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Master of Biomedical Sciences (Leuven)

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Master of Biomedical Sciences (120 ECTS)

Master of Biomedical Sciences (120 ECTS)

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Objectives

The graduate is expected to develop the knowledge, insights, skills, and attitudes specified below, at the level of an academic master.

Knowledge and understanding
The graduate has acquired knowledge and understanding of:
1. The processes that are part of the functioning of the human body in health and in sickness (physiology and pathophysiology) and the advanced theories behind these insights.
2. A contemporary biomedical research domain of their choice, in which they have expanded their knowledge to expert level.
3. The development of interventions and therapies for the prevention and treatment of human diseases.
4. Human-society-environment interaction, when functioning normally and in sickness.
5. Applied statistics and the methodological aspects of biomedical research, such as advanced bioinformatics.
6. The legal possibilities to protect one’s creative achievements in the field of biomedical sciences (intellectual property protection).
7. Correct treatment of test animals in (their own) scientific research.

Skills
The study programme focuses on the following skills:

Information skills
8. Collect, analyse, critically evaluate and use relevant data (specialised literature, complex research data) in the biomedical field to independently develop new theories and conduct research.

Research skills
9. Independently apply and use biomedical research skills and techniques, including techniques taught earlier and newly acquired ones.
10. Translate a complex clinical or fundamental biomedical problem into a research question, set up their own research design, conduct the research with the required accuracy, and report on their results according to the generally accepted scientific criteria.
11. Form a judgment and take a stance in the biomedical field after taking into account the balance between relevant scientific, societal and/or ethical aspects.
12. Indicate the relevance and limitations of (one’s own) research.
13. Design adaptations or more adequate solutions to make a creative, original contribution to scientific knowledge.
14. Independently integrate and fully exploit the acquired knowledge, insights and skills to answer complex (multi)disciplinary research questions.
15. Correctly process, analyse, interpret and evaluate empirically obtained data.
16. Learn to explain unexpected findings in his/her own research and to deal with discrepancies in the literature.

Communication skills
17. Reporting on and presenting the rationale, results and conclusions of both his/her own and other people’s research orally and in writing to specialists (academics, clinicians, and colleagues) and non-specialists.

Attitude
The graduate demonstrates:
18. The ability to critically reflect on his/her own accomplishments as a researcher.
19. The determination to look for insights and explanations in research findings and the motivation to design research solutions for complex biomedical problems.
20. The ability to integrate biomedical research into the broader social context of human functioning.

Personal development goals (VD)
Binding:
VD 1. Students are aware of their own learning and development processes to adjust themselves if necessary.
VD 2. Students develop an attitude of interdisciplinary collaboration with the various disciplines involved in biomedical research.
VD 3. Students are attentive to the ethical aspects in research and in the clinical practice.

VD 4. Students are aware of the international context in which biomedical sciences exist.

VD 5. Students are receptive to new developments in their discipline and the broader societal framework.