Thesis report

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APPROVED

minutes of the session of the Senate

no. 3/7 of 25.03.2021

REGULATION

on the development and defense of the licentiate thesis at

Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

of the Republic of Moldova

I. GENERAL PRVISIONS

1. This Regulation establishes the main rules regarding the development, structure, graphic

design and defense of the licentiate thesis at Nicolae Testemitanu State University of

Medicine and Pharmacy (hereinafter "University") and is developed on the basis of the

following provisions:

• Education Code no.152 of July 17, 2014;

• Government Decision No. 482 of 28 June 2017 on the approval of the Nomenclature

of Professional Training and Specialties in Higher Education;

• Regulation on the organization of licentiate (cycle I) and integrated studies, approved

by the MECR Order RM no. 1625 of 12.12.2019;

• The Framework Regulation on the organization of the final exam for higher

education, approved by Order of the Minister of Education No. 1047 of 29.10.2015

• The framework plan for undergraduate (cycle I), master's degree (cycle II) and

integrated higher education, approved by order of the Minister of Education, Culture

and Research no. 120 of February 10, 2020;

• Regulation on the organization of licentiate (cycle I) and integrated (Bachelor and

Master) studies at Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

of the Republic of Moldova approved by the Senate no. 2/2 of 27.02.2020

• Regulation on the organization of the graduation examination in integrated higher

education at Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy of the

Republic of Moldova, no. 1/8 of 06.04.2017;

• Regulation on the prevention of academic plagiarism within the IP Nicolae

Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacyof the Republic of Moldova,

no. 2-p§3 of 25.03.2015;

• The Charter of Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy

registered at the Ministry of Justice on 29.01.2020.

2. Licentiate thesis is a component stage of the Licentiate Examination in licentiate higher

education (cycle I) and of the Graduation Examination in integrated higher education (cycles

I+ II).

3. The licentiate thesis is an important component in the assessment of the graduate's

knowledge and scientific activity it tests the skills to conceive and conduct independent

research as well as to draw up and present the results of the research according to the

rules of the scientific community.

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4. The development of the licentiate thesis is aimed at:

• development of the graduates’ skills to conduct research and acquire the research

methods in the specialty field;

• systematization and application of the theoretical knowledge in the specialty in the

process of development of practical solutions, specific to the field of professional

training or the realization of the case studies;

• appreciation of the graduate's capacities and the degree of training for individual post-

graduate professional activity.

5. Faculty Dean’s offices, as the case, will ensure the plagiarism verification of the licentiate

thesis.

II. CHOOSING OF THE THEME AND THE SCIENTIFIC ADVISOR

6. The theme of the licentiate thesis is proposed by the departments / teaching chairs and

placed in the Didactic Module of the University Information Management System

(further – SIMU).

7. The dean’s offices will approve the themes of the theses proposed by the departments /

chairs for each study program, after which they become accessible to the students in

SIMU.

8. From the list proposed by chairs in SIMU, the students select the theme of the license

thesis, usually, by the end of semester VIII of studies for the programs of integrated

higher studies lasting 6 years, semester VII – for the programs of integrated higher studies

with the duration for 5 years; VI semester – for the higher education programs.

9. In order to coordinate the development of the thesis, the departments / chairs confirm a

thesis advisor. University professors, associate professors, lecturers or university

assistants with a scientific degree of the departments / chairs may be appointed as

scientific advisors.

10. The themes for the licentiate thesis can be edited and modified with the approval of the

scientific advisor of the thesis, being approved by the head of chair.

11. The student can change the theme and / or the scientific advisor only once, after being

informed and with the approval of the initial scientific advisor and the Faculty Dean.

Changing the theme and the scientific advisor is no longer possible starting with the first

semester of the last year of study.

12. A scientific advisor may coordinate a maximum of 5 theses (cumulative in all study

programs) for one academic year. The Dean's Office will coordinate the number of

licentiate theses made within the chair according to the number of students at the faculty

and of the teaching staff at the department / chair.

