MIDS0141 Diploma Seminary I

Faculty of Medicine
autumn 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/0/0. 1 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Simona Saibertová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Irena Chaloupková (assistant)
Mgr. Edita Pešáková, DiS. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Simona Saibertová, Ph.D.
Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: PhDr. Simona Saibertová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Health Sciences – Departments of Non-medical Branches – Faculty of Medicine
Timetable
Mon 15. 9. 8:30–10:10 F01B1/530, Mon 22. 9. 8:00–10:30 F01B1/530, Mon 29. 9. 8:00–10:30 F01B1/530, Mon 6. 10. 8:00–10:30 F01B1/530, Mon 13. 10. 8:00–10:30 F01B1/530
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Abstract
The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the formal requirements of the processing of the thesis provided that the publishing ethics and proper citation of sources.
Learning outcomes
The student will be able to:
- distinguish between annotation and abstracts;
- define keywords according to your input;
- to create a search query;
- use selected databases to search for full text;
- quote according to the selected citation style;
- write professional text.
Key topics
  • Structure of the diploma thesis, schedule and formal elaboration.
  • Theme of the thesis and definition of key words.
  • Search query - wildcard and helper characters, Boolean operators.
  • Evaluation of information on the Internet, database, full text search.
  • Ethical aspects of diploma thesis, citation ethics.
  • Making annotations, abstracts.
Study resources and literature
Approaches, practices, and methods used in teaching
lectures, exercises
Method of verifying learning outcomes and course completion requirements
The credit is giving after fulfilling 80% of compulsory attendance and assigned tasks (literature search).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms autumn 2019, autumn 2020, autumn 2021, autumn 2022, autumn 2023, autumn 2024.
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