M6: Research | Master in Critical Care and Emergencies | Master's in Critical Patient and Emergencies

All about the Module 6

Module access requirements

To access Module 6, Modules 1 and 2 must have been completed or validated, and Modules 3, 4, and 5 must have been completed or be in progress.

Objectives and Competencies

This Module 6 aims to enable the student to make a scientific communication at a national or international conference in the field of critical illness and emergencies.

The student will be trained in the fundamentals of searching, managing, and critically reading health information, and basic clinical research knowledge.

The student will be competent in the completion and defense of a Master's Thesis (TFM) in the form of a literature review or a research design.

Methodology and Teaching Resources

Below, the methodology and teaching resources for the completion of the Master's Thesis are detailed:

Theoretical knowledge

Set of asynchronous virtual theoretical lessons to acquire the fundamentals of bibliographic search, bioethics, research methodology, and scientific communication. Each thematic unit consists of theoretical capsules, knowledge integration activities, and self-assessments.

As an option, students can also delve into advanced research tools:

R for statistical analysis: Learn to handle this programming language and its applications in data processing and visualization. A key tool for any researcher.
Artificial Intelligence in research: Explore the potential of AI to locate key articles more quickly, filter relevant information among thousands of references, and work with databases.

Critical reading

In-person sessions with a reflective analysis of scientific articles will be held. We will work with the presentation and synthesis of research results.

Personalized tutoring

The student will be assigned an expert tutor according to the topic of their Master's Thesis, who will guide them in its completion.

Improvement Cycles

Parallel to tutorial support, three 'Improvement Cycles' (IC) will be carried out, each of which includes three elements:

a tutorial follow-up report,
a partial delivery of the written TFM report (Continuous Assessment Activity) and
an oral presentation of its content (Methodological Workshops).

Master's Thesis

The Master's Thesis, the essential objective of this module, is the completion of an individual work equivalent to a scientific communication for a national conference.

It will be carried out through the student's autonomous work, with tutorial support and partial deliveries (improvement cycles). It will conclude with the delivery of the written report and the public oral defense before a committee.

It is possible to complete the TFM in three different modalities:

Literature review: Systematic review or scoping review, following the PRISMA reporting methodology. A 'bibliographic' review without a structured methodology is not accepted as a TFM. In this modality, it is required to perform the information search, synthesize the results, and perform a critical evaluation of the articles included in the review.
Research design (without results): Research project equivalent to the protocol sent to a Drug Ethics and Research Committee (CEIm) for its evaluation. It can be done with quantitative or qualitative methodology. Data collection and analysis are not included in this modality.
Ongoing research studies (with results): It will be possible to use clinical data or ongoing research in which the student actively participates. This modality requires a written authorization from the TFM Coordination; and the CEIm approval certificate or an exception from it. Without both documents, the TFM cannot be defended. The work in this modality must address the analysis and interpretation of data.

Teaching Content

The details of the teaching content are as follows:

Fundamentals of clinical research