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III. STRUCTURE AND PRINCIPLES OF THE LICENTIATE THESIS

DEVELOPMENT

13. The licentiate thesis must demonstrate the student's ability to work with literature relevant

to the subject. The thesis should be developed correctly from the point of view of

methodology, data analysis and argumentation, have a logical structure, be written in

scientific language. The aspect must be in accordance with academic standards and

comply with the scientific writing recommendations (structure, wording, bibliography)

provided in Section IV of this Regulation.

14. The license thesis can be carried out in the form of:

• original research work (dicriptive study, analytical study, clinical, pre-clinic

experimental, clinical case study, case series, etc.)

• literature synthesis work.

15. Licentiate theses are developed and written in Romanian or in the language of the

student's studies.

16. The structure of the diploma thesis comprises the following sections:

• Title page;

• Declaration of responsibility, signed by the author;

• Contents;

• List of Abbreviations;

• Introduction;

• The content of the work as follows:

a. Original research work: ✓ Chapter I. The bibliographic analysis of the theme;

✓ Chapter II. Material and methods of research;

✓ Chapter III. Own results and discussions;

✓ General conclusions;

✓ Bibliography

✓ Annexes (if required);

b. specialized literature synthesis work: ✓ Methodology for selecting bibliographic sources (databases, period, keywords;

inclusion and exclusion criteria, etc.);

✓ The main part, consisting of 1-2 chapters

✓ Discussions;

✓ Conclusions;

✓ Bibliography.

✓ Annexes (if required);

16.1. Title page – is done in accordance with Annex 1.

16.2. Declaration of responsibility – is written in accordance with Annex 2 and is placed after the title page.

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16.3. Contents – it is recommended to be placed at the beginning of the work, after the Declaration, where the names of the chapters, the subchapters, the other parts of

the thesis and the corresponding pages are written.

16.4. List of Abbreviations (as the case) – the international abbreviations, unanimously accepted in the field of the theme of the thesis, are used.

16.5. Introduction, where the following are recorded: a. the actuality of the problem;

b. purpose and objectives of the research;

c. the practical importance of the work (as the case).

The volume of the introduction should not exceed 2-3 pages.

16.6. For the original research theses:

✓ Chapter I. „The bibliographic analysis of the theme”. It will carry out a critical

evaluation of the relevant literature for the research theme, will have a concrete

name, reflecting the theme of the research. The section will contain analysis of

different bibliographic sources on the thesis: scientific articles, monographs,

manuals, guides, clinical protocols, etc. published in the country and abroad. The

main theories, explanatory templates, showing the development and progress of

recent research, and possible gaps or limitations, will be presented. The chapter

will be structured on subchapters, which will correspond to the research

objectives. The chapter will present the theoretical framework of the studied

problem and will not exceed 30-35% of the number of pages of the theses. The

priority will be given to the literature of the last five years (at least 50 %).

✓ Chapter II "Material and methods of research" (if necessary, will be structured

in subchapters) will include the general characteristic of the study – the type of

study, the design of the research, the material studied; research methods, etc. and

the methodology of mathematical and statistical analysis of the obtained results.

The volume of this compartment will not exceed 3-4 pages and should answer the

following questions:

• what was the study material (if applicable, name, group, series, producer,

country);

• sampling mode (if applicable);

• type of study chosen, according to research

• reagents and standards used (if applicable) – chemical name, quality,

concentration, manufacturer, country of origin;

• the equipment used (type, model, producer, country of origin);

• which parameter / parameters are / is to be assessed and assessment methods;

• what was the way to obtain the reagent solutions, stock, working;

• what were the working conditions, including the way of preparing the sample

for analysis (if applicable);

• the statistical methods used and the substantiation of their use.

The information must be sufficiently precise for a reader to reproduce and verify

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the reported work.

✓ In Chapter III "Own results and Discussions" the results, which will be in

accordance with the design and the research methods used, will be presented. In

this part of the paper the tables and figures, which will present the results of the

research and the discussion of these, the statistical processing of the data and the

own opinion of the research, will be included. Interpretation of own data will be

done by reference to data from the literature, indicating similarities and

differences.

