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11910-01 - Seminar: Current Topics in Epidemiology and Public Health (2 CP)
| Semester | spring semester 2025 |
| Angebotsmuster | Every semester |
| Dozierende |
Stefanie Knopp (s.knopp@unibas.ch, BeurteilerIn)
Jürg Utzinger (juerg.utzinger@unibas.ch) |
| Inhalt | The seminar will offer the possibility to write your own seminar paper and receive constructive feedback from one of your peers and lecturers. At the beginning of the term, the lecturers will provide you with a brief guidance on their expectations for the essay topic and structure. Subsequently, you are supposed to write your own seminar paper choosing your own topic related to Public/Global Health. Students will pair-up for a peer-to-peer review process and provide input to their peer’s essay, before each essay is submitted to the lecturers. Finally, the lecturers will review and carefully evaluate your seminar paper and provide general and specific feedback. |
| Lernziele | The main objectives of this course are to develop and improve current scientific writing skills and to provide students with the possibility to provide and receive constructive feedback to their own and their peer’s seminar paper. |
| Bemerkungen | details in ADAM folder please register with: s.knopp@swisstph.ch max. 15 participants There will be one mandatory appointment with the lecturers at the beginning of the semester. Students can select one among two dates for their participation. Otherwise the essay writing and peer-reviewing is complete self-study. |
| Teilnahmevoraussetzungen | Not available for Master students in Infection Biology and Epidemiology in combination in the same semester with "Advances in Infection Biology, Epidemiology and Global Public Health". Students who wish to participate in this course will need to subscribe via MOnA and send an additional email expressing their interest for participation to Stefanie Knopp (s.knopp@swisstph.ch). Students who do not register with Stefanie Knopp will not be considered for participation! The number of students for this course is limited to maximum 15. Selection will be based on the date and time of registration with Stefanie Knopp. |
| Anmeldung zur Lehrveranstaltung | Students who wish to participate in this course will need to subscribe via MOnA and send an additional email expressing their interest for participation to Stefanie Knopp (s.knopp@swisstph.ch). Students who do not register with Stefanie Knopp will not be considered for participation! The number of students for this course is limited to maximum 15. Selection will be on first come first serve based on the date and time of registration with Stefanie Knopp. |
| Unterrichtssprache | English |
| Einsatz digitaler Medien | No specific media used |
| Intervall | Wochentag | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|---|
| unregelmässig | Siehe Einzeltermine | ||
Einzeltermine
| Datum | Zeit | Raum |
|---|---|---|
| Dienstag 18.03.2025 | 16.00-17.00 Uhr | Swiss TPH Neubau, Seminarraum 5 |
| Mittwoch 19.03.2025 | 16.00-17.00 Uhr | Swiss TPH Neubau, Seminarraum 5 |
| Module |
Doctorate Science Epidemiology: Recommendations (PhD subject: Epidemiology) Module: Advances in Epidemiology, Statistics and Global & Public Health (Master's Studies: Epidemiology) Module: Fields: Public Health and Social Life (Master's degree program: African Studies) Module: Research Skills (Master's degree program: African Studies) Specialization Module Global Europe: Global Ageing and Health (Master's Studies: European Global Studies) |
| Prüfung | continuous assessment |
| Hinweise zur Prüfung | Concluding assignment: Each student will: i) participate at the initial meetings ii) review the essay of his/her working partner iii) write and submit his/her own short seminar paper with a topic related to Global/Public Health (7-8 pages (double spaced, font size 12), 17-25 references) by the end of the term. Essays need to be written by students themselves. The use of Artificial Intelligence is allowed only in line with University Basel guidelines. |
| An-/Abmeldung zur Prüfung | Reg.: course registration, dereg: cancel course registration |
| Wiederholungsprüfung | no repeat examination |
| Skala | Pass / Fail |
| Belegen bei Nichtbestehen | as often as necessary |
| Zuständige Fakultät | Faculty of Science, studiendekanat-philnat@unibas.ch |
| Anbietende Organisationseinheit | Schweizerisches Tropen- und Public Health-Institut |