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Description of Individual Course Units
Course Unit CodeCourse Unit TitleType of Course UnitYear of StudySemesterNumber of ECTS Credits
HM208.6BElective243
Level of Course Unit
First Cycle
Objectives of the Course
The aim of this course is for students to; to learn the importance of literature review, critical reading of scientific publications, writing and publishing research and review articles, resource use and publication ethics
Name of Lecturer(s)
Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Zila Özlem Kırbaş
Learning Outcomes
1Access to the right scientific resources on an academic subject
2Ability to examine scientific sources
3Critical reading of scientific publications and research article techniques (introduction, material-method, findings, discussion, conclusion-suggestions, bibliography) and describing article writing rules (introduction, development, conclusion)
4To learn poster/oral paper and report writing techniques
5To be able to comprehend the importance of ethical values in writing scientific articles.
6To learn the ethics of publication and the problems encountered
Mode of Delivery
Normal Education
Prerequisites and co-requisities
NONE
Recommended Optional Programme Components
NONE
Course Contents
Scientific writing and its history Access to the right sources/literature Critical reading and writing of scientific publications Writing, citing and applying the bibliography in and at the end of the article in scientific article writing. Plagiarism and unethical practices in scientific writing Scientific article publishing process and publication ethics Preparing a poster for a scientific meeting preparing oral presentations for the meeting
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
WeekTheoreticalPracticeLaboratory
1Course Description, Purpose and Determination of GoalsNONENONE
2Scientific writing and its historyNONENONE
3Access to the right resources/literature - Search for publications in the library - Access to the right resources on the Internet (The Cochrane Library , SSCI, Pub-Med, Turkish Medlein etc.)NONENONE
4Critical reading and application of scientific publicationsNONENONE
5Writing a scientific research article (summary and introduction, materials-methods) and its applicationNONENONE
6Scientific research article writing-continuation (results, discussion, conclusion-suggestions) and its applicationNONENONE
7Writing a scientific review (creating the introduction, development and conclusion sections)NONENONE
8MIDTERM
9Writing, citing and applying the bibliography in and at the end of the article in scientific article writingNONENONE
10Students present a sample they will choose from the applications describedNONENONE
11Preparing poster presentation for scientific meetingNONENONE
12Preparing an oral presentation for a scientific meetingNONENONE
13Scientific article publishing processNONENONE
14Publication ethics and problems encounteredNONENONE
15Plagiarism and unethical practices in scientific writingNONENONE
Recommended or Required Reading
Arda, B. (2001). Bilimsel bilgi üretiminde yayın etiği. 2001 Ulusal Tıbbi Etik Kongresi’nde sunulan bildiri. 1 Kasım 2007 tarihinde atlas.cc.itu.edu.tr/~goksel/dersler/etik/barda.pdf adresinden erişildi. 2) How to write a medical paper to get it published in a good journal. Lundberg GD. MedGenMed. 2005 Nov 4;7(4):36. 3) Kansu, E. (1994) Dünya’da ve Türkiye’de Bilim, Etik ve Üniversite içinde (s.71-75). TUBA, Bilimsel Toplantı Serileri 1, Ankara: TUBA. 4) Kenny, D. (2006). Student plagiarism and professional practice. Nurse Education Today, 27, 14-18. 1 Kasım 2007 tarihinde Science Direct veri tabanında erişildi. 5) Bilimsel makale nasıl yazılır, nasıl yayımlanır? Robert A. Day.,Çeviri: Gülay Aşkar Altay, 4. Basım, Aralık 2000, Tübitak Yayınları. 6) Medawar PB. Genç Bilimadamına Öğütler. 9. baskı. TUBİTAK Popüler Bilim Kitapları, No:5, 1996. 7) Orhan N. Bilimsel Makale Nasıl Yazılır ? http://m.friendfeed-media.com 8) Kaygusuz A. Makale Nasıl Değerlendirilir? http://www.ankemdernegi. org.tr/?sp=MakaleNasilDegerlendirilir 9) Blanpain K., Laffut A. Academic Spoken English, 2009, Uitgeverji Acco, Nederland 10) Poel KV, Gasiorek K. All Write An Introduction to Writing in an Academic Context, 2009, Uitgeverji Acco, Nederland 11) Blanpain K. Academic Writing in the Humanities and Social Sciences, 2008, Uitgeverji Acco, Nederland
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Midterm Examination1100
SUM100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning ActivitiesQuantityWeight
Final Examination1100
SUM100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities40
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities60
SUM100
Language of Instruction
Turkish
Work Placement(s)
NONE
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesNumberTime (hours)Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination111
Final Examination111
Question-Answer14114
Observation14114
Criticising Paper14114
Self Study14114
Individual Study for Final Examination14114
Reading14114
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)86
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