16.7. For specialized literature synthesis work:

✓ The main part can consist of 1-2 chapters, which will contain:

• description of the relevance of the research topic, the situation in the field and

the controversies registered;

• presentation of the types of studies carried out in the field (for example:

descriptive or analytical, observational or experimental, etc.) and the

techniques used without a detailed description of the experimental procedure

and how they are applied;

• description of the most important results, published in recent scientific articles;

• dynamic development and scientific progress in approaching the proposed

topic for research;

• finding certain thematic aspects, being highlighted various opinions and

conclusions of the authors;

• use of figures and / or tables (with source indication), to support the synthesis

of results, made by the author of the publication or to present the most relevant

results taken directly from the scientific article.

✓ The Discussion section is described in a separate chapter, the purpose of which

is to interpret the exposed narrative material, which will include:

• interpretation, critical analysis and explanation of the literature review exposed

in the main part;

• mentioning and explaining the limits of the research (synthesis) performed on

the topic of the thesis based on the objectives set;

• mentioning the aspects of the license thesis insufficiently addressed in the

literature in the field in order to suggest future research directions;

• the interpretations offered must logically lead to conclusions.

16.8. Conclusions will be briefly written out on points that will contain a summary of the results obtained and will reflect their opinions and personal contribution in

studying and elucidating the problem addressed.

16.9. The Bibliography will contain bibliographic sources used in the paper. It will be made up according to international requirements (Annex 3). The references will be

presented in a numerical sequence according to the alphabetical order of the names

of the first authors with the preservation of the unique numbering. References to

bibliographic sources are indicated in square brackets, inserted into the text, for

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example – [8]. In the case of licentiate theses in the form of narrative synthesis of

the literature, the minimum number of bibliographic sources will be 40.

16.10. In the Annexes various materials (survey questionnaire, investigations, schemes, photographs, case study, etc.) relevant to the study undertaken will be included. If

some aspects of the research have been published or communicated in the scientific

manifestations, copies of the summaries or scientific articles in the original

documents and the active participation certificates, will be obligatory presented in

the annexes. Own publications must be cited in the "Bibliography" section.

IV. RULES ON THE GRAPHIC ASPECT OF THESES

17. The theses should be written on white paper, A4 sized, 210 x 297 mm, on one side of the

paper.

18. The pages of the thesis will have the following fields: left – 30 mm, up and down – 20

mm, on the right – 15 mm. All pages of the thesis, except for the title sheet, will be

numbered, the number placed in the center of the page, down. Repeating and absence of

pageing is not allowed.

19. The thesis will be computerized, using the Times New Roman font – 12 pt, at 1.5 intervals

and using the appropriate diacritical marks (ă, î, â, ș, ț). When capitalizing titles,

capitalization and font 14 are allowed, as well as highlighting certain words with Bold or

Italic.

20. Each section of the thesis will start from the new page. The chapters will be capitalized,

bold, centered, numbered with Arabic numerals (1; 2); the word "chapter" is not written.

The subchapter titles are written in lower case and are numbered in Arabic numerals (1.1,

1.2, 2.1, etc.) The first line of each paragraph starts with a 1 cm paragraph. (Annex 4).

(as amended by Senate Decision No. 16/7 of 28.11.2018).

21. Formulas, tables and figures are numbered consecutively without taking into account the

chapter number, for example:

✓ figure 5 – in the explanatory text or Figure 5. – in the title of the figure, which is placed

below the figure using the font Times New Roman Regular, Centered (Annex 4);

✓ table 7 – in the explanatory text and Table 7. – in the name of the table, placed above it,

using Times New Roman, Regular, Centered (Annex 4);

✓ the formula is placed at the beginning of the line, and its number – at the end of the

line (Annex 4);

✓ if necessary, mention the data source in the table / figure under the title of the table /

figure aligned between the left and right margins, indicating the name of the author /

s, title of the work, publisher, year, page, or address of the online source (in the same

way as the Bibliography is done);

✓ If there are tables that contain notes, they will be written immediately after the table,

not in the bottom of the page or in the body of the table.

