The course will address the following topics:
Section I. Scientific research, development, and innovation (R+D+I)
Topic 1. Science & Technology Policy: a historical development
Topic 2. Biomedical research programs in Aragon
Topic 3. The curriculum vitae (CV) for research activities
Topic 4. Research Methodology: Phases of the process
Topic 5. Critical reading of a medical journal article
Topic 6. Ethical and legal implications of medical research
Topic 7. Types of research designs: quantitative and qualitative studies
Topic 8. Scientific activities as indicators
Section II. Medical documentation and information
Topic 9. Databases Information Retrieval System (SRI)
Topic 10. Bibliometric analysis: methodology and results
Topic 11. International databases: PubMed, Embase
Topic 13. Hispanic databases: IME, ISOC IBECS, Latindex
Topic 14. Cochrane for Evidence-Based Mediccine (MBE)
Topic 15. Databases of scientific impact indicators: WOS, JCR