Syllabus database for doctoral courses
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Syllabus database for doctoral courses
SYLLABI FOR DOCTORAL COURSES
| Swedish title | Vetenskapsteori och etik, statistik, presentationsteknik och informationssökning |
|---|---|
| English title | Philosophy of science and research ethics, statistics, presentation techniques and information literacy |
| Course number | 2507 |
| Credits | 7.5 |
| Notes |
The course meets the requirements for a general science course. |
| Responsible KI department | Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik |
| Specific entry requirements | |
| Grading | Passed /Not passed |
| Established by | The Board of Doctoral Education |
| Established | 2010-11-19 |
| Purpose of the course | |
| Intended learning outcomes | After the course the student is expected to be able to: -- describe how search strategies are created and adjusted to a specific information source/database and be able to compare, evaluate and manage the outcome of different search strategies -- communicate own research well adjusted to different contexts by using various means of communication -- based on theories of communication and learning assess the quality of peers' communication of own research and give constructive feedback accordingly -- make adequate considerations on philosophy of science and research ethics in relation to the own research project -- be able to perform basic summaries, analyses and presentation of data, as well as have enhanced their ability to recognise, understand and critically view the statistics being presented in medical articles |
| Contents of the course | The main content of the course: Philosophy of science and research ethics 2.5 hp Presentation techniques 2 hp Statistics 1.5 hp Information literacy 1.5 hp |
| Teaching and learning activities | The pedagogic framing is based on student activity with interactive lectures, seminars and work shops. The scheduled face-to-face activities in the course will be mixed with individual work and feedback from teachers and peers via the web based platform PingPong. |
| Compulsory elements | Assignments, seminar and group activities. Absence from seminar and group activities can be compensated by self studies and written assignments. |
| Examination | The knowledge, skills and attitudes aquired in the course will be assessed through written assignments and oral presentations. |
| Literature and other teaching material | Atkinson, R, et al (1993) Introduction to Phychology, (11th ed) Harcourt Brace College Publishers, Orlando, Florida, USA. Pages 183-186. (Hand-out) Bell, J. (2006). Introduktion till forskningsmetodik. Lund, Studentlitteratur. Kapitel 4-6. (boken finns också på engelska och är dessutom elektroniskt tillgänglig från KIB.) Bolander, K. (2001). Good Practice in Lecturing. Research Review Paper 2. Part of Effective Lecturing Project, University of Glasgow, UK. Hemlin, B. (2002) The Headline Technique. http://www.hemlin.pp.se Jenuwine ES, Floyd JA. Comparison of Medical Subject Headings and text-word searches in MEDLINE to retrieve studies on sleep in healthy individuals. J Med Libr Assoc. 2004 Jul;92(3):349-53. Johansson & Lynöe (2008) Medicine and Philosophy A twenty first century introduction Ontos förlag Lind, P. (2007) Rhetoric - The Art of Persuation. Compiled material. Lynöe & Juth (2009) Medicinska etikens abz Liber förlag Subirana M, Sola I, Garcia JM, Gich I, Urrutia G. A nursing qualitative systematic review required MEDLINE and CINAHL for study identification. J Clin Epidemiol. 2005 Jan;58(1):20-5. Wilczynski NL, Marks S, Haynes RB. Search strategies for identifying qualitative studies in CINAHL. Qual Health Res. 2007 May;17(5):705-10. Machin, D. et al (2007) Medical Statistics ¿ A textbook for the health sciences, 4th edition, Wiley. Anhold, R. (2006) Dazzle 'Em With Style: The Art of Oral Scientific Presentation Elsevier More articles will be added to this list and available to the participants through PingPong. |
Course responsible |
Samuel Edelbring Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik Samuel.Edelbring@ki.se |
| Contact person |
Margareta Krook-Brandt Institutionen för lärande, informatik, management och etik Margareta.Krook-Brandt@ki.se |
