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Doctoral Seminar on Writing Doctoral Thesis
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:09.02.2023 15:21:47
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | DN_177 | LQF level: | Level 8 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine | Target Audience: | Psychology; Pharmacy; Medicine | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ilze Konrāde | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Doctoral Studies | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | 16 Dzirciema iela, Riga, LV-1007, dn rsu[pnkts]lv, tel. 67409120 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | The research experience of the Master's thesis, defended research work upon completion of the Master’s degree study programme. The following study courses of the 1st year of study of the Doctoral study programme completed: “Research Methodology”, “Healthcare and Research Ethics” and “Doctoral Seminar: Methodology and Techniques for Writing Doctoral Thesis”. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Produce (design) doctoral thesis, discuss and evaluate it in a group under the guidance of the teaching staff, plan presentations and original scientific publications. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The overall design of the doctoral thesis. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Discussion and evaluation of the doctoral thesis in a group, under the guidance of the academic staff. | Classes | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Complete the final version of the draft doctoral thesis, prepare a presentation about it; choose and describe the way of knowledge dissemination according to the stage of the development of the thesis by formulating a specific action plan; select appropriate conferences for presentations and journals for publications, defining a specific action plan (time schedule, activities to be performed, cooperation). The student's contribution to the improvement of the study process is the provision of meaningful feedback on the study course by filling out its evaluation questionnaire. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Prepared draft doctoral thesis (25%); quality of the presentation (25%); scientific discussion (25%); relevance of the planned knowledge dissemination activities, scientific presentations and publications (25%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The doctoral student critically evaluates the process and results of their work; describes the types of research activities and steps for their implementation in accordance with the stage of the development of the thesis. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The doctoral student, in accordance with the requirements, prepare a draft doctoral thesis, is able to arrange and modify the results and discussion part on the basis of a discussion with colleagues and doctors. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The doctoral student writes his/her thesis academically and presents the thesis appropriately; participates and maintains a scientific discussion; chooses and implements the relevant knowledge dissemination activities and scientific events. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Iestāžu publikāciju noformēšanas rokasgrāmata, Luksemburga: Eiropas Savienības Publikāciju birojs, Brisele, Luksemburga, 2011, sākot no 147. lpp.; (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Atsauču un darbā izmantoto avotu un literatūras saraksta noformēšanas metodiskie norādījumi, RSU, 2016. | ||||||||
| 3 | Tompson A., How to write an English medical manuscript that will be published and have impact. Surg Today. 2006; 36(5):407-9. (akceptējams izdevums) doi: 10.1007/s00595-005-3170-9. | ||||||||
| 4 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 5 | Tompson A., How to write an English medical manuscript that will be published and have impact. Surg Today. 2006; 36(5):407-9. (akceptējams izdevums) doi: 10.1007/s00595-005-3170-9. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Zinātniski raksti datu bāzēs (PubMed, MEDLINE u.c), atbilstoši promocijas darbam/Scientific articles in databases (PubMed, MEDLINE, etc.), according to the thesis | ||||||||
