CNWY40180 Introduction to Core Research

Academic Year 2023/2024

This module is designed to introduce NEW graduate students embarking on a laboratory-based biomedical research programme to essential skills required for success. It will cover aspects of core research skills that can be applied directly to laboratory based graduate programmes of study in the Colleges of Health and Agricultural Sciences & College of Science be transferred to further graduate research and training or to employment. In addition, the course familiarises the students with the core facilities available at the Conway Institute.

It aims to provide students with the information and tools necessary to
• carry out their laboratory work in a professional manner that meets best practice standards and health and safety requirements
• identify and utilise bibliographic and electronic resources appropriate to their research
• ensure that their research is informed by, and adheres to, the highest ethical standards

The module is delivered over a 2-day period in early October and covers
• Essential practices for effective and efficient laboratory-based research
• Familiarisation with bibliographic and Internet tools
• Health & safety
• Professional ethics & ethics in biomedical research
• Familiarisation with the core facilities in the Conway Institute

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

• Understanding of the key technical, analytical and people skills required for effective laboratory and project management
• Familiarisation with the concepts and tools which help clarify, analyse, evaluate and extend hypotheses
• Display responsible and safe laboratory practices that reflect a spirit of co-operation with co-workers and adhere to relevant health and safety legislation and good practice standards in operation in their laboratory
• Understand how to design experimental approaches to address research objectives and critically evaluate experimental outcomes
• Apply ethical standards to their work in a manner that respects and upholds the rights of all involved (including research subjects), conforms to the most recent and relevant good practice guidelines and adheres to all institutional and legislative requirements
• Identify and access appropriate bibliographical and Internet sources of relevance to their work and be able to use Endnote to manage references.
• Knowing what kind of core facilities are available at the Conway Institute and how to access them.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

15
Specified Learning Activities

20
Autonomous Student Learning

25
Total

60
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Learning essential behavioural patterns and security measures that govern laboratory work. 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Project: Ongoing assessment exercises relevant to student projects Unspecified n/a Graded Yes

100

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Online automated feedback

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Not yet recorded.

Name Role
Assoc Professor John Baugh Tutor
Ms Emer Bonham Tutor
Professor David Brayden Tutor
Professor Lorraine Brennan Tutor
Professor Geraldine Butler Tutor
Assoc Professor Gerard Cagney Tutor
Ms Michelle Dalton Tutor
Professor Aurelie Fabre Tutor
Dr Alfonso Fernández Tutor
Professor Stephen Pennington Tutor
Ms Aoife Quinn Hegarty Tutor
Miss Eimear Ryan Tutor
Dr Dimitri Scholz Tutor
Mr Diarmuid Stokes Tutor
Professor Cormac Taylor Tutor
Professor Bill Watson Tutor
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Year Long (12 months - Sep)
      
Seminar Offering 1 Week(s) - 6 Wed 09:00 - 10:50