Postgraduate Course: Critical Appraisal of Scientific Literature (DENT12053)
Course Outline
| School | Deanery of Clinical Sciences |
College | College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 12 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The aim of this course is to develop and demonstrate critical appraise skills and present this information using concise academic writing. |
| Course description |
The journey towards developing an autonomous approach to scientific research requires students to develop library searching, critical appraisal and scientific writing skills.
In addition to the course on scientific academic writing, students will attend a seminar and tutorials exploring the critical appraisal of scientific literature and the supervised self-completion of a written formative assignment demonstrating these skills. The main emphasis of this course is to encourage students to present original ideas generated from critically exploring scientific research on a theme related to their specialist field. These skills will be hugely beneficial to the student during their dissertation course in year 2.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2021/22, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Full Year |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Lecture Hours 15,
Feedback/Feedforward Hours 9,
Summative Assessment Hours 1,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
171 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Course work: 100% weighting |
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Record the results of a library search, export this to a bibliographic manager and present this information accurately using appropriate referencing style.
- Critically appraise scientific research related to their specialist field.
- Communicate their understanding and ideas at the standard of published academic work.
- Take responsibility for their own work and verify its authenticity.
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Reading List
Reading lists will be provided via Learn VLE and Discovered.
Additional supporting resources will be provide via pre-recorded lectures and clinical demonstrations accessible from Media Hopper (accessed through Learn VLE).
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
1. Development of critical appraisal skills
2. Development of literature searching skills
3. Development of academic writing skills
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| Keywords | Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Krishna Bhatia
Tel: (0131) 536 3976
Email: kbhatia@exseed.ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Petra Hopert
Tel: 0131 536 3982
Email: Petra.Hopert@ed.ac.uk |
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