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22. In the thesis it is allowed to abbreviate combinations of words, compound words, words

commonly used in accordance with international abbreviations, unanimously accepted in

the scientific community and provided that they do not create difficulties in reading the

text and do not cause ambiguities.

23. Notes, corrections, letter outlines, erasures, spots, page additions, etc. are not allowed in

the thesis.

24. The thesis will have an average volume of 30-45 pages.

V. DEFENSE AND ASSESSMENT OF THE LICENTIATE THESES

25. Completion of the thesis is subject to obtaining the agreement of the scientific advisor by

admitting the student to the prior defense at the department / chair / discipline.

26. The licentiate thesis in its final form will be submitted to the department / chair for prior

defense at least one month before the deadline indicated for defense.

27. Prior defense will be made at the department / chair / discipline meeting, during which

students will present the obtained results (Power Point).

28. The student is admitted to the public defense of the license thesis within the Assessment

Board, if the license thesis presented at the prior defense has been approved by the

department / chair / discipline, fact confirmed by the extract from the minutes stating the

student's name, the qualification "admitted".

29. The thesis will be covered after its approval at the meeting of the respective department

/ chair / discipline and will be presented 10 days before the final defense to the

Assessment Board, the composition of which will be approved by order of the rector. In

case of defending the thesis online, it will be presented in PDF format.

30. The department / chair / discipline will present in the Dean’s office all the theses

developed within the chair in electronic format the PDF version, which is kept in the

Dean's archive.

31. The thesis defense will be public and will be held in the open session of the Assessment

Board at the chair / department in which the student dveloped the license thesis, in the

presence of at least 2/3 of the number of members, in the form of a summary presentation

of the thesis by the author, supported by Power Point presentation, for which he is granted

up to 15 minutes.

32. If the theme of the licentiate thesis is interdisciplinary, the interdisciplinary Assessment

Board will be created by the rector's order.

33. The chairman of the Assessment Board coordinates the defense of the license theses, asks

questions, gives notes, ensures the preparation of the minutes and is responsible for

complying with the provisions of the Regulation.

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34. The members of the Assessment Board ask questions, give grades and perform any other

tasks established by the chairman, for the smooth running of the license theses defense.

35. The Secretary of the Board asks questions, gives grades and ensures his administrative

activity: checking and preparing the classrooms for public defense, taking the license

theses, taking the assessment sheets of the commission to the Dean’s ( one per student),

taking and verifying the materials of presentation by the students of the license theses, as

well as other attributions given to him by the Chairman of the Commission for the smooth

running of the theses defense.

36. The licentiate thesis will be assessed according to the following criteria:

– the quality of writing the license thesis and observing the structuring rules; ✓ carrying out of the study / research itself;

✓ bibliography quality;

✓ quality of oral presentation and aswering of Board’s questions;

✓ confirmation of research results publication (article, thesis, report, poster).

37. The decision on the mark for license thesis defense will be taken at the closed assessment

board meeting, according to the evaluation algorithm and using of assessment sheet

(annex 5), based on the criterie for final assessment of the licentiate theses (annex 6).

38. When the scientific advisor is a member of the assessment board, he will not take part in

the thesis assessment.

39. The final mark of the presented thesis will be calculated by the arithmetic average of the

Assessment Sheets drawn up in accordance with the model in Annex 7 by the members

of the Board.

40. The results of the paper’s defense will be communicated to the students on the same day

after the assessment board meeting.

41. The marks obtained by the candidate will be reflected in the minutes of the Assessment

Board meeting, the student’s record-book and the Supplement to the Diploma.

42. The absence without good reason on a licentiate thesis defense or the obtaining of a mark

less than "5" is qualified as a failure of the graduation / licentiate examination.

43. Final mark is written in arabic numerals (it will be rounded to 0,5 decimals in favour of

the student) and in letters.

44. Students have the right to appeal the Board’s decision one day after the announcement

of the Graduation examination results and are recorded by the board’s secretary in the

register of appeals.

