Hauptseminar/Master Seminar:
Introduction to Translational Research

Type: Master Seminar Module IN2107
SWS: 2+0
ECTS: 4 Credits
Course Language: English
Prerequisites: passion and enthusiasm
Registration: maximum of 30 students
General questions: contact Dr. Pascal Fallavollita

Content

Introduction to Translational Research is a survey course that offers an introduction to the skills necessary to embark on a career in translational research, particularly in the process of bringing an idea from the laboratory to operating room.

Grades

• Presentations: Students will prepare a 15 minute presentation (45% of grade)
• Written Handout: A report of a maximum of 5 pages is written and submitted at the end of the course. (45% of grade)
• Attendance: Student participation mandatory. (10% of grade)

Dates

• Bi-weekly lectures beginning Friday October 16, 2015.
• Time: 13:00-15:00
• Room: MI 03.13.010

Schedule

Week	Topic	Lecturer		Material
16.10.2015	Introduction	Dr. Pascal Fallavollita		Introduction
30.10.2015	Hippocratic Oath	Dr. Pascal Fallavollita		Literature Search
13.11.2015	Medical Education & Curriculum	Dr. Pascal Fallavollita		Medical Education
27.11.2015	Medical Simulation	Patrick Wucherer
11.12.2015	Work on your projects (no class)			ReviewPaper_medicalsimulation
08.01.2016	Work on your projects (no class)
week of January 18	Meet with Dr. Pascal Fallavollita for project updates
05.02.2016	Final Presentations

Student Groups

Group 1

• Elizabeth Huaroq
• Yadira Saint-Hill
• Paula Orihuela
• Christos Stoilas

Group 2

• Edengenet Mashilla
• Anna Zeldin
• Deepa Gunashekar
• Linda Mai Bui

Group 3

• Johann Maier
• Vitaly Nikolaev
• Ruchik Yajnik
• Igor Schapiro

Literature and Helpful Links

A lot of scientific publications can be found online.

The following list may help you to find some further information on your particular topic:

• Microsoft Academic Search
• Google Scholar
• CiteSeer
• CiteULike
• Collection of Computer Science Bibliographies

Some publishers:

• ScienceDirect (Elsevier Journals)
• IEEE Journals
• ACM Digital Library

Libraries (online and offline):

• http://rzblx1.uni-regensburg.de/ezeit/ (Elektronische Zeitschriften Bibliothek)
• Verbundkatalog des Bibliotheksverbundes Bayern (BVB)
• Computer ORG
• http://www.ub.tum.de/ (TUM Library)
  • To get access onto the electronic library, see http://www.ub.tum.de/medien/ejournals/readme.html
  • "proxy.biblio.tu-muenchen.de" mit Port 8080 (nur fuer http). Damit klappen zumindest portal.acm.org und computer.org meistens
• Various proceedings of conferences in our AR-Lab, 03.13.036 (These proceedings are not for lending!)

Some further hints for working with references:

• JabRef is a Java program for comfortable working with Bibtex literature databases. Handy feature: if you know the PubMed ID for an article, JabRef can import data from there (via "Web Search/Medline").
• Mendeley is a cross-platform program for organising your references.

If you find useful resources that are not already listed here, please tell us, so we can add them for others. Thanks.