14 january 2016

The methodology for the research in physiology sums up a total of 15 ECTS credits within the Master’s Degree in Physiology of the UV and is the central part of the compulsory block of the module. This section focuses on the subjects of ‘Work Methods in the Physiology Laboratory’, ‘Data Processing Methods in Physiology’ and ‘Digital Analysis of Signals and Images in Physiology’. 

•    ‘Work Methods in the Physiology Laboratory’
This subject  has a total of 6 ECTS credits and is based in an ongoing and practical work. Students will work the experimental bases in which the current research in the Physiology laboratories is based. Its character is fundamentally practical and focuses on the most common methodologies in cellular and molecular biology used in the biomedical research laboratories. The objective is that students learn to properly use the scientific tools and also learn and apply the good laboratory practices. This is a basic subject so that students develop in the laboratory work and in the state-of-the-art techniques in research.  You can find more information on this subject here.
 

•    ‘Data Processing Methods in Physiology’
This subject has 6 ECTS credits and provides students with the basic knowledge to manage and handle the experimental data for a proper obtaining of results. It leads students towards the researcher side of this master’s degree, since the main objective is the acquisition of knowledge to carry out an appropriate processing of experimental data in the laboratory. Other lessons of this subject are the knowledge of the field of application and the proper use of the different statistical tests for a proper extrapolation from this field to the non scientific community. It is also one of the most used statistical programmes at present, the SPSS v.17. For more information on this subject, click here. 
 

•    ‘Digital Analysis of Signals and Images in Physiology’
This subject has a lower impact on this part since it constitutes 3 ECTS credits. Still, it is a basic part of this module. ‘Digital Analysis of Signals and Images in Physiology’ focuses on the possibilities that offer the studies on extraction of information represented both through images and through indications of biomedical interest. Students are introduced in the image and signals capture, processing and treatment and in their application to digital radiography, cytogenetics, thermography, electromyography and electrocardiography. The objective is that students directly deal with the information sources: from the most traditional ones to the new technologies that Internet offers. Students must know how to synthesise and clearly communicate the scientific information through language and the basic knowledge that this subject provides. You can know more about these studies here.

This is a brief explanation of the subjects that comprise half of the compulsory module of the Master’s Degree in Physiology of the Universitat de València. The complete curriculum through which you can consult the rest of modules that constitute this Master’s Degree is available here.