LF:VLLL021 Searching medical literature a - Course Information
VLLL021 Searching medical literature and basics of scientific writing
Faculty of Medicineautumn 2021
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Lukáš Plch (lecturer)
Mgr. Eliška Šebestová, DiS. (assistant)
Mgr. Jiří Kratochvíl, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- Mgr. Jiří Kratochvíl, Ph.D.
Central Library – Specialized Units – Faculty of Medicine
Supplier department: Central Library – Specialized Units – Faculty of Medicine - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- ! vsil021 Information literacy && ! vsiv021 Information literacy && ! BAIV041 Information literacy course && ! BPBP041p Proped. of Bachelor' s Thesis && ! BPIV041 Information literacy course && ! BZIV041c Information Education - pr. && ! BZPB0431 Proped. of bach. thesis I && ! BZPB0431 Proped. of bach. thesis I
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 16/100, only registered: 0/100 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Biomedicínská technika a bioinformatika (programme LF, C-CV) (2)
- Dental Hygiene (programme LF, B-DEHY)
- Dental Hygienist (programme LF, B-SZ) (2)
- Physiotherapy (Eng.) (programme LF, B-SZ)
- Physiotherapy (programme LF, B-FYZI)
- Physiotherapy (programme LF, B-SZ) (2)
- Physiotherapy (programme LF, C-CV)
- Physiotherapy (programme LF, N-SZ) (3)
- Intensive Care (programme LF, N-IP) (2)
- Intensive Care (programme LF, N-SZ) (4)
- Clinical Biochemistry (programme LF, C-CV)
- Medical Laboratory Technologist (programme LF, B-LABD) (2)
- Nutrition therapist for child nutrition and Nutrition therapist for adult nutrition (programme LF, N-SZ) (2)
- Nutritive therapist (programme LF, B-SZ) (2)
- Dietitian (programme LF, C-CV)
- Dietitian (programme LF, B-NUT)
- Optics and Optometry (programme LF, B-OPOP)
- Optics and Optometry (programme LF, B-SZ) (2)
- Optometry (Eng.) (programme LF, N-SZ)
- Optometry (programme LF, N-OPTO)
- Optometry (programme LF, N-SZ) (2)
- Ortoptics (programme LF, B-ORTO)
- Ortoptics (programme LF, B-SZ) (2)
- Gerontology Nursing (programme LF, N-SZ) (2)
- Physiotherapy (programme LF, B-PHYSI)
- Radiology Assistant (programme LF, B-SZ) (2)
- General Nurse (programme LF, B-OS) (4)
- General Medicine (programme LF, C-CV)
- General Medicine (programme LF, M-VL) (4)
- Laboratory Assistant - Clinical Biochemistry (programme LF, C-CV)
- Laboratory Assistant (programme LF, B-SZ) (4)
- Laboratory Assistant - Toxikology (programme LF, C-CV)
- Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ) (2)
- Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Physiotherapy) (2)
- Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Optics and Optometrics) (2)
- Health Sciences (programme LF, N-SZ, specialization Teaching Specialization Human Alimentation) (2)
- Dentistry (programme LF, C-CV)
- Dentistry (programme LF, M-ZL) (4)
- Course objectives
- At the end of this E-learning course, student should be able to: - effectively search the fultexts of scientific papers and books on the specific topis in the library catalogues and online resources (internet, databases tec.) - evaluate the scientific quality of found information - acquire information to his/her research and academic writing - apply the basic rules of publication ethics - correct quotation and making the bibliographic references according to recommended citation styles
- Syllabus
- 1. Choosing a topic and checking current student's knowledge 2. How to avoid information overload. Safe behavior on the Internet 3. Types of libraries and their services, searching in a catalogue 4. Evaluating a website‘s quality 5. Efficient searching in online databases 6. Medical and multidisciplinary online databases. 7. Basic rules of scientific writing. Publication and citation ethics. 8. Creating citations and bibliographic references 9. Reference manager Zotero 10. Journal citation reports. Impact factor. H-index.
- Literature
- required literature
- KRATOCHVÍL, Jiří and Petr SEJK. Získávání a zpracování vědeckých informací : pracovní sešit. 1. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011, 81 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-5535-3. info
- KRATOCHVÍL, Jiří, Petr SEJK, Věra ELIÁŠOVÁ and Marek STEHLÍK. Metodika tvorby bibliografických citací. 2. vydání. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2011. Elportál. ISSN 1802-128X. PURL url info
- KRATOCHVÍL, Jiří. Jak citovat (How to cite). Online. 1st ed. Brno: Knihovna univerzitního kampusu MU, 2014, 74 pp. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.13140/2.1.1243.5840. URL info
- WILHELMOVÁ, Radka. Jak napsat bakalářskou práci. 2008. URL info
- recommended literature
- PLACHETA, Zdeněk. Pokyny pro vypracování magisterské diplomové práce. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2010, 39 s. ISBN 9788021051720. info
- BOOTH, Wayne C., Gregory G. COLOMB and Joseph M. WILLIAMS. The craft of research. 3rd ed. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2008, xvii, 317. ISBN 9780226065663. URL info
- HOCK, Randolph. The extreme searcher's Internet handbook : a guide for the serious searcher. 2nd ed. Medford, N.J.: CyberAge Books, 2007, xxvii, 326. ISBN 9780910965767. info
- LIŠKA, Václav. Doctorandus : (průvodce budoucích Ph.D.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Professional Publishing, 2004, 149 s. ISBN 8086419606. info
- The researcher's toolkit : the complete guide to practitioner research. Edited by David Wilkinson. First published. New York: Routledge, 2000, xvi, 135. ISBN 0415215668. info
- VYMĚTAL, Jan and Miriam VÁCHOVÁ. Úvod do studia odborné literatury. Vyd. 1. Praha: Orac, 2000, 287 s. ISBN 80-86199-19-3. info
- ČMEJRKOVÁ, Světla, František DANEŠ and Jindra SVĚTLÁ. Jak napsat odborný text. Vydání první. Praha: Leda, 1999, 255 stran. ISBN 8085927691. info
- ŠESTÁK, Zdeněk. Jak psát a přednášet o vědě. Illustrated by Hana Kymrová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 1999, 204 s. ISBN 8020007555. info
- KATUŠČÁK, Dušan. Ako písať vysokoškolské a kvalifikačné práce :ako písať seminárne práce, ročníkové práce, práce študentskej viedeckej a odbornej činnosti, diplomové práce, záverečné a atestačné práce, dizertácie. 2. dop. vyd. Bratislava: Stimul, 1998, 117 s. ISBN 80-85697-82-3. info
- not specified
- IVANOVÁ, Kateřina and Lubica JURÍČKOVÁ. Písemné práce na vysokých školách se zdravotnickým zaměřením. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého, 2007, 99 s. ISBN 9788024418322. info
- Teaching methods
- e-learning, theoretical preparation, training, working with text, generating skills
- Assessment methods
- The course conditions are: doing homeworks successfully in deadlines during the term.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: e-learning. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- Teacher's information
- https://kuk.muni.cz/vyuka/aktivity/predmety/VLLL021/
- Enrolment Statistics (autumn 2021, recent)
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