Class Scientific Communication

The curricular unit allows students to gain transversal knowledge to their studies allowing them to deepen techniques for reading, analyzing and understanding scientific and other documents. It is intended that students acquire theoretical and practical knowledge that will allow them to understand all the approaches involved in structuring documents, reports and scientific presentations that will be crucial throughout their careers. These approaches are focused on discussion between peers and the development of critical and scientific thinking, as well as the transmission of their knowledge to diverse audiences, allowing students to develop strategies to achieve their professional goals.  

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Introduction to scientific communication Types of scientific articles Structure of different scientific articles Foundations for understanding and analysis of scientific articles Tools for research and writing of scientific manuscripts Elaboration of scientific reports Types of reports Report structure Scientific writing Tools for research and writing of scientific reports Scientific presentations Different types of scientific presentations (reports, posters, presentations, pitch – Storytelling) Structure of the different types of scientific presentations Tools to elaborate scientific presentations and means of communication. Body language and presentation techniques to apply with different target audience. Communication in the context of project management Working in groups How to manage a group work Rules for effective and positive work in teams Tools to manage projects in groups Curriculum Vitae Structure and elaboration of CV Interview

Expository methods, using audiovisuals whenever appropriate, interactive methods, and research work are used over the semester. The themes, techniques and methodologies are presented beforehand

Cargill, M. & O’Connor, P. (2021) Writing Scientific Research Articles¿: Strategy and Steps, Wiley-Blackwell. Carter, M. (2013) Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More, Academic Press.