LEARNING PROGRAM
First year
Activities: Advanced institutional courses Seminars and laboratory activities Activities related to research Training and research activities autonomously chosen by the PhD student and approved by the Academic Board List of courses/activities: Learning the principles of clinical research Ability to conduct clinical studies , in particular phase III Ability to design and conduct clinical studies oriented towards molecular targets Development of applied research projects Method of choosing the subject of the thesis: Presentation of a research project, attribution of a tutor and approval by the Academic Board . Methods of checking for admission to the following year Annual check on the progress of the research project by means of oral and written presentations. Approval by the Academic Board. English lessons aimed at the knowledge and use of scientific English, the preparation of an effective scientific presentation and the drafting of an abstract.
Lessons
- Development of Translational Research Projects Applied to Gender Medicine -
- Learning the Principles of Experimental Clinical Research. Introduction to Epidemiology -
- Ability to Conduct Clinical, Observational, Cross-Sectional and Phase II and III Studies -
- Course on the use of the main scientific research engines and simulations. -
- Ability to design and conduct clinical studies oriented on molecular and pathophysiological targets -
- Practical course on safety and sterility standards in research laboratories -
- Course in Medical Statistics:1. Introduction to Medical Statistics 2. Statistical sources and data organization 3. Population and sample 4. Descriptive and inferential statistics 5. Frequency distributions 6. Mode and median Course on the use of the IRIS University catalog.
Second year
Activities: Advanced institutional courses Seminars and laboratory activities Activities connected with research Training and research activities autonomously chosen by the doctoral student and approved by the Academic Board List of courses/activities: Providing advanced knowledge of the theoretical bases and scientific literature in the fields of imaging, endoscopic and molecular diagnostics for the diagnosis and treatment of solid tumors and in particular of digestive, pulmonary and gynecological ones. How to prepare the thesis State of progress of the research project, tutor supervision and approval by the Academic Board. Methods of checking for admission to the following year Annual check on the progress of the research project by means of oral and written presentations. Approval by the Academic Board.
Lessons
- Course of Medical Statistics: 1. Quantiles, quartiles, deciles and percentiles 2. Variability of data distribution 3. Dispersion indices (range, deviation, variance, deviance, standard deviation or mean squared deviation) 4. Probability theory and principles of probability calculation 5. From probability to inference -
- Provide advanced knowledge of the theoretical foundations and scientific literature in the fields of imaging, endoscopic and molecular diagnostics for the diagnosis and treatment of tumors and pre-cancer lesions and in particular of digestive, pulmonary and gynecological ones -
- Autoimmunity and oncological risk in digestive, gynecological, pulmonary and obstetric diseases -
- Experimental methodology applied in the translational-biological field: DNA sequencing, cytofluorimetry, cell cultures, western-blot -
Third year
Activities: Advanced institutional courses Seminar or laboratory-type activities Research-related activities Training and research activities autonomously chosen by the PhD candidate and approved by the Academic Board List of courses/activities: Interventional studies (trials), observational studies, screening of neoplasms of the digestive, gynecological and pulmonary tracts with the aim of producing translational research capable of applying the advanced knowledge produced in the laboratory to the great contemporary clinical problems Methods of admission to the final exam Presentation of the final oral and written thesis following a favorable opinion by the external evaluators as required by the regulation in force. Approval by the teaching staff. Development of the final exam Presentation of the final thesis by oral communication within the commission for the final exam, external to the doctorate. Notes: The PhD Department and the Sant'Andrea University Hospital colleague have available classrooms, study rooms, a library with access to the vast majority of databases and scientific journals and research laboratories where they can carry out their activities.
For the second and third year, English lessons will be taught aimed at learning the methodologies for drafting sector articles and at the oral presentation of research results with the support of IT applications for the presentation of the results. The PhD student will acquire the necessary skills for the use of the most common Operating Systems, main IT applications, principles of data processing, network communication and applicative principles of medical statistics;
You will also be supported in the knowledge and use of the main sector databases.
The PhD student will be supported in the management of basic and clinical research. Students will acquire the skills for drafting a research project, for developing experimental protocols, setting up multi-center clinical trials and managing the relationship with the ethics committees of healthcare facilities. They will also be informed on research funding systems by public and private institutions (MIUR, Foundations, etc) of the EU.
Particular attention will be paid to raising awareness and exploiting research results and intellectual property. To this end, the procedures for filing patents will be indicated.