Category: Kurs

Useful courses for handling research data

Posted onAuthorKjetil U. Harkestad

The goal of the University of Bergen is that data resulting from research activity should be made readily available for reuse in accordance with FAIR-principles. UiB Library Research Support offers following courses to help meet these requirements:

Data management Plan

The Norwegian Research Council and Horizon 2020 require projects to submit a data management plan (DMP). A data management plan describes how data in a research project will be collected, processed and made available.

The courses «Introduction to DMP” and “DMP workshop” give you a short introduction to what a data management plan is, why you need it, and how to write one.

In the workshops you will have the opportunity to work on your own DMP using a digital DMP tool, and then share your DMP with other participants and get feedback from peers and experts on your own DMP.

  • September 17th at 10:00-14:00 (introduction to DMP + workshop). Read more. Sign up here.
  • October 15th at 10:00-10:45 (introduction to DMP, in Norwegian). Sign up here.
  • November 12th at 10:00-14:00 (introduction to DMP + workshop). Read more. Sign up here.

How can you make your research data open and FAIR?

Researchers are encouraged to make their data openly available as early as possible in the research process, and most funders, e.g. Norwegian Research Council or Horizon Europe, and publishers require that the research data from a project is made openly available. But how can you do this in practice, and where?

In the course you will get a short introduction to how you can make your research data open and FAIR, and how to archive your data in our institutional archive UiB Open Research Data.

  • September 3rd at 10:00-11:30. Sign up here.
  • October 1st at 10:00-11:30. Sign up here.

Finding & reusing research data

Sharing and re-using quality-assured research data is considered good scientific practice. Re-using existing datasets as secondary data avoids unnecessary duplication of efforts and can inspire new avenues of research.

For example, new questions or methods can be applied to a dataset, or data from different studies or disciplines can be integrated. In this course you will learn how you can use existing datasets as a resource for your research. The course consists of three short modules, and you can participate in either or all of the modules.

  • August 27th  at 09:30–12:00. Sign up here
  • November 26th at 09:30-12:00. Sign up here

Want to know more about Open Data and Data management? See our webpages:

Open Access to Research Data

Data Management Plans

Software Carpentry course in research computing skills: Shell, Python, Git

Reproducible research benefits strongly from learning some research computing skills. Are you tired of manually moving files? Would you like to be able to efficiently analyze data and create fancy plots? Would you like to learn programming, but you do not know where to start? Would you like your data analysis to be more reproducible? This is the course for you!

The Software Carpentry course in research computing skills will provide researchers with computational tools to address their research questions in new or more efficient and reproducible ways. The course is aimed at novices and no previous programming knowledge is required.

 

Enhet for læring sitt tilbud høsten 2021

Posted onAuthorKjetil U. Harkestad

Kjære kollegaer!

Ved oppstart av nytt semester ønsker jeg å orientere om Enhet for læring sitt pedagogiske kompetansehevingstilbud til fakultetets ansatte.

Det er ledig plass på alle kursene, så her er det førstemann til mølla.

  • Introduction to Teaching and Learning in Higher Education Health Sciences (PHDPED900) – For PhD candidates and Post doctors, 5 ects credits.

  • Kurs i praksisveiledning (MEDPVEIL602) – gir 2-3 stp. uttelling som del av utdanningsfaglig basiskompetanse

  • Journal Club – medisinsk og helsefaglig pedagogisk forskning (PHDMED901) – drøfting av utvalgte artikler og relevans for eget pedagogisk arbeid.

  • Webinarrekken Pedagogisk Påfyll har et variert program. Arrangeres én gang i måneden, kl. 15-16, på Zoom.
    • Å sette fjes på diagnosen – digitale pasienthistorier som virkemiddel
    • Bruk av polls i undervisningen 
    • Hva skal til for å bli merittert underviser?
    • Hva har valg av vurderingsform å si for utdanningskvalitet?
    • Hopp, men hvor høyt? Om grensene mellom undervisning og underholdning
  • Workshops i pedagogiske mapper. Velg mellom 9/9 og 23/11 (kl. 9-12)

For mer informasjon og påmelding: Aktiviteter ved Enhet for læring høsten 2021 | Enhet for læring | UiB

Beste hilsen
Monika Kvernenes

Bibliotekskurs høsten 2021 / Library courses autumn 2021

Posted onAuthorSiri S. Trosvik

Biblioteket tilbyr følgende kurs høsten 2021. Kursene er planlagt å holdes digitalt og fysisk i biblioteket.

  • Introduksjon til EndNote
  • Introduksjon til Zotero
  • Søkekurs i PubMed og Embase
  • Introduksjon til systematiske oversikter

Kursene er fortrinnsvis for ansatte og stipendiater. De fleste studenter får bibliotekkurs som en del av sin studieplan. Dersom ikke det er tilfelle kan de melde seg på disse kursene.

Kursdatoer, påmelding og mer informasjon finnes på https://www.uib.no/ub/126018/kurs-og-veiledning#kurs-med-p-melding

Litt mer om kursene:

Introduksjon til EndNote: I kurset lærer du å bygge opp et EndNote-bibliotek og lage en referanseliste i Word. Kurset består av korte demonstrasjoner og praktiske øvelser. Kurset dekker: Lage et EndNote-bibliotek, importere referanser, manuell innlegging, lage grupper, finne fulltekst, sette inn referanser i en tekst, lage og formatere en litteraturliste.

