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Study Course Description

Research Project

Main Study Course Information

Course Code
FF_008
Branch of Science
Basic medicine
ECTS
12.00
Target Audience
Pharmacy
LQF
Level 7
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time

Study Course Implementer

Course Supervisor
Structure Unit Manager
Structural Unit
Faculty of Pharmacy
Contacts

Riga, 16 Dzirciema Street, ff@rsu.lv, +371 67409129

About Study Course

Objective

The aim of the study course is to promote students' ability to create a research plan, develop research goals, hypotheses and tasks, select and apply appropriate data acquisition, processing and analysis methods, independently formulate and defend their conclusions, as well as provide an opportunity to demonstrate students' readiness to use acquired knowledge independently, skills and competences in solving academic or professional problems.

Preliminary Knowledge

All study courses previously acquired in the study program.

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge

1.In-depth theoretical knowledge of the chosen research topic.

Skills

1.Will be able to use sources of professional pharmaceutical information and, when interpreting and evaluating scientific data, provide evidence-based information on the chosen research topic. Will be able to plan scientific research work using the latest scientific discoveries, prepare projects, prepare scientific publications and reports.

Competences

1.Will be able to apply research skills and problem-solving skills to the analysis of situations in pharmacy. Will be able to find, select, analyze, use scientific literature, compile scientific literature, perform data processing, summarize the obtained information, critically analyze it, give their assessment and present the results.

Assessment

Individual work

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Individual work

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The development of the research paper is carried out by the student independently, in good faith and in compliance with the rights and interests of third parties: all references to the sources; the information is used only to the extent necessary for the research; personal data and the names, residences or locations of legal persons are usually anonymised or coded (pseudonymized). The student follows the instructions of the supervisor, Methodological instructions for students of the Faculty of Pharmacy for the development of research work, Regulations on the development and defense of qualification work, student research work, bachelor's thesis and master's thesis, methodological instructions for references and references.

Examination

Title
% from total grade
Grade
1.

Examination

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The research work is evaluated by the National Degree Examination Commission according to the following criteria – the content of the submitted final work corresponds to the chosen topic (on a 10-point scale); compliance of the content of the final work with the level of educational qualification (on a 10-point scale); compliance of the conclusions with the aims and tasks of the work (on a 10-point scale); compliance of the submitted work with the main formal requirements specified in the regulations (visual design, volume, style, grammar, etc.) (on a 10-point scale); intelligibility of the presentation, structure and observance of the time limit (on a 10-point scale); ability to answer questions and participate in a discussion (on a 10-point scale). Participation of a student in an international scientific conference without obtaining prize-winning place, or co-authorship (for second and subsequent authors) for publication, if the activity corresponds to the agreed topic, the resulting rating is increased by 1 point. The resulting evaluation of the final work is determined from the evaluation of the reviewer (reviewers) and the members of the commission.

Study Course Theme Plan

FULL-TIME
Part 1
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
12.00
Contact hours:
0 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Defence (Research paper)
PART-TIME
Part 1
Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
12.00
Contact hours:
0 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Defence (Research paper)

Bibliography

Required Reading

1.

Starptautiskas pierādījumos balstītas datu bāzes un zinātniskā literatūra, kas nepieciešama izvēlētās tēmas izstrādei./International evidence-based databases and scientific literature necessary for the development of the chosen topic.