Teaching facilities:
The course takes place at Rikshospitalet and at Domus MedicaCourse supervisor: Lise Lund H?heim, Prof II, Institute of Basic Medical Sciences
Lecturers:Lise Lund H?heim, Prof II, Institute of Basic Medical SciencesMagne Nylenna, Prof. II, Institute of Health and SocietyKari-Anne Bj?rnerud, Section for research educationGuro Valen, Prof., Institute of Basic Medical SciencesHaakon Benestad, Prof., Institute of Basic Medical SciencesLene Berge Holm, PhD representative, Faculty of MedicineS?ren Holm, Prof. II, Institute of Health and SocietyBj?rn Hofmann, Prof., Institute of Health and SocietyPer Nafstad, Prof. Institute of Health and SocietyArnoldo Frigessi, Prof., Institute of Basic Medical SciencesChristoph Gradman, Prof., Institute of Health and SocietyAnne-Lise Middelthon, F?rsteamanuensis, Institute of Health and SocietyKarl Henrik Flyum, The Department of Teacher Education and School Research, Faculty of Educational Sciences Monday 14.11.2011Location: RH B2.U001, Seminarrom 1, Rikshospitalet, Sognsvannsveien 2009.00 – 09.10 Welcome, introduction to the course – Lise Lund H?heim.09.10 – 11.00 What is medical research? – Magne Nylenna11.00 – 11.15 Break11.15 – 12.00 Information about the PhD-programme - Kari-Anne Bj?rnerud12.00 – 13.00 Lunch13.00 – 15.50 Basic medical science – Guro Valen/Haakon Benestad15.50 – 16.00 MedDocs and PhD forums – Lene Berge Holm Tuesday 15.11.2011Location: B1.U013 Aud 1 Gr?nt, Rikshospitalet, Sognsvannsveien 2009.00-09.45 What is science? What is it about? What is knowledge? What is truth? Some crumbs from the philosophy of science. Professor Bj?rn Hofmann10.00-10.45 Forms of rationality in (the natural) sciences: Inference, theory testing, and causation. Professor Bj?rn Hofmann10.45-11.45 Group work 11.45-12.15 Lunch 12.15-12.45 Presentation of group work and discussion12.45-13.15 Aims and Limitations in Science: Risk, Uncertainty, Ignorance, and Indeterminacy. Professor Bj?rn Hofmann 13.30-14.15 Philosophy of the Social Sciences: on reflexivity, double hermeneutics, reductionism, emergence, generalization. Professor II S?ren Holm14.15-15.30 Group work15.30-16.00 Presentation of group work and discussionWednesday 16.11.2011Location: GA01 2015 Nye auditorium 13, Domus Medica, Sognsvannsveien 909.00-09.45 Research ethics: principles, regulations and examples. Professor II S?ren Holm10.00-10.45 Science ethics: Scientific norms, misconduct, and whistle blowing. Professor S?ren Holm10.45-11.45 Group work11.45-12.30 Lunch12.30-13.00 Presentation of group work and discussion13.00-13.45 Publication ethics: Co-authorship, norms of citation and referencing. S?ren Holm 14.00-14.30 Science Ethics: Introduction to group work. Professor Haakon Breien Benestad. 14.30-15.30 Group work15.30-16.00 Presentation of group work and discussionThursday 17.11.2011Location: B1.U016 Aud 2 R?dt, Rikshospitalet, Sognsvannsveien 2009.00 – 12.00 Epidemiology – Per Nafstad 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch13.00 – 16.00 Statistics – Arnoldo FrigessiFriday 18.11.2011Location: GA01 2031 Lille auditorium, Domus Medica, Sognsvannsveien 909.00 – 10.45 Qualitative research– Anne-Lise Middelthon11.00 – 12.00 Medical history - Christoph Gradmann 12.00 – 13.00 Lunch13.00 – 15.00 On the language of scientific text - Karl Henrik Flyum.15.15 – 15.30 Information regarding Half-Way Module, course test and course evaluation –Lise Lund H?heim.