Introduksjon i Zotero (in English): Zotero is a free referencing tool. The Zotero browser extension (Zotero Connector) can export references from web pages, search engines and reference databases. This course should allow you to get started with Zotero for collecting references and generating citations/reference lists.

Søkekurs i PubMed og Embase: Alle bruker PubMed, men med litt ekstra kunnskap kan du gjøre mer effektive søk. I kurset viser vi for eksempel hvordan du kan bruke emneordene MeSH eller utnytte filtre i Clinical queries. Embase er den andre store medisinske artikkeldatabasen som dekker en del andre tidsskrifter enn PubMed/Medline. Den er derfor et viktig supplement til Medline, for å få et bedre overblikk over fagets litteratur.

Introduksjon til systematiske oversikter: Kurset gir en introduksjon i temaet systematiske oversikter. Vi gjennomgår ulike databaser for å finne systematiske oversikter, og prosessen å selv utføre en systematisk oversikt som å skrive en protokoll, forberedelser til søking, tips og verktøy for datahåndtering og kvalitetsvurdering, og rapportering. Vi gir også informasjon om hvilken hjelp og støtte biblioteket kan gi i arbeidet med systematiske oversikter.

Vennlig hilsen
Bibliotek for medisin, BBB

The medical library offers courses in autumn 2021. Courses are planned being hold digitally or physically.

  • Introduction to Endnote
  • Introduction to Zotero
  • Searching in PubMed and Embase
  • Introduction to systematic reviews

The courses are mainly for employees and PhD-candidates at the Faculty of Medicine and for employees at Helse Bergen. Courses for students are normally given as a part of their study program.

Dates, registration and more information can be found on the library’s web page:

Courses in English: https://www.uib.no/en/ub/128609/courses-and-guidance#courses-requiring-registration

Courses in Norwegian: https://www.uib.no/ub/126018/kurs-og-veiledning#kurs-med-p-melding

Short description:

Introduction to EndNote: EndNote is a tool for managing references. The course covers how to build your own EndNote database, how to use references from EndNote in the writing process with Word, formatting the text and generating literature lists. Other functionalities like grouping, removing duplicates, and importing full text will also be covered.

Introduction to Zotero: Zotero is a free referencing tool. The Zotero browser extension (Zotero Connector) can export references from web pages, search engines and reference databases. This course should allow you to get started with Zotero for collecting references and generating citations/reference lists.

Searching in PubMed and Embase: Everyone can use PubMed. However, with some extra knowledge you can search more efficiently. In the course we demonstrate the use of subject headings MeSH, and the use of filters for quick limiting to clinical queries like diagnostic studies, or intervention studies. Embase is another important medical database which covers a number of different journals than PubMed/Medline. Therefore, it is a valuable supplement to Medline, if you want to get a better overview over the literature within your subject.

Introduction to systematic reviews: The course gives an introduction to systematic reviews. The library presents several databases for finding systematic reviews, and gives an overview over the process of doing your own systematic review: write a protocol, prepare the search, data management, quality appraisal, and guidelines for reporting. We also inform about the role of the library in the different phases of the work with a systematic review.

 Kind regards from the Medical library

Registration possible from July 1 for fall term courses; CCBIO903, CCBIONEUR910, CCBIONEUR911 and CCBIONEUR912

Posted onAuthorSiri S. Trosvik

From July 1, it is possible to register for the fall term courses from CCBIO and Neuro-SysMed, and deadline is September 1. For all courses, please register in Studentweb if you are already enrolled at the UiB. If you are not enrolled at the UiB, you register through Søknadsweb, where you simultaneously apply for UiB guest student status.

CCBIO903 – Cancer Research: Ethical, economic and social aspects
When: September 6-10 and October 11-15, 2021
Focus: The course will focus on aspects such as how to assess the cost-effectiveness of cancer biomarkers, how to make medical decisions when surrounded by risks, uncertainties and even ignorance, what the ‘good life’ can actually mean, and what the future may hold for cancer research. PhD candidates and students will be invited to reflect upon the ethical, economic and social aspects of their own research, in interaction with scholars and other students as well as in an essay.
Responsible: John Cairns, Roger Strand and Anne Blanchard Bremer are academic responsible for the course.
Study points: 5 ECTS
Place: University of Bergen campus, room will be announced. Lunch and coffee/tea will be included. Limited seats available.
Registration (for ECTS): Studentweb or Søknadsweb, deadline September 1. (Registration opens July 1)
Available for non-ECTS participation: No
More info: at the website and the student pages.

CCBIONEUR911 – Clinical Trials
When: September 29 – October 1, 2021
Focus: Aspects of clinical trials – from design planning to execution – with learning examples from cancer research and neurological research. The completed program qualifies for a Good Clinical Practice (GCP) certificate.
Responsible: Line Bjørge (CCBIO) and Øivind Grytten Torkildsen (Neuro-SysMed) are academically responsible, and administrative coordinators are Benedicte Sjo Tislevoll for CCBIO and Hilde Norborg for Neuro-SysMed.
Study points: 2 ECTS
Place: University of Bergen campus, room will be announced. Lunch and coffee/tea will be included. Limited seats available: Will not be run through digital platform unless the pandemic situation does not allow on-site participation.
Registration (for ECTS): Studentweb or Søknadsweb, deadline September 1. (Registration opens July 1)
Available for non-ECTS participation: Yes, will be available in separate registration link.
More info: at the website and the student pages.

