PHTY40990

Learning Outcomes:

At the end of this module students will be able to:
1. undertake a scientific writing exercise in a self-directed, professional manner that displays appropriate team working ability
2. articulate and situate a research question by identifying current knowledge gaps
3. write a succinct methodology section that allows replication
4. analyse a dataset with using statistical approaches appropriate to the properties of the data collected and interpret the results appropriately
5. Prepare research materials in a format suitable for submission to a scientific journal for publication and for presentation at a scientific conference in poster format

Indicative Module Content:

Writing a scientific paper
Preparing a scientific poster
Identifying target journals and audiences
Scientific writing workshops
Data analysis workshop

Student Effort Hours:

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.

Module Requisites and Incompatibles

Assessment Strategy

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Peer review activities
• Self-assessment activities

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Writing and data-analsyis workshops will allow students to work in groups and receive feedback from peers and the tutor on work in progress. Students will have the opportunity for formal feedback from their research mentors provided on a once-off basis for each of the following components; The introduction section to their scientific paper The methods section in their scientific paper The results section in their scientific paper Note: no feedback is provided on the discussion section of the paper