45. Appeals will be examined by the Appeal’s Board, approved by the rector’s order during

one day after it’s submission. Appeals examination is registered in the separate minutes

signed by the members of the Examination and Appeals Boards.

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46. Appeals Board checks and assesses the presentation again (based on the on-line

registration) and the licentiate thesis. The changing of the appealed mark is done by

raising or decreasing of it and remains conclusive.

47. If the licentiate thesis has been assessed with a mark less than "5", the thesis can be

defended next year at the next session of the graduation examination. the Board decides

whether, is necessary to change the theme of the thesis.

48. The insufficient mark (1-4) got for the thesis does not deprive the student of the right to

take the computer assisted examination stage.

V. FINAL PROVISIONS

49. This Regulation enters into force on the date of its approval by the SUMPh Senate.

50. All subsequent amendments and additions to this Regulation enter into force upon their

approval by the SUMPh Senate.

51. The Deans of Faculties have the obligation to make public the Regulation on the defense

of the licentiate thesis on the faculty webpage.

Signed by:

First Vice rector,

vice-rector for academic issues _____________ Olga Cernetchii

Vice-rector for Research _____________ Stanislav Groppa

Head of Department of

Didactics and Academic Management _____________ Silvia Stratulat

Head of Unit of Academic

Management Quality _____________ Virginia Salaru

Dean of Faculty of Medicine no 1 _____________ Gheorghe Placinta

Dean of Faculty of Medicine no 2 _____________ Mircea Betiu

Dean of Faculty of Pharmacy _____________ Nicolae Ciobanu

Dean of Faculty of Dentistry _____________ Oleg Solomon

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Annex 1. Title page

Ministry of Health, Labor and Social Protection of the Republic of Moldova (font 14, Bold, Centered)

Nicolae Testemitanu State University of Medicine and Pharmacy (font 14, Bold, Centered)

FACULTY NAME (font 14, Bold, Centered, Uppercase)

Department/Chair of name (font 16, Bold, Centered)

Licentiate thesis (font 15)

THEME OF THE THESIS IN CAPITAL LETTERS (font 18, Bold, Centered)

SURNAME, first name of the student (font 14, Bold, Centered)

Year __, group __

Scientific advisor:

Surname and name of the scientific advisor(s) (font 14, Bold)

Scientific degree, didactic degree (font 14, Bold, Italic)

Chisinau, year

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Annex 2

DECLARATION

I, Name, Surname, hereby declare on my own responsibility that the licentiate thesis

entitled "The Complete Title of the License Thesis" is prepared by myself, the materials

presented are the results of my own research, are not plagiarized from other scientific papers

and have not been presented at another faculty or higher education institution in the country

or abroad.

I also declare that all sources used, including the Internet, are indicated in the

licentiate thesis, in compliance with the plagiarism avoidance rules:

✓ all fragments of text reproduced exactly, even in my own translation from another

language, are written with reference to the original source;

✓ rewriting of the texts of other authors in my own words has the reference to the

original source;

✓ summary of other authors' ideas has the exact reference to the original text;

✓ work methods and techniques taken from other sources have exact references to

original sources.

Date _______________________

Graduate _______________________ ___________________ (Surname Name) (Signature)

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Annex 3. Examples of bibliography presentation

The editing of the bibliography will be done in strict compliance with (letters type, order of

quotes, punctuation marks) the following model:

✓ for articles the following things are mentioned: author’s name, title of the article, magazine name, year of appearance, volume, first and last page.

Example:

1. Baranețchi I., Prisacari V. Factori de risc în infecțiile septico-purulente nosocomiale de profil traumatologie și ortopedie. Studiu descriptiv transversal. În: Moldovan Journal of

Health Sciences. Revista de Științe ale Sănătății din Moldova. 2016, 2 (8), p.15-27. ISSN

2345-1467.

2. Casian D. A. Regarding an alternative treatment for varicose veins: ligation plus foam sclerotherapy. In: Dermatologic Surgery. 2012, 38(1), 146-147. ISSN 1524-4725. doi:

10.1111/j.1524-4725.2011.02212.x (IF: 1,798).