CCBIONEUR910 – Patient and Public Involvement in Medical and Health Research
When: November 3-5, 2021
Focus: To inspire increased user participation in research trials, and will present methods on how to involve user representatives. This is highly relevant to all biomedical research fields, and Patient and Public Involvement is documented to positively impact the relevance and efficacy in medical research. Note: The primary language for this course will be Norwegian.
Responsible: Nina Jebsen (CCBIO), Kjell-Morten Myhr (Neuro-SysMed) and Tone Skår (Neuro-SysMed and VIS) are academic responsible, and coordinators are Pål Tore Bentsen from CCBIO and Hilde Norborg from Neuro-SysMed.
Study points: estimated 2 ECTS
Place: University of Bergen campus, room will be announced. Lunch and coffee/tea will be included. Limited seats available: Will not be run through digital platform unless the pandemic situation does not allow on-site participation.
Registration (for ECTS): Studentweb or Søknadsweb, deadline September 1. (Registration opens July 1)
Available for non-ECTS participation: Yes, for a limited number of patient representatives.
More info: at the website and the student pages.

CCBIONEUR912 – Health Innovation
When: November 8-9 and December 2-3, 2021
Focus: To teach PhD candidates and other researchers how to recognize the close connection between research findings and innovation potential. The course will use examples from our own research environments as well as internationally, to showcase the practical route from idea to patent – and beyond.
Responsible: Academic responsible are Agnete Engelsen from CCBIO and Nina Grytten Torkildsen and Magnus Alvestad from Neuro-SysMed. Administrative coordinators are Ning Lu from CCBIO and Hilde Norborg from Neuro-SysMed.
Study points: 4 ECTS
Place: University of Bergen campus, room will be announced. Lunch and coffee/tea will be included. Limited seats available: Will not be run through digital platform unless the pandemic situation does not allow on-site participation.
Registration (for ECTS): Studentweb or Søknadsweb, deadline September 1. (Registration opens July 1)
Available for non-ECTS participation: No.
More info: at the website and the student pages.

Webinar May 11th – self management

Posted onAuthorKjetil U. Harkestad

Utviklingstid at UiB invites everyone to to webinar May 11th about self management.

We will discuss how to develop healthy work habits to help us manage time, our feelings about time, our motivation, and our focus.

Held in English.

For more information and registration, see the web pages here.

How to combine performance and health during PhD

Posted onAuthorKjetil U. Harkestad

The webinar will be held in English by psychologist Per Sjøberg. Per Sjøberg has extensive experience with guidance in high-performance professions, with top athletes and in crisis psychology.

The webinar addresses topics such as:

  • Maintaining motivation in challenging times
  • To work with high demands on performance
  • Stress management strategies

Please note the date for the webinar: 05.03.2021

More information and registration link can be found here.

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Enhet for lærings utdanningstilbud våren 2021

Posted onAuthorSiri S. Trosvik

Disse tilbudene er for alle vitenskapelig ansatte på tvers av program- og institituttilhørighet! 

  • Innføring i medisinsk didaktikk (MEDDID601) – gir 5 stp. uttelling som del av utdanningsfaglig basiskompetanse
  • Kurs i praksisveiledning (MEDPVEIL602) – gir 2-3 stp. uttelling som del av utdanningsfaglig basiskompetanse
  • Webinarrekken Pedagogisk Påfyll har et variert program for vårsemesteret. En gang i måneden, kl. 15-16, på Zoom.
    • Hvordan skape interaksjon og samhandling i Zoom?
    • To runder med digital hjemmeeksamen – hva har vi lært? 
    • Lyd og/eller bilde: om podkast som digital undervisningsressurs 
    • Nervøs, spent eller glad? Om underviseres følelsesliv
    • Kan det å forberede studenter før praksis styrke praksis?

For mer informasjon og påmelding – se https://www.uib.no/med/enhetforl%C3%A6ring/135895/aktiviteter-ved-enhet-l%C3%A6ring-v%C3%A5ren-2021

Det er ledige plasser på kurset i praksisveiledning (https://www.uib.no/emne/MEDPVEIL602):
Mandag 25. januar kl. 09-12
Mandag 1. februar kl. 09-12
Mandag 8. februar kl. 09-12

Workshops i å lage Pedagogisk mappe tilbys 22. februar og 14. april, begge dager fra kl. 09-12. Ca. 2 timer forberedelser må påregnes. For påmelding: https://www.uib.no/med/enhetforl%C3%A6ring/137476/workshops-i-pedagogiske-mapper-h%C3%B8sten-2020

Meld dere på  – det blir fort fullt!

Vennlig hilsen
Anne Berit Guttormsen
Undervisningsleder K1

3 CCBIO Research School courses for the spring term

Posted onAuthorKristina B Heggø

We are happy to announce the following 3 CCBIO Research School courses for the spring term, and note that if you will join and need the ECTS, registration deadline is February 1st.

Registration for ECTS participation is the same for all 3 courses:

• If you are already enrolled at the University of Bergen (UiB), you apply/register through Studentweb.

