Research Studies that Changed the World

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Topic

Nowadays, it has become natural for us to know what is healthy or to understand the factors behind a disease, but this was not always the case. The aim of the course is to introduce students to some particularly impactful projects that have been crucial for medicine and, indirectly, for everyone. Unfortunately, within the framework of graduate education, we can only mention 1-2 studies to the students, with no opportunity to discuss more or to detail these investigations. During the course, we would like to take the students back in time with the help of pictures and sounds, to show them the specific place and time when these historically significant medical projects began and produced new results that led to huge changes. We aim to uncover the challenges and obstacles researchers had to face, and we also talk about currently ongoing projects that are considered groundbreaking. In the course, we search for answers in small group sessions, thus counting on the active participation of students.

Lectures

• 1.

  Distinguished Physicians in History

  - Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)
• 2.

  Great Discoveries of the 19th Century

  - Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)
• 3.

  The Framingham Study

  - Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)
• 4.

  The British Doctors Study

  - Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)
• 5.

  The Global Burden of Disease Study

  - Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)
• 6.

  The Human Genome Project

  - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 7.

  The Monica Study and The Jupiter Study

  - Kiss István Zoltán (Népeg)
• 8.

  The EPIC Study and The Nurses Health Study

  - Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)
• 9.

  The Seven Countries Study and The China Study

  - Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)
• 10.

  Challenges of the 21st Century

  - Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)

Practices

Seminars

• 1.

  Student-selected topic presentation

  - Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)
• 2.

  Student-selected topic presentation

  - Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

Ppt files

Notes

Recommended literature

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

Active participation in classes and successful completion of the final course test.

Mid-term exams

The completion of the course requires, in addition to active participation during classes, the preparation and presentation of an individual project during the course, and passing of a written test with at least 60%. The grade is based on these two tasks.

Students prepare their own project on a given topic, which they present to their peers during the course. Through independent research work, incorporating their own knowledgfe and ideas, students gather and process information. This information forms the basis of their presentation which will be followed by questions and comments from fellow students. The project work leads to deeper and more detailed knowledge for both the presenter and the audience. Students incorporate relevant information into the presentation, which, thanks to the class discussion, is likely to be interesting and perhaps more memorable from the perspective of other students as well.

Written test as described during the course.

Making up for missed classes

There is no makeup opportunity. In case of absence, the student learns the material of that day's lecture through PowerPoint presentations and supplementary materials uploaded to the Teams platform.

Exam topics/questions

Written exam

Examiners

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Kiss Zsuzsanna (Orsós Zsuzsanna)