3. Chung DR, Zang WS, Kim SB et al. Treatment of herpetitis B virus associated glomerulonephritis with recombinant human alpha-interferon. In: Am J Nephrol, 1997,

17:112-117.

4. Hotineanu V., Moraru V., Bujor P., Bujor S. Cholelithiasis – epidemiology, risk factors and etiopathogenic aspects: Up-to-Date. In: Jurnal de chirurgie, 2014, X, 2, p. 101-104. NSN

1584-9341.

✓ for books the following things are mentioned: authors’ names, title of the book, publishing house, place of appearance, year of appearance, first and last page.

Example:

5. Ciobanu Gh. Resuscitarea cardiorespiratorie și cerebrală. Volumul 1. Serghienco- Ciobanu, L. (red. șt.). Chișinău. Nova-Imprim; 2014.

6. Popovici I, Lupuleasa D. Tehnologie farmaceutică, Ed. Polirom, Iasi, 2001.

✓ all the bibliographic sources included in the licentiate thesis must be in the final bibliographic list. For the sources downloaded from the internet, web page addresses will be noted. In the

final bibliography, they must be at the end of the list:

Example:

7. Jones ET, Miles C. Computing networking. 2nd edition. Derby, Bugle Press; 2002. Disponibil la: http:/www.imperial.ac.uk/library/digitallibrary [accesat la 10.06.2007].

Note: 1. Articles published online may not have the number of pages.

2. If some parts of the thesis were published or communicated during scientific events, the thesis will incorporate a copy of the abstracts or scientific articles from the original documents

(magazine, abstract book). These articles will be mandatory cited in the Bibliography.

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Annex 4. Examples of writing chapters, tables, formulas and figures

Example of chapter writing

2. CHAPTER TITLE (BOLD CAPS, font 14, centered)

2.1. Subchapter title (Bold, font 13)

2.1.1. Subpoint title (Bold, font 13, bold)

In the contents of the subchapter or subpoint, the text displayed will contain the results

obtained and their description in the form of tables, figures, ext.

2.2. Subtitle title (Bold, font 13)

Example of tables

Table 7. Changes in the activity of ALT, AST, PCE and albumin and total serum protein levels in

animals with ethylene glycol-induced toxic hepatopathy

Seric indices Animals cohort

Control group HT

ALT, UI/g prot 0,426  0,02, 100% 0,468  0,03, 110%

AST, UI/g prot 0,226  0,01, 100% 0,236  0,02, 105%

PCE, nmol/s.g prot 681,0  0,04, 100% 547,8  0,04*, 80%

Total protein, g/L 36,49 ± 0,80, 100% 31,03 ± 0,34***, 85%

Albumin, g/L 38,74 ± 1,78, 100% 11,56 ± 0,35***, 30%

Note: ALT – alanine aminotransferase; AST – aspartate aminotransferase; PCE –

pseudocolinesterase; HT – hepatic toxicity induced by ethylene glycol.

The veracity of the differences compared to the control group: *– p<0,05; **–p<0,01;

***– p<0,001.

Examples of formula

𝑛 = 𝑡 2 x𝑝(1−𝑝) |∆2 (4)

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Example of figure

Figure 21. Maternal mortality rate per 100,000 live births in 1995-2015 [Bibliographic reference

number].

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Annex 5

THE ASSESSMENT SHEET OF THE LICENTIATE THESIS

DONE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSESSMENT BOARD

Assessment of the thesis with the theme: ______________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Developed by the student ________________________________________ group ____________

Criteria for the licentiate thesis assessment:

1. The quality of the drafting of the thesis and the respecting of the structuring rules:

0-2,0 points Points: .

2. Assessment of the quality of the research:

0,5-2,5 points Points: .

3. Bibliography quality:

0,1-0,5 points Points: .

4. The quality of oral presentation and answers to questions put by the Board:

0,4-4,0 points Points: .

5. Aspects of the work have been published and / or presented at scientific forums:

(if proof is presented in the annex to the thesis)

0-1,0 points Points: .

Mark/grade at the stage of assessment by the Assessment Board: .