• If you are not enrolled at the UiB but want the ECTS, you apply/register through Søknadsweb, where you simultaneously apply for UiB guest student status.

CCBIO908—Scientific Writing and Communication Seminar
April 12-15 2021 (4 half days, from ca. 11.00), digital event in Zoom.
The course is part of the CCBIO/INTPART program. We will look into topics such as Organizing your ideas and improving your manuscript, Clear writing, The Art of Scientific Story Telling, The problem statement, Titles and Abstracts, Punctuation, Making a manuscript memorable, Writing a convincing cover letter, and How to avoid death by PowerPoint.

Lecturers:
• Christine Møller, an experienced lecturer in medical and scientific writing with many years of experience as assistant editor of APMIS.
• Randy Watnick, assistant professor at the Vascular Biology Program, Harvard Medical School.
• Media Advisor Marion Solheim will be adding a lecture on science presentation, showing how to make a presentation stick – in a good way.

Who: Open for all. Note that if the course gets fully booked (and it has every time before), participants are included based on first come, first served. ECTS/Registration: This course provides 2 ECTS. The deadline for ECTS providing registration is February 1, 2021. Application through studentweb/søknadsweb, see above. If you don’t need the ECTS registered as part of an education/degree, and just want professional updates, you register through this link, with deadline March 1, 2021. Elisabeth Wik is coordinating the INTPART program. Course coordinator is vandana.ardawatia@uib.no, and academic responsible is Yamila Torres Cleuren. More info: at this page.

CCBIO903 Cancer research: Ethical, economic and social aspects
Course week 1: May 31 to June 4, 2021, and course week 2: September 6-10, 2021. On-site lectures/discussions, campus Haukeland University Hospital.

CCBIO903 focuses on ethical, economical and societal aspects of cancer and cancer research and aims to equip PhD candidates with tools for systematic reflection on their own and related research as well as methods for assessing the cost benefit of health measures and methods of treatment.

The course will address difficult questions:

• How can we deal with the uncertainties in the lab, while maintaining the quality of our science?
• Which drug is more suited to a patient?
• How can medical science contribute to debates on what is good for society?
• How can economic models help guide health care resource allocation?

Who: Open for all. PhD candidates, master students and students at the Medical Student Research Programme are particularly encouraged to register. ECTS/Registration: This is a 5 ECTS course. Deadline for ECTS providing registration is February 1, 2021. Application through studentweb/søknadsweb, see above. John Cairns, Roger Strand and Anne Blanchard Bremer are academic responsible for the course. Administrative coordinator is Kjetil Utvik Harkestad. More info: at this page.

BMED904—Graduate course in Extracellular Matrix
June 07-11, 2021

The course will cover various aspects of extracellular matrix (ECM) biology. A recurring theme will be the roles of the various ECM molecules and their functions in health and disease.

See preliminary program.

Note, due to the uncertainty regarding the Covid-19 situation, the course is planned to combine face-to-face “seat time” for students attending in Bergen with online presentations of all lectures and lab demonstrations.

Who: Open for all. PhD candidates, master students and students at the Medical Student Research Programme are particularly encouraged to register. ECTS/Registration: This is a 3 ECTS course. Deadline for ECTS providing registration is February 1, 2021. Application through studentweb/søknadsweb, see above. If you don’t need the ECTS registered as part of an education/degree, and just want professional updates, please register here. Academic responsible are Marion Kusche-Gullberg and Donald Gullberg. Administrative coordinator is Margarethe Bittins. More info: at this page.

Gruppelederopplæring våren 2021

Posted onAuthorSiri S. Trosvik

Kjære alle fakultet!

Vedlagt er et informasjonsskriv om påmelding til UiBs gruppelederopplæring for vårsemesteret 2021. Opplæringen er lagt til uke 2. Vennligst distribuer til de som har ansvaret for å ansette seminarledere/gruppeledere ved instituttene og/eller fakultetene. Det er begrenset plasser dessverre (60 stk). Grunnet Korona vil undervisningen foregå digitalt via Zoom.

Det er svært viktig at dokumentet videresendes til studenter da påmeldingsskjema for begge modulene er her, samt viktig informasjon rundt modulene.

Spørsmål kan stilles til Lucas M. Jeno Lucas.Jeno@uib.no eller Kåre Helleve Kare.Helleve@uib.no som jobber i administrasjonen på Program for Universitetspedagogikk.

Gruppelederopplæring 2021v_Invitasjon til studenter

Biblioteket tilbyr kurs våren 2021 / The library offers courses spring 2021

Posted onAuthorKristina B Heggø

Biblioteket tilbyr følgende kurs våren 2021. Kursene er planlagt å holdes digitalt eller som hybrid (fysisk og digitalt) i biblioteket.

– Introduksjon til EndNote
– Workshop i EndNote (spørsmål og svar)
– Søkekurs i PubMed og Embase
– Introduksjon til systematiske oversikter

Introduksjon til EndNote: I kursene gjennomgåes hvordan man kan bygge opp en egen EndNote-database med referanser man trenger til forskningen. I tillegg vises hvordan man enkelt kan bruke EndNote i skriveprosessen i Word slik at man får formaterte referanser og en automatisk generert litteraturliste. EndNote har dessuten mer funksjonalitet , f.eks. kan man gruppere referansene i EndNote, og laste inn fulltekst til artiklene og dermed lage sitt eget elektroniske bibliotek.

