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Pre-Honours Honours
Year 1 MD2000 Year 3 MD4000Year 2 MD3000
Foundations of Medicine 1
Musculo-skeletal
Cardiovascular
Renal
Nervous System
Research Dissertation
Applied Medical Science
Respiratory
ReproductiveGastrointestinal
Endocrine
Patient Strand, Communication skills, Clinical Skills, Health Psychology, ePortfolio, Ethics, Public Health Medicine, Generic
Research Skills
Family interviewGP Attachments
Hospital ElectivesCommunity HealthAttachments
Foundations of Medicine
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Introduction to Medicine
MD2001: The Scientific Method
1. Identify the key features of a refereed scientific paper -
how is a scientific paper constructed? how is the information presented? how are the conclusions reported?
2. What is evidence based medicine? Who is Dr Gillian McKeith?
3. Quality of information the NHS Scotland eLibrary Ovid, PubMed, Google Scholar
MD2001: Reading a Scientific Paper
Was this good science?
Workbook-based task to
– analyse the structure of a scientific paper
– understand the use of control and experimental groups
– interpret data
Example workbook tasks
4 Explain how the patients were selected for the study
7 Describe the experimental findings reported in Figure 1
13 Give three reasons why references are used in a scientific paper
14 Write a short scientific abstract of the Wakefield paper in the style of the British Medical Journal (BMJ)
MD2002
Write a scientific report on a recent development in medicine (1500 words)
– Searching Cochrane, Ovid and PubMed– Scientific writing and referencing– Plagiarism and plagiarism detection
Student submission to ‘Turnitin’
MD3001
Evidence based medicine– Research study design– Key statistical concepts– Literature searching (NHS Scotland eLibrary) and
citation management (RefWorks)
Interpreting the literature– Exercise physiology practical report
methods for measuring health status and fitness (BMI, body fat, and VO2 max)
assess the validity of these methods
Example workbook tasks
Read the Gallagher study (Gallagher et al. 1996) which tested the hypothesis that body mass index (BMI) is representative of body fatness independent of age, sex or ethnicity.
What age range did the authors use in their study? – Are you within this age range? Yes/No
What BMI range did the authors use in this study?– Are you within this BMI range? Yes/No
Look at the data on pages 232 and 233 of the paper– Does the raw data look widely scattered or relatively tight?
MD4001: Analysing and summarising
You are provided with an edited version of a paper (introduction and methods), a glossary and the figures from the results section.
Interpret the figures and draw your own conclusions.
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Figure 6
The effect of amylin (2.2 g/rat i.c.v.) on ethanol (EtOH)-induced
ulcers in rats pre-treated (30 min before amylin) with indomethacin
(10 mg kg-1, s.c.). Each value is the mean ± standard error of the
mean of 6 – 7 animals. Black column, EtOH; stippled column,
amylin + EtOH; cross-hatched column, indomethacin + EtOH and
open column, indomethacin + amylin + EtOH. *P < 0.05 v EtOH
treated group.
Questions about Figure 6
30. In this experiment, how is indomethacin being administered?
31. What is the purpose of this route of administration for this experiment? (you may need to re-read the method section to answer this)
32. What do the two left-hand columns compare and what conclusion can you draw?
MD4002: Honours research dissertation
Student-Selected Component (SSC) which allows students to pursue an area of particular interest
Applied Physiology and Pharmacology Health Psychology / Healthcare in the Community Molecular Oncology Musculo-skeletal System Practice of Medicine
MD4002 Learning outcomes
Develop an understanding of scientific methods
Use research and scientific methodologies to interpret an investigation
Demonstrate critical thinking and analysis of the scientific literature
Display competency in accessing on-line sources of information
Present the dissertation findings as an oral presentation
Formulate a work plan to complete a task in a defined time frame
Reflect on a significant learning event
Conclusions
A progressive approach to the acquisition of generic scientific research skills has been effective
Curriculum time constraints limit the scope of training
The curriculum mapping process helped reveal research-teaching linkages