Board member ______________________________________________________________ S.N.,

______________________________________________________________________________ scientific or / and didactic degree

Date: __________________ _________________________ Signature

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Annex 6

CRITERIA FOR THE FINAL ASSESSMENT OF LICENTIATE THESES

1. The quality of writing the licentiate thesis and compliance with the structuring rules

0 0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0

The thesis does not

correspond to the

provisions of chapters

III and IV of this

Regulation.

The writing of the

research has major

structural, linguistic or

stylistic shortcomings.

Significant deviations

from the provisions of

Chapters III and IV of

this Regulation.

The research is

satisfactorily drafted,

but there are some

shortcomings.

Frequent but minor

deviations or some

moderate deviations

from the provisions of

Chapters III and IV of

this Regulation.

The research is clear

and coherently written,

but there are minor

shortcomings. Minor

and single deviations

from the provisions of

Chapters III and IV of

this Regulation.

The research is clear

and coherently written.

No deviations from the

provisions of Chapters

III and IV of this

Regulation are found.

2. Assessment of the quality of the research carried out

0,5 1,0 1,5 2,0 2,5

The purpose of the

paper and not the

research framework is

not clearly defined. The

description and

argumentation of the

choice of approaches,

methods, procedures,

techniques used is

missing or is brief. The

analysis demonstrates

the lack or poor

mastery of the chosen

methods.

The conclusions do not

reflect the essence of

the results obtained, are

not consistent with the

objectives of the

introduction and do not

reflect the opinions and

personal contribution in

the study and

elucidation of the

problem addressed.

The purpose of the

paper is not sufficiently

clearly defined, and the

objectives correspond

only partially to the

purpose of the paper.

The research

framework is

satisfactorily presented.

The description and

argumentation of the

choice of approaches,

methods, procedures,

techniques used is

inadequate. The

analysis demonstrates

mastery of the chosen

methods, but it is not

entirely systematic and

has some errors in

accuracy.

The conclusions only

partially reflect the

essence of the results

obtained, are only

partially consistent with

the objectives of the

introduction and do not

reflect the opinions and

personal contribution in

the study and

elucidation of the

problem addressed.

The purpose of the

paper is mostly clearly

defined, but some

objectives do not

correspond to the

purpose of the paper.

The research

framework is quite

logical. The description

and argumentation of

the choice of

approaches, methods,

procedures, techniques

used is mostly

appropriate. The

analysis demonstrates a

good mastery of the

chosen methods, being

accurate and reliable.

The conclusions largely

reflect the essence of

the results obtained, but

some are not consistent

with the objectives in

the introduction; the

conclusions only

partially reflect the

opinions and personal

contribution in the

study and elucidation of

the approached

problem.

The purpose of the

paper is clearly defined,

the objectives

correspond to the

purpose of the paper.

The research

framework is logical.

The approaches,

methods, procedures,

techniques used are

well described, and the

argument for their

selection is convincing.

The analysis

demonstrates a very

good mastery of the

chosen methods, being

systematic, accurate

and reliable.

The conclusions reflect

the essence of the

results obtained, are

consistent with the

objectives of the

introduction; the

conclusions reflect the

opinions and personal

contribution in the

study and elucidation of

the approached

problem.

The purpose of the

paper is clearly defined,

the objectives

correspond to the

purpose of the paper.

The research

framework indicates

creative thinking. The

description and

argumentation of the

choice of approaches,

methods, procedures,

techniques used is

adequate and

exhaustive. The

analysis demonstrates

an excellent mastery of

the chosen methods and

is creative, systematic,

accurate and reliable.

The conclusions reflect

the essence of the

results obtained, are

consistent with the

objectives of the

introduction; the

conclusions reflect the

opinions and personal

contribution in the

study and elucidation of

the approached

problem.