Workshop i EndNote: Workshopen baserer seg på spørsmål deltakerne melder inn, og kan dreie seg om funksjonalitet i EndNote, som å legge til tidsskriftforkortelser, redigere stiler eller bestille artikler rett fra EndNote, eller andre tips for effektiv bruk av programmet.

Søkekurs i PubMed og Embase: Alle bruker PubMed, men med litt ekstra kunnskap kan du gjøre mer effektive søk. I kurset viser vi for eksempel hvordan du kan bruke emneordene MeSH, eller utnytte filtre i Clinical queries. Embase er den andre store medisinske artikkeldatabasen som dekker en del andre tidsskrifter enn PubMed/Medline. Den er derfor et viktig supplement til Medline, for å få et bedre overblikk over fagets litteratur.

Introduksjon til systematiske oversikter: Kurset gir en introduksjon til temaet systematiske oversikter. Vi gjennomgår ulike databaser for å finne systematiske oversikter, og prosessen hvor man selv utfører en systematisk oversikt som å skrive en protokoll, forberedelser til søking, tips og verktøy for datahåndtering og kvalitetsvurdering, og rapportering. Vi gir også informasjon om hvilken hjelp og støtte biblioteket kan gi i arbeidet med systematiske oversikter.

Kursene er fortrinnsvis for ansatte og stipendiater. De fleste studenter får bibliotekkurs som en del av sin studieplan. Dersom ikke det er tilfelle kan de melde seg på disse kursene.

Kursdatoer, påmelding og mer informasjon finnes på https://www.uib.no/ub/126018/kurs-og-veiledning#kurs-med-p-melding

The medical library offers courses in spring 2021. Courses are planned being held digitally or as a combination of physically and digitally.

– Introduction to EndNote
– Searching in PubMed and Embase
– Introduction to systematic reviews

Introduction to EndNote: EndNote is a tool for managing references. The course covers how to build your own EndNote database, how to use references from EndNote in the writing process with Word, formatting the text and generating literature lists. Other functionalities like grouping, removing duplicates, and importing full text will also be covered.

Searching in PubMed and Embase: Everyone can use PubMed. However, with some extra knowledge you can search more efficiently. In the course we demonstrate the use of subject headings MeSH, and the use of filters for quick limiting to clinical queries like diagnostic studies, or intervention studies. Embase is another important medical database which covers a number of different journals than PubMed/Medline. Therefore, it is a valuable supplement to Medline, if you want to get a better overview over the literature within your subject.

Introduction to systematic reviews: The course gives an introduction to systematic reviews. The library presents several databases for finding systematic reviews, and gives an overview over the process of doing your own systematic review: write a protocol, prepare the search, data management, quality appraisal, and guidelines for reporting. We also inform about the role of the library in the different phases of the work with a systematic review.

The courses are mainly for employees and PhD-candidates at the Faculty of Medicine and for employees at Helse Bergen. Courses for students are normally given as a part of their study program.

Dates, registration and more information can be found on the library’s web page:
Courses in English: https://www.uib.no/en/ub/128609/courses-and-guidance#courses-requiring-registration
Courses in Norwegian: https://www.uib.no/ub/126018/kurs-og-veiledning#kurs-med-p-melding

Opplæringsøkter i bruk av moduler i MittUiB for undervisere i medisinstudiet

Posted onAuthorSiri S. Trosvik

Invitasjon til alle som underviser på medisinstudiet

Det er forventet at alle undervisere i medisinstudiet har tilgang til og benytter MittUiB, og dette er spesielt viktig i en tid med mye digital undervisning. Vi vet at det varierer hvor mye de enkelte underviserne benytter MittUiB og Programutvalget for medisin vil derfor gjerne invitere alle undervisere i medisinstudiet til korte opplæringsøkter i MittUiB. Opplæringsøktene blir holdt digitalt av Harald G. Wiker, og innholdet vil tilpasses etter behovet de påmeldte har. For de tidspunktene som er satt opp nå i høst er temaet «moduler».

Det er ønskelig med påmelding via: https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=9319601

Lenke til møtet blir sendt til de som er påmeldte i forkant av kurset.

For spørsmål ta kontakt med Harald.Wiker@uib.no

Hilsen
Harald G. Wiker og Dina-Kristin T. Midtflø

NorDoc Summer School 2021

Posted onAuthorKristina B Heggø

The NorDoc Summer School takes place in Copenhagen on 16-20 August 2021 and this year the topic is: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Career Development 

The annual NorDoc Summer School brings together PhD students from the Nordic countries for a week of interaction and discussions. The summer School is open to PhD students, faculty and administrators.

Sign up soon! There are only 250 seats available for the conference.

We have invited excellent speakers from the Nordic countries and hope to inspire you and give you new insight into some of the current opportunities in the Nordic countries. There will be presentations and panel debates as well as breakout sessions and workshops, where you get to work with experts and PhD students on the topics of your choice.

You can participate in several full day PhD courses in innovation and transferrable skills – and you also get a chance to visit the industry in or around Copenhagen for a full day and learn how start-ups, small and big companies work with innovation. Last, but not least, the summer school ends with a conference.

