Current Themes in Healthy Ageing

Uitgebreide vaknaam	Current Themes in Healthy Ageing
Leerdoelen	At the end of the course, the student is able to: 1) Formulate the main (take home) message of a scientific seminar in 2-3 sentences. 2) Summarize and evaluate one seminar in the form of a mini-essay (report). 3) Formulate follow up questions and formulate means to address these. 4) Assess the scientific qualities, work and track record of the presenting researcher and by placing the discussed work into the current state of the art. 5) Discuss the scientific contents of a seminar and convince your fellow students of your personal assessment of the seminars. 6) Assess the current state-of-the-art of the research field on the selected topic, based on the seminars attended, and present and discuss this with your fellow students1) Formulate the main (take home) message of a scientific seminar in 2-3 sentences. 2) Summarize and evaluate one seminar in the form of a mini-essay (report). 3) Formulate follow up questions and formulate means to address these. 4) Assess the scientific qualities, work and track record of the presenting researcher and by placing the discussed work into the current state of the art. 5) Discuss the scientific contents of a seminar and convince your fellow students of your personal assessment of the seminars. 6) Assess the current state-of-the-art of the research field on the selected topic, based on the seminars attended, and present and discuss this with your fellow students.
Omschrijving	This course will teach students how to prepare for attendance of scientific seminars given by eminent researchers, how to extract all relevant information from seminars and how to place the presented scientific content into the context of the field. The course will start with an introduction lecture, explaining the learning goals and practicalities of the course and addressing general background in this field, thus providing a scientific framework for the upcoming seminars. This introductory lecture will be followed by two lectures that cover basic and translational aspects of aging. At the beginning of the course, you select 5 seminars from the weekly UMCG Molecular Medicine seminars series or the Molecular Biology of Aging meeting that includes a wide selection of seminars related to the field of Healthy Ageing. Prior to the seminars, you will prepare the seminar by literature study including two recent reviews of the presenter's field of research, and by submitting a preparatory report. After the seminar, you will write a full report. You will participate actively during the discussion part of the seminar and will get the opportunity to meet the speaker following the seminar. During the first semester, you will select the topic of 1 of the attended seminars and select additional papers and reviews to expand your knowledge on the topic. Afterwards, in semester 2A, you will prepare a presentation on this topic and discuss your topic with your peers and the coordinators. This presentation will cover an overview of the additional literature and the state-of-the art, and future perspectives in the field. A lecture on how to prepare this presentation will be given at the end of the first semester by one of the coordinators. There will be 2 fixed dates for these end presentations. During the session, you are expected to actively participate in the discussion.
Uren per week
Onderwijsvorm	Bijeenkomst (S), Hoorcollege (LC), Opdracht (ASM) (Lectures (2); Seminars (minimal 5), Writing reports (5); Oral presentation (1))
Toetsvorm	Presentatie (P), Verslag (R) (5 reports (50%) and 1 oral presentation (50%) (minimal grade 5.5). You will give 1 presentation and attend 3 presentation sessions where other students will present. You are expected to contribute to these sessions as well by asking questions to your fellow students. Reports determine 50% of the final grade; the oral presentation determines 50%)
Vaksoort	master
Coördinator	dr. J.T.M.L. Paridaen
Docent(en)	and others ,dr. M. Demaria
Verplichte literatuur	Titel Auteur ISBN Prijs Recent articles related to the lectures and seminars
Entreevoorwaarden	Literature searches during other Biomedical Sciences courses.
Opmerkingen	Dr. M. (Marco) Demaria and dr. J.T.M.L. (Judith) Paridaen are both coordinators of this course. No more than 36 students can attend the course at once. When oversubscribed, interested students will be asked to send a brief motivation letter (max. 150 words) to the coordinator of the module on which they will be selected.
Opgenomen in	Opleiding Jaar Periode Type MSc Biomedical Sciences: Biology of Ageing  ( Master Courses) - hele jaar verplicht MSc Biomedical Sciences: Biology of Cancer and Immune System  (Electives ) - hele jaar keuze MSc Biomedical Sciences: Biology of Food and Nutrition  (Electives (10 ECTS)) - hele jaar keuze MSc Biomedical Sciences: Neuroscience  (Electives (10 ECTS)) - hele jaar keuze MSc Biomedical Sciences: Research  (Electives) - hele jaar keuze MSc Biomedical Sciences: Science, Business and Policy  (Electives (10 ECTS)) - hele jaar keuze