Fall 2017 - ONC 510 G100
Seminars in Oncology (3)
Class Number: 6869
Delivery Method: In Person
Overview
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Course Times + Location:
Location: TBA
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Instructor:
Sharon Gorski
sga49@sfu.ca
1 778 782-8700
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Prerequisites:
Enrollment in a participating graduate program. No specific courses are prerequisites.
Description
CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:
This course features cancer-related research by trainees and faculty at the BC Cancer Research Centre. Topics include recent developments in the molecular basis of oncogenesis, cancer bioinformatics, cancer epidemiology, cancer treatment and other clinical studies, and ethical issues. Students are required to present seminars on their research. Students undertaking the Interdisciplinary Oncology Graduate Specialization must enroll in this course throughout their entire time as a graduate student. This course can be taken twice, if a student does the Interdisciplinary Oncology Graduate Specialization (IOGS) as an MSc student, and also does it as a PhD student. Students who transfer from MSc to PhD would only take it once.
COURSE DETAILS:
This course features cancer-related research by trainees and faculty at the BC Cancer Research Centre. Topics include recent developments in the molecular basis of oncogenesis, cancer bioinformatics, cancer epidemiology, cancer treatment and other clinical studies, and ethical issues. Students are required to present seminars on their research.
Students in their 2nd, 3rd and more advanced years of graduate study present one 30-minute seminar per year. First year students are not required to present. All students attend weekly seminars given by students and postdoctoral fellows engaged in various aspects of cancer research. The course continues from September to approximately May each year. Students are required to maintain continuous registration in ONC 510 throughout their MSc or PhD. Faculty members offer constructive written and oral feedback for each seminar immediately after the presentation.
Attendance is taken each week by means of iclickers, which can also be used by speakers to enhance audience engagement. Students in ONC 510 are expected to learn and demonstrate an ability to ask thoughtful questions at seminars.
As an additional opportunity to hone presentation skills, students may request that their seminar be videotaped for personal review.
NOTES:
This course can be taken twice, if a student does the Interdisciplinary Oncology Graduate Specialization (IOGS) as an MSc student, and also does it as a PhD student. Students who transfer from MSc to PhD would only take it once.
Grading
- Students are required to ask a minimum of 5 questions over the first 2 years, and questions should be continued to be asked in subsequent years. Each question and answer (including the speaker and date) should be emailed to the SFU ONC 510 course coordinator.
Materials
REQUIRED READING:
None.
Graduate Studies Notes:
Important dates and deadlines for graduate students are found here: http://www.sfu.ca/dean-gradstudies/current/important_dates/guidelines.html. The deadline to drop a course with a 100% refund is the end of week 2. The deadline to drop with no notation on your transcript is the end of week 3.
Registrar Notes:
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