Read more about NorDoc Summer School 2021 here.

See the programme here.

https://healthsciences.ku.dk/phd/nordoc-summer-school/

 

Workshops: Open Access and Data management plan

Posted onAuthorKjetil U. Harkestad

The Norwegian Research Council and Horizon 2020/Europe require projects to submit a data management plan (DMP). A data management plan describes how data in a research project will be collected, processed and made available.

  • Open Access Week, 19-23 Oktober 2020. Program and event information here.

  • Introduction to Data Management Plan (DMP) here.

  • Data Management Plan WORKSHOP (for researchers), 23.10.2020 – 13.00-15.00. More information here.

Søk på kurs innen vurdering i medisinsk utdanning og få kurs og utgifter dekket!

Posted onAuthorKristina B Heggø

Nasjonal delprøve i medisinstudiet sine midler fra NOKUTs Utdanningskvalitetspris går blant annet til kompetanseheving innenfor medisinsk vurdering. Nå kan du søke om å få dekket reise, opphold og kursavgift via utgiftsrefusjon. Alle som lager eksamensoppgaver til eksamener ved medisinstudiene ved norske universiteter og/eller lager oppgaver til nasjonal delprøve i medisin kan søke. Teknisk-administrative som jobber tett med eksamen kan også søke, selv om de ikke lager oppgaver.

På grunn av Covid-19-situasjonen er flere av kursene gjort om til online-kurs. Her finner du de aktuelle kursene i 2020/2021 https://www.med.uio.no/om/prosjekter/nasjonal-delprove-medisin/kurs/2020/kurs-2020.html

Frist for å søke er 1. oktober 2020, og søknader sendes til arbeidsgruppen for nasjonal delprøve ved Åsmund Skaar: asmund.skaar@medisin.uio.no

Les mer her: https://www.med.uio.no/om/prosjekter/nasjonal-delprove-medisin/kurs/

ERC Starting or Consolidator Grant

Posted onAuthorKristina B Heggø

Find out how to apply for an ERC Starting or Consolidator Grant
The ERC wants to support younger researchers to become and stay independent. Our experienced trainers will help you to demystify the ERC and take you through a comprehensive journey in short videos that you can take when it suits you. The courses will be followed by a live Q&A call.

You can join ERC online courses and take them at your own pace in November (04.11.2020 – 09.00–04.12.2020 – 15.00).

Have a look at the offer here: https://www.uib.no/en/boa/122506/video-academy-design-and-write-competitive-erc-proposals

Please pre-register your interest for the online course form (registration deadline 01.11.2020): https://skjemaker.app.uib.no/view.php?id=7955971

Web based course CCBIO905 Methods in Cancer Biomarker Research

Posted onAuthorKristina B Heggø

We are happy to invite you to CCBIO’s course CCBIO905 Methods in Cancer Biomarker Research, October 27-29, 2020.

This will be run online through Zoom, so you can join from the comfort of your home or your home universities. Although the course is mainly intended for Ph.D. students and Master students, admission is open for others who find this course interesting.

CCBIO905 is a 5 ECTS course with a focus on the full panel of advanced and standard methods with relevance for cancer biomarkers. The intention is a methodological course that also includes components of ethics and economy.

The thematic parts include methods ranging from basic techniques on nucleotides and proteins to more advanced approaches, as well as bioinformatics and bio-banking.

The course will focus on methods to study tissue samples, blood samples, urine samples, and other biologic materials, like immunohistochemistry, in situ hybridization, PCR-techniques and sequencing, Western blot and ELISA, microarray methods, proteomics, circulating tumor cells and DNA, flow cytometry, bioinformatics, and biobanks. Changes in nucleic acids and proteins in different settings will also be covered.

Program: See the preliminary scientific program here.

Note that there are different registration links for the course:

With ECTS: For those who will attend the complete course, incl. group assignments, and be eligible for the 5 ECTS or a course diploma: Reg. link full course. Registration will be closed at no notice when the maximum is reached. UiB students also need to register in StudentWeb, where the deadline is September 1, 2020.

No ECTS: For those who are only interested in the lectures and want to hop in and out as they please (will not get ECTS or diploma), use this link only: Reg. link lectures.

Read more here about the course. For any questions, please contact coordinator Ingeborg Winge at ingborg.winge@uib.no.

Welcome!

Web based course CCBIO907 Cancer-related vascular biology

Posted onAuthorKristina B Heggø

We have the pleasure of inviting you to a web based CCBIO course: CCBIO907 Cancer-related vascular biology, September 21 – October 2, 2020.

The course will be held through a digital platform (Zoom), also the group assignments, so you can attend even from the comfort of your own home. Although the course is mainly intended for PhD students and Master students, admission is open for others who find this course interesting.

CCBIO907 is a 6 ECTS course that provides a broad theoretical and practical understanding of basic aspects of vascular biology, cancer-related vascular biology, and other processes and diseases where vascular biology is relevant. The course presents knowledge about relationships between vascular biology, cancer progression, and diagnostic and treatment options directed towards the vasculature. Applied methods for studying vascular biology and biomarkers reflecting cancer-related vascular biology are taught. Also, the course aims to stimulate scientific thinking, critical election, and professional discussions.

