Write a PDF report on the content of the seminar and include it in the corresponding assignment. The report will consist of an abstract of 600 words (approximately) and must include at least three bibliographical references (according to Vancouver style) related to the area of study of the seminar.
- The person in charge of the activity will correct the reports and grade them as a Pass or a Fail. If the grade of the report is Fail, the student will have to make the indicated corrections and resubmit the report before the submission deadline (unlimited resubmissions).
- Upon completion of the evaluation, a certificate will be issued for each passed seminar. The student must upload this certificate to the corresponding activity on LAUREA, which must be validated by his/her tutor.
- Students who have taken seminars outside the PhD programme must upload the corresponding certificates to LAUREA. Said certificates will be validated by their tutor.
The activity may be passed if the student holds either the DEA title (Research Proficiency) or PhD degree. Therefore, the corresponding certificates must be uploaded on LAUREA ACADEMIC, and the tutor will evaluate and validate them if necessary.