Program's Aims

 

• Learn how to develop solid research question.

• Acquire the ability to critique the research question.

• Understand what is literature review and its importance.

• Understand the process of literature review.

• Acquire and practice a practical guideline to review literature professionally.

• Learn what is systematic review, plagiarism, paraphrase, and citation.

• Learn how to keep yourself updated with recent medical literature all the time.

Program's Details

• Students (seniors mainly): medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, medical science, applied medical science, public health.

• Professionals: medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, medical science, applied medical science, public health.

 

*To attend this program you have to be competeant to use English language, and to be at least seinor student in the medical feild. 

Approaches

For program is designed for

• Lecturing.

• Workshops to conduct individual exercises using their computer.

• Learning by feedback (direct, and indirect within the assessment).

 

*There is a written assessment, where the trainee get feedback during the program.

• 2 Days

• 5 hours / day

• 2 breaks, 40 minutes each

Units/ Contents

 

Part I: Research question (Setting the Goal)

• Why it is important to formulate research question?

• Criteria to make upgrade a question into a "scientific question".

• Phrases bank for research question.

 

Part II: Art of literature review in the medical field

• What is literature review? And why it is fundamental.

• Overview to literature review process.

• The ten-steps to conduct a literature review:

  • Find your keywords.

  • Fast Screening

  • Target database for literature resources.

  • Use the advanced and specified literature resources.

  • Tracking you literature review methodology.

  • Use the advanced skills and tools in search strategy.

  • Resources evaluation.

  • Effective reviewing resources strategy (save your time). 

  • Managing the literature review information.

  • Managing bibliography results.

 

Part III: Important aspect of literature review in the medical field

• Introduction to systematic review.

• Pluralism, Paraphrasing and citation.

• Notified for any updates.