CCBIO907 is part of the CCBIO-Harvard INTPART collaboration, and participants attending this course will have the rare opportunity to benefit from the knowledge of researchers who have been in the frontline of vascular biology research for decades, and who are experienced lecturers at Harvard Medical School. This year, you will get to meet Edward R. Smith, Joyce Bischoff, and Hong Cheng in addition to Randy Watnick and Mike Rogers.

Program: See the preliminary scientific program here.

Note that there are different registration links for the course:

With ECTS: For those who will attend the complete course, incl. group assignments, and be eligible for the 6 ECTS or a course diploma (note that this link is close to fully booked). UiB students also need to register in StudentWeb, where deadline is September 1, 2020.

No ECTS: For those who are only interested in the lectures for professional updates and want to hop in and out as they please (will not get ECTS or diploma).

Read more here about the course. For any questions, please contact coordinator Heidrun Vethe at Heidrun.vethe@uib.no.

Welcome!

Universitetsbiblioteket tilbyr kurs til ansatte høsten 2020 / The medical library offers courses in autumn 2020

Posted onAuthorKjetil U. Harkestad

Biblioteket tilbyr følgende kurs høsten 2020. Kursene er planlagt å holdes i biblioteket, men med færre deltakere.

– Introduksjon til EndNote
– Søkekurs i PubMed og Embase
– Introduksjon til systematiske oversikter

Introduksjon til EndNote: I kursene gjennomgåes hvordan å bygge opp en egen EndNotedatabase med referanser man trenger til forskningen. I tillegg vises hvordan å enkelt bruke EndNote i skriveprosessen i Word slik at man får formaterte referanser og en automatisk generert litteraturliste. EndNote har dessuten mer funksjonalitet , f.eks. å gruppere referansene i EndNote, og å laste inn fulltekst til artiklene og dermed lage sitt eget elektroniske bibliotek.

Søkekurs i PubMed og Embase: Alle bruker PubMed, men med litt ekstra kunnskap kan du gjøre mer effektive søk. I kurset viser vi for eksempel hvordan du kan bruke emneordene MeSH, eller utnytte filtre i Clinical queries. Embase er den andre store medisinske artikkeldatabasen som dekker en del andre tidsskrifter enn PubMed/Medline. Den er derfor et viktig supplement til Medline, for å få et bedre overblikk over fagets litteratur.

Introduksjon til systematiske oversikter: Kurset gir en introduksjon i temaet systematiske oversikter. Vi gjennomgår ulike databaser for å finne systematiske oversikter, og prosessen å selv utføre en systematisk oversikt som å skrive en protokoll, forberedelser til søking, tips og verktøy for datahåndtering og kvalitetsvurdering, og rapportering. Vi gir også informasjon om hvilken hjelp og støtte biblioteket kan gi i arbeidet med systematiske oversikter.

Kursene er fortrinnsvis for ansatte og stipendiater. De fleste studenter får bibliotekkurs som en del av sin studieplan. Dersom ikke det er tilfelle kan de melde seg på disse kursene.

Kursdatoer, påmelding og mer informasjon finnes her.

The medical library offers courses in autumn 2020. Courses are planned being hold in the library but with fewer participants due to corona infection prevention measures.

– Introduction to EndNote
– Searching in PubMed and Embase
– Introduction to systematic reviews

Introduction to EndNote: EndNote is a tool for managing references. The course covers how to build your own EndNote database, how to use references from EndNote in the writing process with Word, formatting the text and generating literature lists. Other functionalities like grouping, removing duplicates, and importing full text will also be covered.

Searching in PubMed and Embase: Everyone can use PubMed. However, with some extra knowledge you can search more efficiently. In the course we demonstrate the use of subject headings MeSH, and the use of filters for quick limiting to clinical queries like diagnostic studies, or intervention studies. Embase is another important medical database which covers a number of different journals than PubMed/Medline. Therefore, it is a valuable supplement to Medline, if you want to get a better overview over the literature within your subject.

Introduction to systematic reviews: The course gives an introduction to systematic reviews. The library presents several databases for finding systematic reviews, and gives an overview over the process of doing your own systematic review: write a protocol, prepare the search, data management, quality appraisal, and guidelines for reporting. We also inform about the role of the library in the different phases of the work with a systematic review.

The courses are mainly for employees and PhD candidates at the Faculty of Medicine and for employees at Helse Bergen. Courses for students are normally given as a part of their study program.

Dates, registration and more information can be found on the library’s web page:

Courses in English.
Courses in Norwegian.

Pedagogisk kompetansehevingstilbud ved MED-fak.

Posted onAuthorKjetil U. Harkestad

Kjære ledere og kollegaer!

Vi forbereder nå høstsemesteret, og Enhet for læring har et variert tilbud for våre ansatte som ønsker å lære mer om undervisning, veiledning og pedagogikk.

Kurset PHDPED – Introduction to teaching and learning in Higher Education Health Sciences for Phd and Post doctors (5 ects)
Mer info om kurset her.

Seminarrekken Pedagogisk Påfyll vil i høst ha fokus på digital undervisning og vil være i et digitalt format: 
– 23/9 TBL goes digital v/Olav Tenstad
– 14/10 Downsize and digitalize your lecture
– 11/11 Flipp your classroom – kombinasjoner av synkron og asynkron undervisning
– 9/12 Læringsstier i MittUiB v/Harald Wiker
Alle dager fra kl 15-16. Mer info og påmelding via nettsiden her.

