Hot Topics in Hormonology (B-KUL-E08F5A)

5 ECTSEnglish30 Second termCannot be taken as part of an examination contract
POC Biomedische wetenschappen

Please do not select a Research Track via your ISP, but use the application of the Faculty to apply for these elective courses. Students are asked to rank their choice of elective course and students are distributed amongst the available places in each Research Track by an allocation tool. Each research track has a limited number of students that can enroll for a course in order to facilitate interactive teaching. More information about this procedure will follow in the first week of the academic year.

Students from another Faculty or programme who wish to participate in a Research Track will need to submit an application via the following form. Only if the maximal number of students per Research Track is not yet reached, students from other programmes can be admitted. More information regarding this procedure and the conditions for applying for these courses can be consulted via the website/form.

If there aren't enough applications for a Research Track, students will be contacted and asked to choose another Research Track.

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The students will acquire insight into the most recent concepts and groundbreaking advances at the interface of hormones and human diseases including cancer, diabetes, bone diseases…Via self-study of the most recent literature and discussion with professors and postdoctoral students, he or she will also be stimulated to analyse critically and to think creatively and with an open mind.

Basic knowledge of metabolism, physiology, and biochemistry

 

Mixed prerequisite:
You may only take this course if you comply with the prerequisites. Prerequisites can be strict or flexible, or can imply simultaneity. A degree level can be also be a prerequisite.
Explanation:
STRICT: You may only take this course if you have passed or applied tolerance for the courses for which this condition is set.
FLEXIBLE: You may only take this course if you have previously taken the courses for which this condition is set.
SIMULTANEOUS: You may only take this course if you also take the courses for which this condition is set (or have taken them previously).
DEGREE: You may only take this course if you have obtained this degree level.


SIMULTANEOUS(E08F4A) AND (FLEXIBLE(E08C5D) OR FLEXIBLE(U04D3A))

The codes of the course units mentioned above correspond to the following course descriptions:
E08C5D : Bachelorproef
U04D3A : Bachelorproef
E08F4A : Advances in Hormonology

Activities

5 ects. Hot Topics in Hormonology (B-KUL-E08F5a)

5 ECTSEnglishFormat: Lecture30 Second term
POC Biomedische wetenschappen

The hot topics will be given by professors and by postdoctoral fellows with specific expertise in the field of hormonology. They include:
- androgens and fertility;
- androgens and bone;
- androgens and prostate cancer;
- classical and non-classical effects of vitamin D;
- reproduction and aging with women;
- diabetes…

Articles

Self-study of the most recent literature and discussion with professors and postdoctoral students.

Attendance at the lectures:
Students have to attend the courses.

Evaluation

Evaluation: Hot Topics in Hormonology (B-KUL-E28F5a)

Type : Continuous assessment without exam during the examination period
Description of evaluation : Presentation, Participation during contact hours


Presentation/Participation:

  • students present review articles to each other and, the challengers (appointed students), will ask critical questions.
  • students present research articles to each other and again students will be indicated as challengers.
  • The teacher will decide which (and how many) review and research articles, within his/her research expertise, will be discussed. The manuscripts can be found on Toledo (Course Documents). Not only the presenters and challengers will prepare the research and review articles but also should the other students be involved in the discussion.

There is no exam for the hot topics but at the end of each lesson, the presenters and challengers will be evaluated. The final score will be the mathematical mean of the various tasks. 

Attendance at the lectures:

Students have to attend the courses. In case of absence, students must always send an e-mail in advance and provide valid justification afterwards, mainly by MD certificate. In case absence is not justified, the absence will result in a lower overall score.

The student should make a report in which he/she discusses and critically evaluates a review article and a research paper.