Introduction to bibliographic research and the critical presentation of its results [MBIMB304]

Learning outcomes

This teaching activity is reserved for students who finish their first cycle at the end of the academic year concerned. A student is at the end of his or her cycle when his or her EAP includes the last teaching units (TUs) for which he or she must acquire credits in order to obtain the academic degree.

At the end of the exercise, the student will have been introduced to the reading of scientific articles. They will have developed analytical and synthesis skills to build a structured report on the chosen biomedical topic. The student will have been able to present the results of his/her work, in writing and orally, in a precise and structured manner.

Objectives

Develop

- its scientific curiosity

- its critical thinking

- its analytical capacity

- its ability to synthesise.

Content

This teaching activity is reserved for students who finish their first cycle at the end of the academic year concerned. The teaching activity will start with a theoretical-practical training in literature search and bibliographic reference management. The student will be given a biomedical question, proposed by the course supervisors. The question will enable him/her to conduct a bibliographic search, to carry out a critical analysis of scientific articles and the construction of a review on the subject of the biomedical question.