3. Quality of the bibliography

0,1 0,2 0,3 0,4 0,5

Significant errors in

the application of

The number of

bibliographic sources

Adequate number of

bibliographic sources,

Adequate number of

bibliographic sources,

Sufficient number of

bibliographic sources,

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bibliographic

standards, elements of

plagiarism

does not correspond to

the provisions of this

Regulation and / or

incorrect citation, or

non-academic

bibliographic sources,

frequent errors in the

application of

bibliographic

standards.

but with a ratio of less

than 80% of sources in

the last 10 years, errors

in compliance with the

citation, some

bibliographic sources

do not correspond to

academic standards,

uneven application of

bibliographic standards

with a ratio of more

than 80% of sources in

the last 10 years, small

errors in compliance

with the citation,

bibliographic sources

correspond to

academic standards,

correct application of

bibliographic

standards.

correct citation,

sources that

correspond to

academic rigor and

evidence-based

medicine, correct

application of

bibliographic

standards.

4. Quality of oral presentation and answers to questions put by the Board

Exposure quality and

information presentation

logic

0,1-0,4 0,5-0,9 1

Lack of presentation logic or

information relevant to the

allotted time, presentation

read.

A good presentation order,

but some information is

outside the presentation

logic. Readinf of small parts

of the material.

The information presented is

complete and presented

logically and in a scientific

language. It's easy to follow.

The student uses little or no

notes.

Framing in the allotted

time

Note: Delays due to technical

problems will not be taken

into account.

0,1-0,4 0,5-0,9 1

Significant exceeding of the

presentation time,> 5

minutes and or stopping the

presentation by the members

of the Assessment Board.

Insignificant exceeding of

presentation time, 1-5

minutes.

Very good time planning.

Framing in time for

presentation

The quality of the slides

and their presentation 0,1-0,4 0,5-0,9 1

Poor quality of the slides /

materials presented.

Significant deviations from

the academic rigors are

present, some figures and / or

tables are incorrectly

elaborated or do not

correspond to the presented

results.

Moderate quality of the

slides / materials presented.

The graphic presentation of

the paper corresponds

partially to the academic

rigors, the figures and tables

are correctly elaborated and

are in correspondence with

the presented results.

Good quality of the slides /

materials presented. The

graphic presentation of the

paper corresponds to the

academic rigors, the figures

and tables are correctly

elaborated and are in

accordance with the

presented results.

Quality of answers 0,1-0,4 0,5-0,9 1

Lack of answers, or

erroneous answers to most of

the questions asked. The

answers are not based on the

results of the study. The

student demonstrates a poor

knowledge of the material.

Adequate answers to most of

the questions asked. Few

inaccuracies or omissions.

The answers are partly based

on the results of the study.

Adequate answers to all

questions asked, critical and

analytical thinking. The

answers are based on the

results of the study.

Total 0,4-1,6 2,0-3,6 4

5. Aspects of the thesis have been published and / or presented at scientific forums

0 0,5 1,0

There is no evidence of

presenting the results of the

thesis at scientific forums.

The thesis presents the proof of

acceptance of the material for

publication, only the submission of

the abstract is NOT considered.

Proof of publication of aspects of the thesis is

presented in the form of an annex to the thesis

(copy of the article / thesis from the journal /

collection), or the proof of presentation of the

oral or poster report at Congresses or

Conferences(certificate/program).

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Anexa 7

THE ASSESSMENT SHEET OF THE LICENTIATE THESIS

DONE BY THE MEMBERS OF THE ASSESSMENT BOARD

Assessment of the thesis with the theme: ______________________________________________

_______________________________________________________________________________

Developed by the student_________________________________________ group ____________

Criterion Points

Board members

AVERAGE

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The quality of the drafting of the

thesis and the respecting of the

structuring rules

0-2,0 X

Assessment of the quality of the

research 0,5-2,5 X

Bibliography quality 0,1-0,5 X

The quality of oral presentation

and answers to questions put by

the Board

0,4-4,0 X

Aspects of the work have been

published and / or presented at

scientific forums:

0-1,0 X

Mark of the board member / average

The Head of the Board,

Name, Surname, scientific

and scientific-didactic title _______________________ Signature

The Secretary of the Commission,

Name, Surname, scientific

and scientific-didactic title _______________________ Signature

Date