Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine · Courses
MBS
7 courses with the subject MBS, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
MBS 1501Application of Biostatistics – Credit Hour1.0
The application of biostatistics course extends content covered in the Biostatistics course covered in the College of Medicine. Students will learn basic and advanced statistical analysis, experimental design, interpretation of data and data presentation. This course emphasizes practical experience – students will utilize large data sets and GraphPad Prism to design, compare, interpret, and graph results. These skills are prerequisites for Journal Club, Data Club, and Research courses.
MBS 15021516, 1520, 1524, 1532 – Journal Club I-V – Credit Hour 1.0 each
The Journal Club course allows for analysis and discussion of recently published papers related to the student's research focus to facilitate the development of critical thinking, interpretation, and presentation skills. As the presenter, students prepare a PowerPoint and discuss the selected paper with the faculty and fellow graduate students. As an audience member, students are expected to read and critically analyze the articles. A summary and associated questions for the presenter are submitted prior to attending the respective presentation. MBS 1503, 1504, 1516, 1518, 1522, 1526, 1530 – Research I-VII - Credit Hour 2.0 – 5.0 The Research course sequence begins with students developing research aims with assistance from their Research Mentor and Committee. The sequence continues with design and execution of experiments, data collection, statistical analysis and data presentation. The research sequence consists predominantly of time in the research lab, running experiments and collecting data.
The research techniques course exposes the students to essential and contemporary basic science laboratory techniques necessary to complete their Thesis research. The techniques covered in this course will be presented by faculty experts. Students will learn theory, rationale, design, troubleshooting and interpretation of results. Additionally, students will gain hands-on, practical experience in select techniques. Students will be expected to use the content covered in this course in the design of their thesis project.
The Journal Club sequence is a prerequisite for this course. In this course, students will work with their LECOM Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences Academic Catalog and Student Handbook 31
Prerequisite courses MBS 1530 Research VII and MBS 1528 Data Club The Thesis writing course provides students dedicated time to write their thesis document. This course is under the supervision of their Research Mentor and Research Committee. Students will draft and revise their Background, Rationale, Materials and Methods, Results, and Discussion. Students will also construct publication quality figures.
Prerequisite Courses MBS 1535 Thesis Writing and MBS 1528 Data Club The Thesis Defense course is the final course requirement for the MSBS program. During this course students will finalize their Thesis document, then submit this to their Research Committee according to the guidelines set forth in the Graduate School Handbook. Students will then present and defend their research to the Research Committee. The Research Committee will provide feedback and suggestions to the students for final submission of their Thesis to the Graduate School. 2.2.5. Supplemental Policies 2.2.5.1. Additional Requirements and Deadlines: It is the student’s responsibility to: 1. Identify a Research Advisor (RA) by June 1 of Year 1. It is the RA’s responsibility to guide the student in design and development of their research project and proposal. 2. Assemble a Thesis Committee including the RA and at least 2 additional full-time LECOM faculty involved in research by June 15 of Year 1. Composition of the Thesis Committee is at the final discretion of the RA. Committee Members who are not LECOM faculty can only be added with approval of the RA. Committee members must agree to serve in this role and their accepting the role of Committee Member must be documented by signing the Committee Approval Form. 3. Arrange a meeting by the end of the fall semester of their OMS2 year to present their Thesis Proposal to the Committee. a. Incorporate feedback from the Thesis Committee and if deemed necessary by the Committee, submit a revised proposal. b. Approval of thesis aims will be confirmed by the committee signing the Proposal