Workshop i pedagogiske mapper (Zoom): 6/8 (kl. 09:15-12:00)
Det vil settes opp flere workshops ila høsten. Følg med på våre nettsider.

Som del av vår satsing på ansatte i bistilling har vi tre nye kurstilbud denne høsten, alle tellende som del av utdanningsfaglig kompetanse:

1. Journal Club – medisinsk og helsefaglig pedagogisk forskning: Oppstart 18/9 (kl. 12-15)
2. Praksisveiledning: 31/8 (kl. 09:15-16:00) + 21/9 (kl. 09:15-12:30)
3. Kurs i formidling og presentasjonsteknikk: 20/10 (kl. 09:15-16:00)

Mer info finnes her.

CCBIO courses as online events: CCBIO904 and CCBIO908

Posted onAuthorKjetil U. Harkestad

Dear all

We are happy to announce that the two courses formerly postponed due to the corona measures, now will take place as web-based courses which you can attend from your home office:

• CCBIO904 Biomarkers and Tumor Biology in Clinical Practice: May 25-27, 2020 (full days)

• CCBIO908 Scientific Writing & Communication Seminar, June 8-11, 2020 (4 half days)

CCBIO904 Biomarkers and Tumor Biology in Clinical Practice
This 4 ECTS course covers broad tumor biological topics that are important for understanding how cancer occurs, the mechanisms that control tumor growth, proliferation and morbidity. The course will focus especially on tumor biological changes that may have or already have significance for personalized cancer treatment and clinical trial studies of new diagnostics and treatment. Open to all and no course fee.
When: May 25-27, 2020
Preliminary program: Available here (Subject to changes.)
Where: Digital event through Zoom. Access links will be provided to the registered participants.
Who: Mainly intended for PhD and master candidates and students in the Medical Student Research Program, but open to all.
Registration: Through this link.
Responsible: Oddbjørn Straume has the academic responsibility, and Reidun Kopperud is the coordinator.
Registration of credits: You need to be registered as a student at the University of Bergen to get the ECTS registered. If you are not, please contact reidun.kristin.kopperud@uib.no to be guided on how to apply for guest student status. If you don’t need the ECTS registered as part of an education/degree, and just want a course diploma, you don’t need to apply for guest student status.
More information: At this link.

CCBIO908 Scientific Writing & Communication Seminar
The 2 ECTS course is part of the CCBIO/INTPART program, where students’ education and exchange is promoted through collaboration between CCBIO and Harvard Medical School. The Scientific Writing Seminars have been fully booked on the two previous occasions, and received excellent reviews. Lecturers are Christine Møller, an experienced lecturer in medical and scientific writing with many years of experience as assistant editor of APMIS, and Randy Watnick, assistant professor at the Vascular Biology Program, Harvard Medical School. In addition, Media Advisor Marion Solheim will be adding a lecture on science presentation, showing how to make a presentation stick – in a good way. There is something to learn for all of us! We strongly encourage students at all levels, including postdocs, to prioritize this and attend! Senior staff is also very welcome. The seminar open to all and no course fee.
When: 4 half days (afternoons 12:30-15:45), June 8-11, 2020.
Preliminary program: Available through this link.
Where: Digital event through Zoom. Access links will be provided to the registered participants.
Who: Open to all.
Registration: Registration link here. Deadline is May 31st.
Responsible: Elisabeth Wik is the INTPART program coordinator, and Vandana Ardawatia is course coordinator.
Registration of credits: This course now provides 2 ECTS to students at the University of Bergen. You need to be registered as a student at the University of Bergen to get the ECTS registered. If you are not, please contact vandana.ardawatia@uib.no to be guided on how to apply for guest student status (to be done within May 25th). If you don’t need the ECTS registered as part of an education/degree, and just want a course diploma, you don’t need to apply for guest student status.
More information: At this link.

Oppdatering om Ph.D.-kurs på nett ved CCBIO

Posted onAuthorKjetil U. Harkestad

CCBIO kjører nå vårens to Ph.D.-kurs på nettet, og opplever en voldsom pågang til begge disse:

CCBIO904 Biomarkers and Tumor Biology in Clinical Practice 25.–27. mai
CCBIO908 Scientific Writing and Communication Seminar 8.–11. juni

CCBIO904 er nå stengt for påmelding da det er fullbooket, og er nå kun mulig å melde seg på via venteliste.

Interessen kommer selvsagt fra vår egen campus, men også fra andre fakulteter ved UiB, andre norske institusjoner, og mange fra andre nordiske universiteter. En invitasjon gjennom annonsering i NorDoc-nettverket har åpenbart nådd frem. Både CCBIO og studentene er glade for å få dekket kursbehovene på denne måten, nå når vi inntil videre ikke kan møtes i auditoriene, og det er fint å se at våre nordiske kolleger også følger med på våre aktiviteter.

Det ligger an til noen spennende gruppearbeider i kursene, på tvers av forskergrupper og landegrenser! CCBIO908 har fortsatt ledige plasser, selv om der er over 200 deltakere i øyeblikket, men denne typen kurs er tilrettelagt for et stort format.